14:05 Leopardstown

Thursday 20 August 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 1m 46.90s

(6)

Roca Roma³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 90| D

3/1

Made a winning return in workmanlike style in 1m maiden at Gowran in June. Excuses in Pretty Polly Stakes next time but fared no better dropped in grade at Killarney. Still, it remains early days.

Form: 2-150

(2)

Arabeska³⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 82

14/1

Won maiden and handicap both at Gowran in 2019. Well below form final start in September and off since.

Form: 216217-

(8)

Lady Scathach^v¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 78| C| D

7/2

Course winner. Latest win here in July. Creditable third of 16 in handicap at Cork (7f, good, 14/1) 12 days ago. Worth treating as still in top form.

Form: 031103

(1)

Zofar Zogood^t²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 81

9/2

Bounced back to form back down in trip when second of 15 in minor event at this C&D (good to soft) 20 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More needed.

Form: 67-372

(9)

Capel At Dawn¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 77| D

9/4

Winner at Naas in June. Creditable third of 14 in handicap (11/1) at Galway (7f, soft) 18 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 7-01543

(4)

Dedillon^b²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 71

8/1

5/1, last of 6 in handicap at Roscommon (7.4f, soft) 2 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 75-3966

(3)

Sweeproad²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: M A Enright| T: A Fogarty| OR: 73

50/1

Shaped as if amiss when well held in 14-runner maiden at Gowran (8f, good to soft, 66/1) 26 days ago, heavily eased. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 300

Non-Runners

(7)

Royal Highness³²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: H De Bromhead J: Emma Twomey

(5)

Justina⁵⁵

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Shane Foley

Forecasts

Capel At Dawn (9/4), Roca Roma (3/1), Lady Scathach (7/2), Zofar Zogood (9/2), Dedillon (8/1), Justina (8/1), Royal Highness (12/1), Arabeska (14/1), Sweeproad (50/1)

CAPEL AT DAWN ran well from a poor draw at Galway 18 days ago, and may still have a bit more to offer now back at 1m, so she's put forward as the answer. Lady Scathach has been thriving recently and showed she's still in a fair mark at Cork last time, while it remains early days for the well regarded Roco Roma.