15:15 Cork

Tuesday 25 August 2020

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Mallow Handicap

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 1m 0.62s

(8)

Verhoyen^b⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 90

9/2

Seventh of 8 in listed event at the Curragh (5.5f, good to soft, 50/1) 46 days ago. Blinkers back on. May fare better with his sights lowered.

Form: 172-707

(9)

Tide Of Time³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: O J Orr| T: E Lynam| OR: 84| D

7/2

Latest win at Navan in July. Seventh of 9 in handicap (11/2) at the Curragh (5f, good to soft) off this mark 30 days ago.

Form: 041-517

(4)

Chocquinto¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J A Heffernan| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 79| D

28/1

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at the Curragh in July. Last of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good, 33/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 6010

(3)

Boughtinthedark³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan| OR: 76| BF

3/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Navan in June. Good second of 9 in handicap (7/2) at the Curragh (5f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 0-11522

(5)

Opening Verse^t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J J Murphy| OR: 76| C

11/2

Course winner. Respectable sixth of 15 in handicap at Tipperary (7.5f, soft, 16/1) 18 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Trainer going well.

Form: 37-0076

(2)

Principalship^t1⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: A Leahy| OR: 77

20/1

Failed to stay 6.7f when last of 11 in maiden at Limerick on reappearance 69 days ago, folding. Tongue tie added now quickly dropping back to the 5f he was placed over as a juvenile.

Form: 35322-0

(6)

Bahlwan^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: S Foley| T: D Hogan| OR: 71| BF| D

5/1

Winner in big field at the Curragh earlier this month. 5/2, may have found race coming too soon when fifteenth of 17 back there only 5 days later.

Form: 0-34010

(7)

Mister Trader^b,t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: L F Roche| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 64| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Fourth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good to soft, 22/1) 11 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 10-0804

Non-Runners

(1)

Musical Rue¹⁷

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: W McCreery J: Nathan Crosse

Forecasts

Boughtinthedark (3/1), Tide Of Time (7/2), Verhoyen (9/2), Bahlwan (5/1), Opening Verse (11/2), Musical Rue (13/2), Mister Trader (8/1), Principalship (20/1), Chocquinto (28/1)

BOUGHTINTHEDARK has shot up in the weights since the start of the season but could still be on a winning mark based on his latest Curragh second and gets a narrow vote in a tight affair. Verhoyen should find life a bit easier at this level and heads the dangers along with Musical Rue who is refitted with the visor which saw her win at Down Royal last month.