17:20 Naas

Sunday 18 October 2020

All13:2513:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:20

Naas Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 2m 23.90s

(5)

Scholastic⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 70

4/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Fair winning hurdler. Needs considering back in this sphere.

Form: 047161

(7)

Awkwafina^p1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Gavin Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J Davison| OR: 69

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 6/1, tenth of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (7f) 16 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Needs to raise game.

Form: 6350

(4)

Na Caith Tobac¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 69| D

9/2

2 wins from 5 runs this year. 15/2, career best when winning 16-runner handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 11 days ago, keeping on well. Can go well again.

Form: 0-00011

(11)

Waterville Lady⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 68

5/1

10/1, good second of 17 in handicap at Cork (8f, soft) 5 days ago. Back up in trip. Respected.

Form: 420932

(6)

Miss Daingerfield⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 66

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in maiden at Gowran (9.4f, good, 80/1) 67 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 998

(3)

Sienna Lady^p1³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 64| BF

16/1

9/4, respectable eighth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f) 30 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 8-04208

(2)

Poster Child^p⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 62

3/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 9 in handicap (10/1) at Cork (10f, soft) 5 days ago, responding well. Player.

Form: 9-00042

(1)

Brilliant Question^t¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 61

25/1

Respectable seventh of 13 in handicap (16/1) at Thurles (12.3f, soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 7-03637

(10)

Extensio⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ross Coakley| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 61

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, bit below form sixth of 11 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 7 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 04976

(9)

Pikaia⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M A Enright| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 58

5/1

14/1, creditable second of 14 in handicap at Limerick (11.3f, heavy) 8 days ago, no match for winner. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 442282

Non-Runners

(8)

Lizzies Song¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: T Mullins J: Ben Coen

Forecasts

Poster Child (3/1), Scholastic (4/1), Na Caith Tobac (9/2), Waterville Lady (5/1), Pikaia (5/1), Sienna Lady (16/1), Miss Daingerfield (16/1), Extensio (20/1), Lizzies Song (20/1), Brilliant Question (25/1), Awkwafina (28/1)

NA CAITH TOBAC is going the right way now, winning his last 2 starts under this rider, and should make a bold bid for the hat-trick. Poster Child responded well to this headgear when runner-up at Cork recently and is next best ahead of Scholastic.