14:10 Listowel

Thursday 24 September 2020

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Thorn Plant Hire Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 1m 47.66s

(5)

Bardo Contiguo^t1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 70| D

15/2

Creditable fifth of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Punchestown (8f, soft) 21 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 069435

(2)

Ecoeye²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: A Leahy| OR: 70| C| D

2/1

Course winner. Career best when winning 14-runner handicap (15/2) at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft) on reappearance 24 days ago. 6 lb rise not excessive.

Form: 35264-1

(12)

Spiorad Saoirse^v1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 69| D

25/1

Below form seventh of 12 in maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft, 9/1) 20 days ago, doing too much too soon. Back down in trip. Visor on 1st time. No impact on Flat over summer.

Form: 3-27909

(9)

Twist^p,t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: E J McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 69

100/1

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. 100/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Punchestown (8f, soft) 21 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time on the Flat.

Form: 41/54-0

(1)

Shifted Strategy^p,t³⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 66| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 15 in handicap at this course (9f, soft, 14/1). Off 12 months.

Form: 8/30000-

(17)

Breaking News^p³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 67

33/1

Possibly found race coming too soon after only 2 days off when fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, heavy) 35 days ago.

Form: 046030

(19)

Take My Hand⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Declan McDonogh| T: M Mulvany| OR: 67| D

11/1

Latest win at Bellewstown in August. 12/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good) 5 days ago. Yard having good spell.

Form: 204169

(11)

Emphatic^t²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Larkin| OR: 60

6/1

Remains a maiden after 22 Flat runs. 9/1, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 2 days ago.

Form: 797756

(4)

Starting Monday³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: W J Lee| T: G Scott| OR: 61

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good fourth of 12 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, soft, 28/1) 36 days ago. Unexposed.

Form: 0664

(3)

Youceeyouceecee^p¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: M A Enright| T: Miss S A Finn| OR: 56| C| D

20/1

Course winner. Latest win at Cork in August. Bit below form ninth of 15 in handicap (6/1) at Tipperary (7.4f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 9-01679

(7)

Foreign Legion^p,t²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: S Foley| T: J Larkin| OR: 52| D

9/2

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. 5/1, creditable second of 13 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 2 days ago. Booking of Foley a plus. Likely to continue in form and big shout.

Form: 0-00442

(10)

Kefallonia^v²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: E Lynam| OR: 51

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 80/1 and visored for 1st time, third of 14 in handicap at Punchestown (9f, soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 70-003

(14)

Movie King¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A J Martin| OR: 50

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 16 in maiden (150/1) at Navan (10f, soft) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Check betting. RESERVE.

Form: 700

(15)

Slade Express^p1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: James J Doyle| T: S Lavery| OR: 50

50/1

Sixteenth of 18 in handicap at Navan (8f, soft, 20/1) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. RESERVE.

Form: 08-6070

Non-Runners

(16)

Tanseeq⁶

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: Robbie Colgan

(18)

Dance Emperor³⁵

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: O J Orr

(8)

Plum Perfect²⁸

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: T Collins J: Ronan Whelan

(6)

Curly Girl³⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: C P Donoghue J: Shane Kelly

(13)

Havana Breeze¹⁰

Weight: 8-6| Age: 6

T: Miss H McLoughlin J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Ecoeye (2/1), Foreign Legion (9/2), Emphatic (6/1), Havana Breeze (7/1), Bardo Contiguo (15/2), Starting Monday (8/1), Plum Perfect (8/1), Take My Hand (11/1), Dance Emperor (12/1), Tanseeq (12/1), Kefallonia (14/1), Shifted Strategy (20/1), Youceeyouceecee (20/1), Spiorad Saoirse (25/1), Breaking News (33/1), Curly Girl (33/1), Slade Express (50/1), Movie King (66/1), Twist (100/1)

FOREIGN LEGION ran well in second when backed here on Tuesday and has a big shout if turned out again quickly with Shane Foley taking over in the saddle. Ecoeye is respected as a ready last-time-out winner, while Plum Perfect has been given a bit of a chance by the handicapper and won't be far away if recapturing the form she showed when second at Gowran in July.