18:05 Galway

Tuesday 8 September 2020

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Galway Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 18:07 | Winning time: 1m 36.49s

(8)

Khafaaq⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 70| D

16/5

13/2, bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap at Punchestown (8f, soft) 5 days ago but is now lower than when second in a big field at the Curragh in June.

Form: 276866

(6)

War Hero^t,v²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: S M Mooney⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 68| D

14/1

Fairly useful on AW, creditable sixth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (6f, 16/1) 24 days ago. Not so good on turf but lower mark reflects that.

Form: 000906

(17)

Fall For A Kiss¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J J Murphy| OR: 56

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in handicap at Cork (7f, heavy, 10/1) 14 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0609

(11)

Lottieloveheart^t,v1⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Colin Keane| T: L Breen| OR: 54

12/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. 33/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Limerick (8f, good) 53 days ago. Visor on 1st time. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 489-790

(15)

Autumn Mist¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Shane Foley| T: J J Murphy| OR: 50

3/1

13/2, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at Killarney (8.2f, heavy) on reappearance 18 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Interesting with that run behind her.

Form: 90046-5

(1)

Knock Flyer⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: M A Enright| T: D J Barry| OR: 50

40/1

80/1, sixth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good to soft) 47 days ago.

Form: 0-00006

(7)

Lady Savanah^v⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 50

11/4

One win from 22 Flat runs. Winner at Leopardstown in June. Creditable third of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft, 4/1) 8 days ago, faring best of those held up. Merits consideration.

Form: 160923

(3)

Wisaka^b²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: James J Doyle| T: A Murray| OR: 48

20/1

66/1 and blinkered for 1st time, twelfth of 15 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good) 27 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 0-58000

(4)

Accladora^v¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: N G McCullagh| T: T G McCourt| OR: 46

11/1

One win from 23 Flat runs. Fifth of 13 in handicap (10/1) at Bellewstown (7.8f, heavy) 12 days ago. Visor back on.

Form: 0/22005

(13)

Botanical Lady⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 8-6| J: Chris Hayes| T: H Rogers| OR: 46| C| D

33/1

Course winner. Twenty one runs since last win in 2016. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (66/1) at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft) 8 days ago.

Form: 380/66-0

(10)

Rule The Sea^b1¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 46| D

40/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap (40/1) at Killarney (8.2f, heavy) 18 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Others arrive with more pressing claims.

Form: 1980-00

(16)

Sahreej^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: M Kelly| OR: 46

50/1

Thirty runs since last win in 2015. 40/1, fifteenth of 19 in handicap at Naas (6f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 680-000

(12)

Royal Alto^t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Sean Davis| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 46

150/1

200/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.9f, good) 34 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Poor on last Flat outing. RESERVE.

Form: 800/00-0

Non-Runners

(9)

Curly Girl²¹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: C P Donoghue J: Shane Kelly

(2)

Emphatic¹⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: J Larkin J: C D Maxwell

(5)

Billyfairplay²¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: D Hogan J: J M Sheridan

(14)

Pulsating¹²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: C O'Dwyer J: T P Madden

Forecasts

Lady Savanah (11/4), Autumn Mist (3/1), Khafaaq (16/5), Billyfairplay (7/1), Fall For A Kiss (11/1), Accladora (11/1), Lottieloveheart (12/1), Pulsating (12/1), War Hero (14/1), Wisaka (20/1), Emphatic (25/1), Botanical Lady (33/1), Curly Girl (33/1), Knock Flyer (40/1), Rule The Sea (40/1), Sahreej (50/1), Royal Alto (150/1)

AUTUMN MIST has fewer miles on the clock than a lot of these and is taken to build on quite an encouraging reappearance at Killarney and strike under Shane Foley. Lady Savanah arrives on the back of a couple of good placed efforts and can figure prominently again, while Billyfairplay had a possible excuse last time and had been a model of consistency this year prior to that.