16:00 Tipperary

Monday 14 September 2020

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Junction Handicap (45-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 1m 37.91s

(8)

Ohio State^b,t⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 64

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Modest ninth of 12 in handicap at Limerick (6.7f, good, 9/2) 89 days ago. Blinkers back on but needs to show more.

Form: 074-09

(10)

Swiss Cottage¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: K Thornton| OR: 57

100/1

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. Tenth of 12 in handicap (125/1) at Bellewstown (11.9f, soft) 19 days ago. Significantly down in trip but hard to fancy.

Form: 92/94-00

(2)

Starlight Red¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: L Breen| OR: 56

10/3

Below-form seventh of 14 in handicap (12/1) at Gowran (8f, soft) 12 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 0V7007

(16)

Global Pass⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Ronan Whelan| T: R O'Brien| OR: 53

20/1

Winner at Limerick in June but only sixteenth of 17 in handicap at Cork (7f, good, 5/1) 71 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 0-75310

(5)

Tuamhain^p1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: N C Kelly| OR: 52| D

100/1

66/1, last of 19 in handicap at Naas (6f, soft) 22 days ago. Back up in trip with cheekpieces on but needs a big step forward.

Form: 78-0000

(6)

Is Fantastic²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: W J Lee| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 51

28/1

33/1, sixteenth of 17 in handicap at Cork (10f, heavy) 29 days ago. Back down in trip but hard to make a case for.

Form: 7078-00

(17)

Loughanlea Lass^p,t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: G M Ryan⁽³⁾| T: M Fahey| OR: 47

11/2

Arrives on back of good third of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 4/1) 30 days ago. Not ruled out in bid to open her account at the 11th attempt.

Form: 76-0623

(12)

One For Della^b1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: T Doyle| OR: 45

20/1

Eighth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Blinkers on now but needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 340-088

(1)

Divine Celt^b1⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Colin Keane| T: J J Murphy| OR: 48| BF

7/1

Still a maiden, and below-form eighth of 14 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to firm) 5 days ago. Blinkers reached for but others appeal more.

Form: 438258

(7)

Philly's Hope¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L F Roche| T: A McGuinness| OR: 45

9/1

In good form until only ninth of 14 in handicap at Gowran (8f, soft) 12 days ago. Not ruled out if able to shrug aside her latest run.

Form: 354439

(3)

Rotokura^p⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan| OR: 45

10/3

Cheekpieces on and good third of 14 in 7f handicap (11/1) at Cork 5 days ago. Headgear retained so holds good claims off unchanged mark.

Form: 8-00863

(11)

Sapphire Pearl^b,t¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Rory Cleary| T: B W Duke| OR: 45

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered/tongue strap on when last of 14 in handicap at Gowran (8f) 12 days ago. Easily opposed.

Form: 000-00

(18)

Ask Delaney^h⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Paddy Harnett| T: A Leahy| OR: 45

15/2

6/1 and hooded, very good fourth of 14 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to firm) 5 days ago. Not taken lightly. RESERVE

Form: 57-5074

(4)

Foreign Legion^p,t⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: C D Maxwell| T: J Larkin| OR: 53| D

11/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019 but creditable fourth of 18 in handicap at Navan (8f, soft) 4 days ago. Claims. RESERVE

Form: 600-004

Non-Runners

(9)

Sagittarius Rising⁴³

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: D W O'Connor

(13)

Miss Florentine¹⁹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: R O'Sullivan J: M A Gallagher

(15)

Village Rock⁴²

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: T G McCourt J: A J Slattery

(14)

Scherzando³

Weight: 10-5| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Starlight Red (10/3), Rotokura (10/3), Scherzando (4/1), Loughanlea Lass (11/2), Divine Celt (7/1), Ask Delaney (15/2), Philly's Hope (9/1), Foreign Legion (11/1), Sagittarius Rising (12/1), One For Della (20/1), Global Pass (20/1), Miss Florentine (20/1), Is Fantastic (28/1), Ohio State (33/1), Village Rock (33/1), Swiss Cottage (100/1), Tuamhain (100/1), Sapphire Pearl (150/1)

Not so competitive as the numbers suggest and ROTOKURA looks to have been found a good opportunity to open his account after showing up well when third at Cork recently. Loughanlea Lass is still without a win but should make her presence felt along with Philly's Hope who is expected to bounce back here.