14:45 Limerick

Friday 11 September 2020

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Shannon Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 1m 35.57s

(9)

Royal Casamento⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 70

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, very good ninth of 15 in minor event at Leopardstown (8f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Trainer going well. Makes handicap debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 6P-959

(11)

Hisnameis Mrdevitt^t²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: G M Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 69| C

5/1

Fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Cork (10f, heavy, 5/1) 26 days ago, unsuited by step up in trip. Dual 1m winner this summer and should fare better back over shorter.

Form: 981140

(15)

Intervention^h⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: S Foley| T: C O'Brien| OR: 68

10/1

17/2, ninth of 12 in handicap at Gowran (7f, soft) 9 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 888829

(8)

Earls^b³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 67

9/2

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap (9/4) at Sligo (5.7f, good) 35 days ago, always holding on. Back up in trip. 5 lb rise fair enough and should go well again.

Form: 74-5931

(14)

Sin E Shekells^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 67

8/1

Respectable 2¼ lengths fifth of 13 to Take My Hand in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, heavy, 17/2) 15 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 054305

(3)

Take My Hand¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 67| D

9/2

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (5/2) at Bellewstown (7.8f, heavy) 15 days ago, battling well. Only nudged up 1 lb so ought to have a say again.

Form: 422041

(5)

Puddle Of Luck¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins| OR: 66

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/1, last of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, heavy) 14 days ago.

Form: 5830

(13)

Dragon Of Malta^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 65

9/2

Winner at Killarney in August. 15/2, respectable fifth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, heavy) 14 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 096415

(1)

Kristall Eye^v¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 64

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 5½ lengths ninth of 13 to Take My Hand in handicap (10/1) at Bellewstown (7.8f, heavy) 15 days ago. Yard in good form.

Form: 5-4459

(7)

Golden Days⁸³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Davis| T: T Collins| OR: 61

11/1

5/1, good third of 14 in handicap at Naas (7f, good to soft) 83 days ago. Can make presence felt again.

Form: 000-023

(4)

Chica Boom Boom^t1⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: M A Enright| T: S Lavery| OR: 59

80/1

40/1, sixteenth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good to soft) 50 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 03609-0

(2)

She's In The Game¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Chris Hayes| T: W T Farrell| OR: 57

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, creditable 2¾ lengths sixth of 13 to reopposing Take My Hand in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, heavy) 15 days ago.

Form: 0906

(12)

Ballinroe^t⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Leahy| OR: 48

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, tenth of 14 in maiden at this course (8f, good) 56 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0-00

Non-Runners

(16)

Ohio State⁸⁶

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: J A Heffernan

(6)

Speckled Meadow³⁵

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: S Lavery J: Robbie Colgan

(10)

Petticoat Rule²

Weight: 10-1| Age: 3

T: W McCreery J: Nathan Crosse

Forecasts

Dragon Of Malta (9/2), Earls (9/2), Take My Hand (9/2), Hisnameis Mrdevitt (5/1), Petticoat Rule (5/1), Sin E Shekells (8/1), Intervention (10/1), Golden Days (11/1), Ohio State (12/1), Puddle Of Luck (14/1), Kristall Eye (16/1), She's In The Game (16/1), Speckled Meadow (16/1), Royal Casamento (22/1), Chica Boom Boom (80/1), Ballinroe (80/1)

EARLS was suited by the switch to front-running tactics when successful at Sligo last month and may be capable of following up off 5 lb higher. Take My Hand has only been raised 1lb for his recent Bellewstown success so there's every reason to think he can go well again. Golden Days has knocked on the door on her last 2 starts and is also on the shortlist along with Denis Hogan's Sin E Shekells.