16:10 Bellewstown

Thursday 27 August 2020

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www.ratoathvets.ie Handicap (45-75)

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 1m 3.19s

(14)

Musical Rue^v¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: J Cleary⁽¹⁰⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 75| D

16/1

Winner at Down Royal in July. 25/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Cork (5f, good) 19 days ago. Yard in good form. Visor back on.

Form: 4-73319

(2)

Red Pantz⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Gavin Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J M Barrett| OR: 75

11/1

Winner at Naas in July. Eleventh of 16 in handicap (33/1) at the Curragh (6f, soft) 5 days ago.

Form: 093100

(10)

On Tick³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: A W Short⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 72| D

66/1

Last of 15 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft, 66/1) 31 days ago. Back down in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 18-0900

(13)

Ellheidi^b³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Halpin| T: P Roche| OR: 63

100/1

Last of 18 in handicap (40/1) at the Curragh (6.3f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Down in trip. Blinkers back on.

Form: 739-400

(9)

Polly Douglas^b¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Shane Kelly⁽³⁾| T: K P Cotter| OR: 63| D

12/1

12¼ lengths eleventh of 14 to A Step Too Far in handicap at this C&D (soft, 13/2) 1 day ago. Good effort the time before and can make presence felt if bouncing back.

Form: 160430

(11)

Ty Rock Brandy¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Ross Coakley| T: N Lupini| OR: 63| BF| D

16/1

4/1, below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (6f) 12 days ago.

Form: 5-83437

(5)

Lady Alcazar¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 63

25/1

Unreliable individual. 12/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good) 14 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 3246R0

(8)

A Step Too Far¹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: K P Cotter| OR: 58| CD

5/4

2 wins from 4 runs this year. 2/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D (soft) 1 day ago. On the upgrade recently and one to take seriously.

Form: 68-2211

(6)

Teddy Boy⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 57| BF| D

11/4

One win from 24 Flat runs. 9/2, good ½-length second of 19 to It's All A Joke in handicap at Naas (6f, soft) 4 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 337342

(3)

Dolce Sicily¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: L Smyth| OR: 57

100/1

Fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good, 33/1) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-03890

(12)

Pillar^v¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 54| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 6/1, bit below form 4½ lengths third of 14 to A Step Too Far in handicap at this C&D (soft) 1 day ago. Visor back on. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 043053

(4)

Guiding Star^b,t¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: P J McKenna| OR: 45

66/1

One win from 51 Flat runs. Thirty nine runs since last win in 2017. Below form 8½ lengths seventh of 14 to A Step Too Far in handicap at this C&D (soft, 40/1) 1 day ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 05-6807

Non-Runners

(7)

Aqueliga¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: G Scott J: M A Enright

(1)

It's All A Joke¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: A McGuinness J: Ronan Whelan

Forecasts

A Step Too Far (5/4), Teddy Boy (11/4), It's All A Joke (9/2), Pillar (5/1), Red Pantz (11/1), Polly Douglas (12/1), Musical Rue (16/1), Ty Rock Brandy (16/1), Lady Alcazar (25/1), Aqueliga (25/1), On Tick (66/1), Guiding Star (66/1), Dolce Sicily (100/1), Ellheidi (100/1)

TEDDY BOY has been knocking on the door off this mark of late and could be the answer with his young jockey good value for his claim. A Step Too Far and Polly Douglas head the dangers.