15:50 Curragh

Monday 2 November 2020

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Happy Retirement Eamonn Lloyd Apprentice Handicap (45-70) (Div 2)

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 3m 4.27s

(6)

Fiadhna^t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁴⁾| T: A Kinirons| OR: 66

28/1

Only eighth of 10 in handicap at Fairyhouse (13.5f, heavy) 13 days ago but claims on her C&D second prior to that.

Form: 047-428

(9)

Cardinal Rule^v1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Luke McAteer⁽²⁾| T: P J Hayes| OR: 70

17/2

50/1, bit below form tenth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, soft) 16 days ago. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 484400

(11)

Loingseoir¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: D E Sheehy| T: M C Grassick| OR: 65

25/1

Winner at Cork in August. 17/2, below form ninth of 18 in handicap at this C&D (heavy) 18 days ago.

Form: 610689

(1)

Lady Ironside¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Nathan Crosse| T: W McCreery| OR: 69

16/1

17/2, respectable fourth of 11 in maiden at Gowran (12f, heavy) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Unexposed but needs more from this opening mark.

Form: 945744

(5)

Duchess Ravenwaves^t³²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: J M Sheridan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 63

8/1

Flat/hurdle winner last year. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Fairyhouse (13.5f, soft) on reappearance 32 days ago. Could strip fitter for the run.

Form: 8301/1-0

(7)

Perry Owens^b⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽²⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 66

5/1

Blinkered first time, much improved when winning 9-runner juvenile hurdle at Galway (16.4f, heavy, 9/4) 9 days ago. Big player if the headgear works again now back on the Flat.

Form: 3669-00

(8)

Bolero¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Scott McCullagh⁽²⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 59

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 11 in handicap at Navan (14f, soft, 16/1) 11 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 03739

(2)

High Lake^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: W T Byrne⁽⁴⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 63

8/1

Sixth of 9 in handicap at Gowran (14f, heavy, 16/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 958266

(4)

Andratx^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽²⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 56| D

17/2

Good sixth of 18 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy, 22/1) 7 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 81/8006

(3)

Liars Corner^p,t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Alan Persse⁽⁴⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 53| D

12/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. Respectable ninth of 18 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy, 9/1) 7 days ago.

Form: 960449

(10)

Pikaia¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 58

9/1

Seventh of 10 in handicap at Naas (10f, heavy, 5/1) 15 days ago, needing stiffer test. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 422827

(12)

Stellify⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁴⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 57| BF

10/3

4/1, creditable third of 18 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 7 days ago, finishing well. Stable in good form. Should go well again.

Form: 237423

(14)

Karashala^h⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁴⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 45

80/1

33/1, tenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 7 days ago.

Form: 990060

(13)

Long Wood¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-9| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁴⁾| T: K Purcell| OR: 45

150/1

First run since leaving Mark Cahill when seventh of 14 in handicap (100/1) at Gowran (9.4f, heavy) 12 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 966/00-7

Forecasts

Stellify (10/3), Perry Owens (5/1), High Lake (8/1), Duchess Ravenwaves (8/1), Andratx (17/2), Cardinal Rule (17/2), Pikaia (9/1), Liars Corner (12/1), Lady Ironside (16/1), Bolero (25/1), Loingseoir (25/1), Fiadhna (28/1), Karashala (80/1), Long Wood (150/1)

Adrian McGuinness has his team in form so STELLIFY gets the nod to gain reward for some consistent efforts of late. Perry Owens reacted positively to blinkers when successful over hurdles recently and should have a big say if the headgear continues to have a positive effect. Fiadhna could also figure if back to the level of her penultimate C&D second.