15:40 Galway

Monday 26 October 2020

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

Barna Recycling Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 36.47s

(17)

Excuzio Joe¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 70

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good second of 11 in handicap (6/1) at the Curragh (8f, soft) 15 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 00932

(3)

Cracking Name^b,t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: O J Orr| T: D Marnane| OR: 67| D

14/1

Latest win at Tipperary in September. Below form eighth of 13 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, soft, 12/1) 10 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 383188

(13)

Sagittarius Rising^p,t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Colin Keane| T: J C McConnell| OR: 67| D

16/5

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, heavy, 15/8) 6 days ago, driven out. Enters calculations.

Form: 000331

(15)

Sydney Blues¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: K J Manning| T: P J Flynn| OR: 68

18/1

20/1, below-form ninth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, heavy) 11 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 774209

(4)

Musalsal⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: R O'Brien| OR: 65

14/1

Latest win at Gowran in July. Below-form sixth of 10 in handicap (7/1) at Gowran (8f, heavy) 5 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 141796

(16)

Varna Gold²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Robbie Colgan| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 67

25/1

Fair maiden who arrives on back of hurdles win at Killarney 21 days ago. Can give another good account back on level.

Form: 970387

(11)

Lottieloveheart^t,v¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Shane Foley| T: L Breen| OR: 58| BF

11/1

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. Below-form eighth of 16 in handicap at Limerick (7f, heavy, 9/2) 16 days ago. Needs more.

Form: 9-79028

(12)

Drombeg Duke^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: C P Hoban| T: A Leahy| OR: 55| D

6/1

Cheekpieces on and career best when winning 7f handicap at Gowran in the mud (9/1) 7 days ago by 2½l from Kudbegood. Up 7 lb but headgear retained so another bold showing is very much on the cards.

Form: 0-60301

(1)

Porterinthejungle^h¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Gavin Ryan⁽³⁾| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 55

6/1

Hooded for 1st time, took a step back in the right direction when fifth of 13 in handicap (20/1) at the Curragh (7f, heavy) 11 days ago. Shortlisted.

Form: 8/830-05

(9)

Sao Paulo¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: M Hourigan| OR: 53

80/1

125/1, modest seventh of 14 in handicap at Limerick (11.3f, heavy) 16 days ago. Significantly down in trip and hard to warm to.

Form: 3900/07

(6)

True Companion^b⁷⁹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: H Beggs| OR: 52| D

66/1

Fair 7f winner for Adrian Joyce but off course over 2 years since ninth over hurdles at Bangor on sole start for Nicky Henderson. Lots to prove now.

Form: 135350/

(14)

Kudbegood^p,t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 50

4/1

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs but good 2½l second of 13 to Drombeg Duke in handicap at Gowran (7f, heavy) 7 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 995062

(7)

Cosmic Symbol^b¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 45| C| D

125/1

Course winner. 80/1 and blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving Iain Jardine when fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 19 days ago. Hard to enthuse over.

Form: 9/000-90

(5)

Sahreej^t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Leigh Roche| T: M Kelly| OR: 45

11/1

Thirty two runs since last win in 2015 but respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, heavy, 33/1) 11 days ago. Not totally dismissed.

Form: 0-00046

(2)

Will She Pass^p1¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: B A Murphy| OR: 45

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 12 in handicap (22/1) at Cork (8f, soft) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces on now with lots to find.

Form: 0-0060

(8)

Strategic Fortune^p³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J F O'Shea| OR: 46

33/1

Modest ninth of 13 in handicap (14/1) at Listowel (7f, good) 34 days ago. Has work to do if he's to open his account at the 10th attempt.

Form: 829-069

Non-Runners

(10)

Miss Adventurous¹¹

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: T Cooper J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Sagittarius Rising (16/5), Kudbegood (4/1), Drombeg Duke (6/1), Porterinthejungle (6/1), Excuzio Joe (8/1), Sahreej (11/1), Lottieloveheart (11/1), Musalsal (14/1), Cracking Name (14/1), Sydney Blues (18/1), Varna Gold (25/1), Strategic Fortune (33/1), True Companion (66/1), Sao Paulo (80/1), Will She Pass (100/1), Cosmic Symbol (125/1)

DROMBEG DUKE was transformed by the fitting of cheekpieces when scoring at Gowran last week, so with the headgear retained, is fancied to defy a 7 lb rise and follow up at the cheif expense of recent Fairyhouse winner Sagittarius Rising. Kudbegood is another to consider on the back of his good second to the selection at Gowran.