14:00 Naas

Saturday 7 November 2020

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Naas November Handicap (Premier Handicap)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 3m 26.28s

(18)

Shanroe^t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: K Thornton| OR: 97| D

8/1

Thrice-raced winner on Flat. Fairly useful hurdler. 15/2, won 14-runner handicap at Killarney (14f, soft) 34 days ago, driven out. Should have more to offer.

Form: 121

(15)

Royal Illusion²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: J A Heffernan| T: W P Mullins| OR: 94| BF

18/1

3/1, twenty first of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (16f, soft) 27 days ago, not ideally placed (sixth past the post but subsequently disqualified). Enters calculations.

Form: 7219-6D

(9)

Jukebox Jive^p1²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: G M Ryan⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 91| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Bit below form fifteenth of 34 in handicap (18/1) at Newmarket (18f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Down in trip and booking of Ryan a plus. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 03251-0

(17)

Haparanda^p²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁵⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 96

5/1

Two wins from 6 runs this year. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Leopardstown (12f, soft, 14/1) 21 days ago, staying on strongly. Likely to improve.

Form: 487131

(2)

Camorra^t²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁷⁾| T: G M Lyons| OR: 95

12/1

Career best when winning 17-runner handicap (11/2) at Leopardstown (12f, soft) 21 days ago, well positioned. However, 11 lb rise for that asks a big question of this 3-y-o.

Form: 4-73351

(12)

Brazos^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 88| D

16/1

Creditable fourth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (16f, soft, 40/1) 27 days ago. Each-way shout.

Form: 00-0674

(7)

De Name Escapes Me^t²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 9-2| J: O J Orr| T: N Meade| OR: 85| C

10/1

Creditable third of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (16f, soft, 18/1) 27 days ago, not ideally placed. Stable in good form. Solid each-way chance.

Form: 23-2603

(10)

Run For Mary²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: N G McCullagh| T: C Byrnes| OR: 84| BF

28/1

Latest win at Bellewstown in July. 3/1, fourteenth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (16f, soft) 27 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 41-0120

(5)

Takarengo²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: W J Lee| T: T Mullins| OR: 84

6/1

Good third of 34 in handicap at Newmarket (18f, good to soft, 50/1) 28 days ago. Back down in trip and ought to be on the premises.

Form: 509943

(3)

Western Boy²¹

Age: 11| Weight: 9-1| J: K J Manning| T: P A Fahy| OR: 84| D

100/1

One win from 3 runs this year. Fifth of 11 in handicap chase (5/1) at Ballinrobe (17f, soft) 21 days ago. Fairly useful on the Flat, below form on last Flat outing. Has work to do.

Form: 490/108

(13)

Cerberus^p1,t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 83| BF

10/3

11/8, good second of 13 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and improvement needed, but that's far from impossible.

Form: 5302-32

(8)

Future Proof^b¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade| OR: 83

16/1

Latest win at Leopardstown in October. 4/1, creditable third of 13 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 12 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal. Still, others make more appeal.

Form: 23-0413

(16)

Jake Peter²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn| OR: 83

66/1

Eighth of 11 in handicap (33/1) at Dundalk (12f) 22 days ago. Merits consideration judged on last season's form, but bit to prove now.

Form: 23102-8

(4)

No Say Ever^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Coen| T: Miss A Mooney| OR: 80| D

18/1

Winner at Gowran in September. 14/1, creditable 4¼ lengths fourth of 12 to Haparanda in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, soft) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 40-3214

(19)

Politicise^p¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 79| D

12/1

7/1, improved on recent efforts to win 9-runner handicap at Gowran (14f, heavy) 19 days ago by 2 lengths from Got Trumped, staying on well. Yard in good form and he's one for the shortlist.

Form: 336801

(11)

Walking On Glass^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: L F Roche| T: P Roche| OR: 78| BF

33/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle (7/2) at Punchestown (20.6f, soft) 10 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 53-1012

Non-Runners

(6)

Red Gerry²⁴

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: Reserve 1

(1)

Dinard Rose²

Weight: 8-8| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: Reserve 2

(14)

Got Trumped⁷

Weight: 8-6| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Cerberus (10/3), Haparanda (5/1), Takarengo (6/1), Shanroe (8/1), De Name Escapes Me (10/1), Camorra (12/1), Jukebox Jive (12/1), Politicise (12/1), Future Proof (16/1), Brazos (16/1), Royal Illusion (18/1), No Say Ever (18/1), Run For Mary (28/1), Walking On Glass (33/1), Jake Peter (66/1), Western Boy (100/1)

A typically competitive renewal of this valuable handicap. POLITICISE has looked at least as good as ever the last twice, winning well over hurdles at Listowel and in this sphere recently at Gowran. He is appealing with conditions again in his favour. Last year's winner Jukebox Jive is dangerous to discount, but bigger threats may be posed by the progressive Haparanda and De Name Escapes Me.