14:05 Curragh

Thursday 15 October 2020

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Equilux Scientifically Proven System Handicap (45-75)

Off time: 14:07 | Winning time: 1m 18.05s

(20)

Whatharm³⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn| OR: 75

33/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Dundalk (7f, 11/2), readily. Off 10 months.

Form: 140611-

(15)

Limit Long^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Leigh Roche| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 74| D

16/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 14-runner handicap (16/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 026501

(10)

Zephron^p1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Ross Coakley| T: D Cullen| OR: 75

22/1

Winner at Tipperary in August. 18/1, respectable sixth of 15 in handicap at Tipperary (7.4f, good to soft) 12 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Has work to do.

Form: 331806

(2)

Midnight Fire^t¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: M A Gallagher| T: E P Harty| OR: 74| CD

13/2

Career best when winning 15-runner maiden at this C&D (soft, 7/2) 19 days ago by nose from Glow Worm. Makes handicap debut. Has good chance on form.

Form: 9421

(8)

Musical Rue^v²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 73

20/1

Winner at Down Royal in July. Below form ninth of 16 in handicap (16/1) at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Yard in good form. Booking of Lee a plus.

Form: 331939

(4)

Well Suited^h¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: T P Madden| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 72

40/1

2 lengths fourth of 14 to Limit Long in handicap (125/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 700-0P4

(1)

Chocquinto¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 72| C

50/1

Course winner. Winner here in July. 33/1, thirteenth of 15 in handicap at this course (5f, good to soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 010550

(17)

No Show¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J J Mangan| OR: 72

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Richard Hannon when ninth of 14 in maiden (50/1) at Cork (7f, good to soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 353-89

(12)

Kodiqueen^p1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 70| D

16/1

Creditable 1¼ lengths third of 14 to Limit Long in handicap (10/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, soft) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 07-0073

(13)

Salt Whistle Bay^t⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 69

40/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. 25/1, below form tenth of 18 in handicap at this course (6.3f, good to soft) 81 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 056-400

(3)

Sydney Blues²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: P J Flynn| OR: 69

20/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good, 4/1) 26 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 0-77420

(14)

Fugacious¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Gavin Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 67| BF

7/1

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. 7/2, creditable third of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (7.4f, good to soft) 12 days ago, nearest finish. Can make presence felt.

Form: 572393

(9)

Glow Worm^v¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Vanessa Maye⁽⁷⁾| T: J Davison| OR: 68| BF

11/1

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. Good third of 14 in handicap (9/2) at Cork (5f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Visor back on. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 024823

(19)

Hell Left Loose²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 65| D

9/2

3 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Limerick in September. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Listowel (7f, good, 5/1) 23 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 018117

(16)

Pretty Boy Floyd^v⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 65

11/2

First run since leaving A. J. Martin when third of 17 in handicap at Navan (5f, soft, 8/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 6000-93

(11)

Sors¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 64| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. 28/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Cork (5f, good to soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 00507-0

(7)

Noirvento^t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: T Collins| OR: 63| D

11/2

Latest win at Limerick in June. 7/2, good head second of 14 to Hell Left Loose in handicap at Limerick (6.7f, heavy) 34 days ago, sticking to task. Merits consideration.

Form: 34-1362

(5)

Enter The Red^b³⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: A A Howard| OR: 59| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2018. 17/2, creditable second of 14 in handicap at Limerick (6.7f, heavy) 34 days ago.

Form: 635-882

Non-Runners

(21)

Law Breaker²³

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: E J O'Grady J: Reserve 1

(6)

Via Veneto¹²²

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: D Murphy J: Reserve 2

(18)

Countess Matilda²⁴

Weight: 8-6| Age: 4

T: M J Smith J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Hell Left Loose (9/2), Pretty Boy Floyd (11/2), Noirvento (11/2), Midnight Fire (13/2), Fugacious (7/1), Countess Matilda (7/1), Enter The Red (10/1), Glow Worm (11/1), Limit Long (16/1), Kodiqueen (16/1), Sydney Blues (20/1), Musical Rue (20/1), Zephron (22/1), Whatharm (33/1), Law Breaker (33/1), Well Suited (40/1), Salt Whistle Bay (40/1), Sors (40/1), No Show (40/1), Chocquinto (50/1), Via Veneto (100/1)

MIDNIGHT FIRE continued his theme of race-by-race progress when winning a C&D maiden 19 days ago and from a very fair mark, is taken to go in again. Glow Worm is going through a good spell at present and is closely matched with the selection, with Noirvento completing the shortlist.