16:45 Fairyhouse

Tuesday 20 October 2020

All13:2013:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:45

fairyhouse.ie Handicap (45-70) (Div 2)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 3m 24.04s

(6)

Bocas Del Toro⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J J Murphy| OR: 69

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, below form fifth of 11 in minor event at the Curragh (12f, soft) 9 days ago. Makes handicap debut and improvement needed.

Form: 8665

(1)

Shumaker²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: Ben Kennedy⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Paul Traynor| OR: 66| C| D

9/1

Two wins from 5 runs this year. 85/40, won 7-runner novice chase at Punchestown (19.4f, good to soft) on debut over fences 21 days ago. Latest effort in this sphere was respectable.

Form: 0-11480

(2)

Emerald Green^b⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 69

8/1

Bit below form 15 lengths sixth of 18 to Thefaithfulindian in handicap at the Curragh (12f, heavy, 6/1) 5 days ago. Clearly has work to do.

Form: 000526

(3)

Thefaithfulindian^t⁵^{(ex 6)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: A A Howard| OR: 56

11/10

Two wins from 6 runs this year. 9/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 18-runner handicap at the Curragh (12f, heavy) 5 days ago, eased down. Obvious claims under a penalty.

Form: 451441

(4)

Winston Wolfe⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 59

22/1

40/1, below form 17 lengths eighth of 18 to Thefaithfulindian in handicap at the Curragh (12f, heavy) 5 days ago, nearest finish. Place possibilities.

Form: 4-00608

(10)

Aasleagh Fawn⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 56| D

14/1

14/1, respectable eighth of 18 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, soft) 80 days ago. Runner-up off this mark at Navan 3 starts back, and she shouldn't be far away.

Form: 10-4288

(5)

Poster Child^p²^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 63

7/2

3/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Naas (10f, soft) 2 days ago. Significantly up in trip and this demands another personal best.

Form: 000421

(11)

Final Endeavour¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: G M Ryan⁽³⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 53

11/2

11/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 19 days ago, doing too much too soon. Not without each-way hope judged on several pieces of this season's form.

Form: 632539

(8)

Liam Eile^t¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 8-6| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 45

40/1

50/1 and hooded for 1st time visored for 1st time, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Limerick (11.3f, heavy) 10 days ago. Others make more appeal.1

Form: 0/0-9307

Non-Runners

(9)

Loingseoir⁵

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: M C Grassick J: M P Sheehy

(7)

Make Good¹⁰

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: S Foley

Forecasts

Thefaithfulindian (11/10), Poster Child (7/2), Final Endeavour (11/2), Emerald Green (8/1), Make Good (8/1), Shumaker (9/1), Aasleagh Fawn (14/1), Loingseoir (14/1), Winston Wolfe (22/1), Liam Eile (40/1), Bocas Del Toro (50/1)

Equipped with a first-time tongue strap, THEFAITHFULINDIAN looked better than ever when scoring in good style at the Curragh last week and will prove a tough nut to crack under a penalty. She has a few of these behind on that occasion, including Emerald Green and Winston Wolfe. The one for the forecast may be Make Good, though Aasleagh Fawn is also a candidate for minor honours.