14:30 Galway

Monday 26 October 2020

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

www.swordsecurity.com Nursery Handicap (45-70) (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 1m 38.29s

(1)

Mass Gathering^b,t¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-12| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 68

11/2

Winner at Naas in September. 14/1, respectable eighth of 14 in nursery at Dundalk (7f) 10 days ago. Likely to remain competitive.

Form: 028128

(5)

Cisco Disco^b⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J Davison| OR: 65

11/4

Blinkered for 1st time, below form third of 14 in nursery at Gowran (7f, heavy, 16/1) 7 days ago. Should be thereabouts.

Form: 779703

(8)

Ellabella⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: O J Orr| T: A McNamara| OR: 60

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, thirteenth of 18 in maiden at Naas (6f, heavy) 8 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 080

(9)

Papal Bee^v¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 58

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Visored for 1st time, sixth of 8 in nursery at Navan (5f, soft, 16/1) 19 days ago, needing stiffer test. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 00086

(4)

What Adaay^p⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 54

17/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, fourth of 9 in maiden at Fairyhouse (7f, heavy) 6 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs to do more.

Form: 004

(3)

Rich Law No Law^v1⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast| OR: 52

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 10 in nursery at Tipperary (7.5f, good to soft, 9/2) 41 days ago, well positioned. Yard having good spell. Visor on 1st time. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 0003

(6)

Vazzy¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 52

4/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 18 in maiden at Navan (5.8f, soft, 125/1) 19 days ago. Up in trip. Trainer going well. Might do better now switched to nurseries.

Form: 090

(7)

Speedy Pix^p⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 50

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable sixth of 10 in nursery at Tipperary (7.5f, good to soft) 41 days ago.

Form: 06006

(2)

Cornice¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: James J Doyle| T: J C McConnell| OR: 47

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, last of 8 in nursery at Navan (5f, soft) 19 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 8068

Forecasts

Cisco Disco (11/4), Rich Law No Law (7/2), Vazzy (4/1), Mass Gathering (11/2), What Adaay (17/2), Speedy Pix (14/1), Papal Bee (18/1), Ellabella (18/1), Cornice (33/1)

MASS GATHERING is in good order and generally contests stronger races than this, so she makes most appeal up against some generally woeful opposition. Rich Law Now Law looks a threat on the back of his encouraging nursery debut, while Cisco Disco can't be totally ruled out.