17:15 Roscommon

Tuesday 18 August 2020

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J.F. Hanley Maiden

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 1m 38.36s

(2)

Big White Chief^t³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

2/1

Promising sort. Tongue strap on, second of 14 in maiden at Limerick (8f, good, 11/2) on debut 32 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 2

(10)

Departmentalize³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy

20/1

Once-raced gelding. 40/1, ninth of 14 in maiden at Limerick (8f, good) on debut 32 days ago.

Form: 9

(11)

Teed Up²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: K J Condon| BF

5/4

Promising sort. Second of 12 in maiden (7/4) at Galway (7f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Should improve and leading claims.

Form: 22

(8)

Up With The Play⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: W T Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Bolger

16/1

Twice-raced gelding. Seventh of 14 in maiden at this course (10.2f, heavy, 22/1) 42 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 67

(7)

Breaking News^p³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 69

14/1

Lightly-raced filly. 40/1, thirteenth of 18 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 39 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip.

Form: 0460

(12)

Darkest^b³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 72

5/1

Unreliable type. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Bit below form seventh of 16 in maiden at Limerick (7f, good, 6/1) 32 days ago. Yard in good form.

Form: 082-307

Non-Runners

(4)

Callmejango¹⁶⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: A McGuinness J: S M Mooney

(5)

Midnight Fire⁵⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: E P Harty J: M A Gallagher

(9)

Herons Nest⁴¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: J A Stack J: M A Enright

(3)

Leviosa³⁰³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: L Breen J: C J McGovern

(1)

On The Spot

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: M A Cahill J: Paddy Harnett

(6)

Strange Times³³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: T Collins J: Ronan Whelan

Forecasts

Teed Up (5/4), Big White Chief (2/1), Darkest (5/1), Herons Nest (10/1), Breaking News (14/1), Up With The Play (16/1), Midnight Fire (16/1), Departmentalize (20/1), Strange Times (25/1), On The Spot (33/1), Leviosa (66/1), Callmejango (100/1)

This may develop into a straight fight between TEED UP and Big White Chief. The former has performed to a pretty useful level when runner-up on both his starts and is taken to get off the mark at the third time of asking. Aidan O'Brien's Darkest looks best of the remainder.