17:05 Gowran Park

Wednesday 21 October 2020

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:3517:05

Racing Again November 20th Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 1m 53.83s

(7)

Defilade³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁷⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 69

15/2

Last of 12 in handicap (50/1) at Naas (10f, heavy) 3 days ago. Hard to make a solid case for.

Form: 836400

(9)

Musalsal⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: R O'Brien| OR: 65| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in July. Ninth of 12 in handicap (10/1) at Roscommon (12f, heavy) 64 days ago. Could get back on track following a break.

Form: 514179

(3)

Shifted Strategy^p,t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: J A Stack| OR: 65| D

5/1

Sixth of 14 in handicap at Listowel (8f, soft, 20/1) 27 days ago. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 30000-6

(2)

Spiorad Saoirse^t,v¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 65| D

16/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2018. 10/1, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f) 12 days ago. Others more persuasive for all he's sliding in the weights.

Form: 790957

(5)

Blankiedoodie^h,t⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Gary Carroll| T: J C McConnell| OR: 64| C| D

17/2

Course winner. Latest win at Thurles in October. 7/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Cork (8f, soft) 8 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 202613

(1)

Longoddson^h1⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Shane Foley| T: A Leahy| OR: 63| D

9/2

20/1, below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Cork (10f, soft) 8 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 31/60-47

(11)

Mk Drama^t⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 63

4/1

Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap (10/1) at Leopardstown (8f, soft) 5 days ago, never nearer.

Form: 467044

(8)

Jungle Jungle⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: A J Martin| OR: 59| C

6/1

Course winner. Winner here in August. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Cork (8f, soft) 8 days ago, inadequate test. Not taken lightly.

Form: 981694

(4)

The Lady's Bid^p,t1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: P M Rogers| OR: 55| C

14/1

Course winner. 12/1, bit below form ninth of 16 in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 14 days ago, finding less than looked likely. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 680079

(10)

Kappa Kayleigh^b1⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: James J Doyle| T: D Donovan| OR: 45

66/1

66/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, eighth of 12 in handicap at Cork (8f, soft) 8 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 050008

Non-Runners

(6)

No Way Jack⁵

Weight: 8-12| Age: 8

T: P Martin J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Forecasts

Mk Drama (4/1), Longoddson (9/2), Shifted Strategy (5/1), Jungle Jungle (6/1), Musalsal (7/1), Defilade (15/2), Blankiedoodie (17/2), No Way Jack (12/1), The Lady's Bid (14/1), Spiorad Saoirse (16/1), Kappa Kayleigh (66/1)

MUSALSAL seemed to find a busy summer period catching up with him but he's still on a fair mark and, with a 2-month break likely to have freshened him up, he makes plenty of appeal back at the scene of both his wins this term. Blankiedoodie and Jungle Jungle arrive in good order, which is more than can be said for most, so they go down as the main dangers.