17:30 Dundalk

Wednesday 31 March 2021

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Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 2m 34.65s

(2)

Kasperenko^b¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: K J Manning| T: D Cullen| OR: 92| D

28/1

Fourth of 6 in handicap at this C&D (22/1) 19 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 3590-34

(4)

Pure Nature¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 91| CD

16/1

3-time C&D winner. Three wins from 11 runs last year. Latest win here in December. 10/3, fifth of 6 in handicap at this C&D 19 days ago.

Form: 10191-5

(11)

Chiricahua¹⁸¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons| OR: 87

11/1

Respectable fourth of 12 in handicap (11/2) at Fairyhouse (10f, soft), never nearer. Off 6 months. Makes polytrack debut. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 22/0184-

(1)

Vermilion Cliffs^p1,t1¹⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 85| C

20/1

Twice-raced winner. Won 13-runner maiden (5/6) at this course (10.7f), cosily. Off 159 days. First run for yard after leaving Aidan O'Brien. Makes handicap debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 21-

(5)

Scholastic¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 84| C| D

33/1

5/1, fifth of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 17 days ago. Back down in trip. Fairly useful on the Flat, career best when winning on last Flat outing.

Form: 16132-1

(10)

Thunder Kiss²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 84

6/1

Lightly-raced winner. 9/2, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at the Curragh (12f, soft), not ideally placed. Off 7 months. Makes polytrack debut. Open to progress.

Form: 2215-

(8)

Alghazaal¹⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast| OR: 83| CD

9/2

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D (13/2), battling well. Off 173 days. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 842501-

(7)

Drakensberg^t⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 80| CD

9/2

3-time C&D winner. 11/8, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at this course (10.7f) 42 days ago under this rider. On the upgrade recently.

Form: 738-311

(9)

Pin Your Hopes¹⁰⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A Oliver| OR: 80| CD

12/1

Didn't need to improve to win 14-runner maiden (25/1) at this C&D. Off 105 days. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 327081-

(12)

Blue Shadow¹²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: W J Lee| T: A Oliver| OR: 79| BF| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Winner here in November. Good third of 13 in handicap (5/2) at this course (16f). Off 124 days. Back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 440313-

(3)

Father Ailbe²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Coen| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 76| D

25/1

One win from 3 runs last year. 22/1, creditable sixth of 14 in handicap at this course (16f) 26 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 30/160-6

(6)

Glorious Zoff^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 75| CD

6/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, sixteenth of 22 in Fred Winter at Cheltenham (16.4f, good to soft, 33/1) 15 days ago. Had previously won well over C&D under this rider.

Form: 4/5366-1

Forecasts

Blue Shadow (7/2), Alghazaal (9/2), Drakensberg (9/2), Thunder Kiss (6/1), Glorious Zoff (6/1), Chiricahua (11/1), Pin Your Hopes (12/1), Pure Nature (16/1), Vermilion Cliffs (20/1), Father Ailbe (25/1), Kasperenko (28/1), Scholastic (33/1)

ALGHAZAAL showed a fine attitude when off the mark on his second handicap start over C&D in October and appeals as the type to do better still as a 4-y-o having made his debut in June. This does look competitive, though, with Blue Shadow and Drakensberg heading the dangers.