17:45 Roscommon

Tuesday 18 August 2020

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Elphin Handicap

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 1m 37.73s

(6)

Rocket Science²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 86| D

7/4

Off the mark in 12-runner maiden at Galway (7f, good to soft) 21 days ago, keeping on well. May well do better now sent handicapping.

Form: 5-41

(12)

Mean Fomhair²⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: J A Heffernan| T: G Keane| OR: 80| BF| CD

11/2

C&D winner. 2/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 13 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, heavy). Off 9 months. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 4/01220-

(10)

Blyton³³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 77

33/1

Twenty first of 24 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good, 50/1). Off 11 months. Up in trip. Work to do on return.

Form: 009490-

(1)

Darkened^p,t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 75| D

5/2

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 16 days ago, driven out. 3 lb rise fair and not taken lightly.

Form: 3-00721

(3)

Talking Tough¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 77| D

7/1

Latest win at Galway in July. Tenth of 11 in handicap (10/1) at Galway (8.3f, soft) 17 days ago. Stable in good form. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 140910

(8)

Dedillon^b¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 71

5/1

Blinkered for 1st time, creditable 3½ lengths sixth of 15 to Luke Short in minor event (20/1) at Leopardstown (8f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 275-396

Non-Runners

(9)

Luke Short¹⁸

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: G M Ryan

(5)

Raphael²³

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: A McGuinness J: S M Mooney

(7)

Frank Arthur⁹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 3

T: G M Lyons J: Sam Ewing

(11)

Beckwith Place⁴⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 5

T: T Collins J: Ronan Whelan

(13)

Ocean Monarch³⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: T P Madden

(4)

Whoareyouanyway²⁴⁹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: G M Lyons J: Colin Keane

(2)

Lincoln¹⁶

Weight: 9-6| Age: 9

T: D Hogan J: James J Doyle

Forecasts

Rocket Science (7/4), Darkened (5/2), Dedillon (5/1), Mean Fomhair (11/2), Whoareyouanyway (6/1), Talking Tough (7/1), Luke Short (8/1), Lincoln (8/1), Frank Arthur (8/1), Ocean Monarch (12/1), Beckwith Place (14/1), Raphael (20/1), Blyton (33/1)

Preference is for ROCKET SCIENCE, who upped her game when taking a Galway maiden last month and remains open to further improvement on handicap debut. Luke Short and Darkened should also go well.