15:15 Curragh

Monday 2 November 2020

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Happy Retirement Eamonn Lloyd Apprentice Handicap (45-70) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 3m 4.06s

(13)

Call Me Dolly^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁴⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 70| D

4/1

Winner at Thurles in October. 13/2, very good second of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, soft) 16 days ago, sticking to task. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 265412

(12)

Grace To Grace^t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: M P Sheehy⁽²⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 70| BF| D

11/2

Bit below form fifth of 18 in handicap (7/2) at this C&D (heavy) 18 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 774275

(6)

Maria Christina^v1³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁴⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 70| D

28/1

Fourteenth of 18 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 20/1) 37 days ago. Stable in good form. Visor on 1st time. Chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 51-8000

(7)

Ally Cay¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁴⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 68

10/1

5/1, good second of 18 in handicap at this C&D (heavy) 18 days ago, no match for winner. Each-way chance.

Form: 648232

(14)

Mountain Fox^t⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: S T McCullagh⁽²⁾| T: F Oakes| OR: 64| D

40/1

One win from 29 Flat runs. Winner at Leopardstown in July. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (6/1) at Roscommon (11.7f, good to soft) 63 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 339120

(5)

New Vocation²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Luke McAteer⁽²⁾| T: K H Clarke| OR: 62

50/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. Ninth of 14 in handicap (14/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 24 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 563039

(10)

Wild Shot^t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁴⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 57| D

40/1

Bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 25/1) 10 days ago, needing stiffer test. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 087868

(1)

Molly Kaye¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: D E Sheehy| T: S M Duffy| OR: 56

10/1

Won 13-runner handicap hurdle at Thurles (16f, good to soft, 4/1) 11 days ago. Down in trip. Fair on the Flat, bit below form on last Flat run. Enters calculations.

Form: 5-05987

(3)

Sil Ver Klass^t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽²⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 55| D

3/1

Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. Won 11-runner handicap at Navan (14f, soft, 11/1) 11 days ago by ½ length from Arcland, keeping on well. Should be involved.

Form: 15406/1

(11)

Sequoiaspirit²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: W T Byrne⁽⁴⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 57

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, below form seventh of 16 in handicap at Limerick (7f, heavy) 23 days ago, needing stiffer test. Significantly up in trip and best to look elsewhere.

Form: 0987

(9)

Arctic Blaze¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁴⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 50

9/1

14/1, good fourth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, soft) 16 days ago, slowly away. Place possibilities.

Form: 805064

(2)

Arcland¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Nathan Crosse| T: H Rogers| OR: 49| BF

6/1

5/2, creditable ½-length second of 11 to Sil Ver Klass in handicap at Navan (14f, soft) 11 days ago. Should give another good account.

Form: 0-34022

(4)

Thekeyisnottopanic^t²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: J M Sheridan| T: C W J Farrell| OR: 53

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. 50/1, eighth of 9 in juvenile hurdle at Killarney (17f, good) 28 days ago. Up in trip. for this handicap debut and big step forward needed.

Form: 000

(8)

Ben Alexander^t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: A C Persse⁽⁴⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 45

40/1

11/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 26 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 094250

Forecasts

Sil Ver Klass (3/1), Call Me Dolly (4/1), Grace To Grace (11/2), Arcland (6/1), Arctic Blaze (9/1), Molly Kaye (10/1), Ally Cay (10/1), Maria Christina (28/1), Wild Shot (40/1), Ben Alexander (40/1), Mountain Fox (40/1), Sequoiaspirit (40/1), New Vocation (50/1), Thekeyisnottopanic (80/1)

The votes goes to MOLLY KAYE, who was successful over hurdles at Thurles 11 days ago and she'll have every chance off this mark if able to continue the good work back on the Flat. Call Me Dolly went close in a big-field Leopardstown handicap last time and she is accorded plenty of respect, while recent Navan 1-2 Sil Ver Klass and Arcland also need considering.