14:05 Killarney

Friday 21 August 2020

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Irish Examiner Rated Race

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 1m 48.84s

(6)

Insignia Of Rank²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 90| D

9/2

Useful gelding. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, soft, 66/1) 20 days ago. Significantly back down in trip and every chance if back to best.

Form: 566707

(9)

Chrysalism^p1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Alan Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 94

18/1

Useful filly. Below form 12½ lengths sixth of 10 to Laburnum in listed race (40/1) at Gowran (9.4f, good) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 676566

(2)

Sirjack Thomas²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Gavin Ryan⁽³⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 88| D

9/4

Useful gelding. Improved on recent efforts to win 17-runner handicap (11/2) at Galway (8.3f, soft) 20 days ago. Big player with similar conditions forecast here.

Form: 0-40261

(7)

Colfer Me^t1,v1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Chris Hayes| T: K J Condon| OR: 87| D

18/1

Useful gelding. 25/1, seventeenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Visor/tongue strap on 1st time and will be a danger to all if able to bounce back.

Form: 80-2090

(8)

Trading Point¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 86| D

11/1

Fairly useful gelding. Thirteenth of 16 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good to soft, 50/1) recently. More than capable of a bold show if change of scenery (makes debut for new yard) does the trick.

Form: 15-7090

(5)

Facethepuckout²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 85

7/2

Fairly useful gelding. 20/1, good 1¼ lengths third of 17 to Sirjack Thomas in handicap at Galway (8.3f, soft), making effort earlier than ideal. Better off with that rival here and should go well.

Form: 18-6503

(1)

High Altitude⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 81| CD

15/2

Fairly useful gelding. 3-time C&D winner. 15/2, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Gowran (7f, good) 9 days ago. Yard in good form but he has work to do on these terms.

Form: 5-04827

(10)

Maud Gonne Spirit¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 84

11/2

Winner at Gowran in July. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Cork (7f, good, 7/2) 13 days ago. Presumably wasn't 100% on that occasion so worth another chance, but others preferred this time.

Form: 310

Non-Runners

(3)

Bobby K¹⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: Michael W O'Meara J: D J Hickey

(4)

Eastern Racer¹⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 8

T: S Byrne J: Sean Davis

Forecasts

Sirjack Thomas (9/4), Facethepuckout (7/2), Insignia Of Rank (9/2), Maud Gonne Spirit (11/2), High Altitude (15/2), Trading Point (11/1), Bobby K (12/1), Eastern Racer (12/1), Chrysalism (18/1), Colfer Me (18/1)

It may pay to side with FACETHEPUCKOUT, who has a good chance of reversing Galway placings with Sirjack Thomas on these terms, particularly if delivered with his challenge a little later in the race this time. That said, Sirjack Thomas has to be feared, along with new stablemate Trading Point, who isn't the easiest to catch right but is capable when on-song. Colfer Me also enters calculations.