15:45 Gowran Park

Tuesday 4 May 2021

All13:3514:0514:3515:1015:4516:2016:50

Goresbridge Handicap (45-70) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 2m 15.58s

(20)

Adnap^p,t³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Colin Keane| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 69

12/1

Dual Dundalk winner. Below form tenth of 16 in handicap at Navan (13f, heavy, 50/1) 38 days ago. Down in trip. Booking of Keane a plus.

Form: 11360-0

(16)

Loingseoir⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 68

10/1

Won at Cork last year. Off 4 months, fourteenth of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft, 18/1) 44 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 68902-0

(12)

On The Balcony^h,t⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 68| D

33/1

A winner in France in 2019. Last of 11 in handicap (40/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 46 days ago. Continues out of sorts.

Form: 23000-0

(4)

Overheer⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: O J Orr| T: J G Murphy| OR: 68| D

9/2

Winner at Tipperary in September. Off 5 months and 25/1, below form seventh of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 44 days ago, very slowly away.

Form: 52317-7

(13)

Poster Child³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: W T Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 66

7/1

Winner at Naas in October. Off 5 months, 18/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap at Navan (13f, heavy) 38 days ago. Down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 04218-0

(1)

Canning¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 63

11/1

Respectable eighth of 16 in handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to soft, 22/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 853-098

(17)

Up With The Play^p⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 62

22/1

6/1, tenth of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) 43 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Fair on the Flat but yet to win.

Form: 764890-

(5)

Blankiedoodie^h,t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: J C McConnell| OR: 61| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Well held both runs back this season.

Form: 6139-00

(6)

Nailed Down⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: M Mulvany| OR: 59

14/1

Modest maiden. 28/1, creditable thirteenth of 20 in handicap at Naas (8f, good) 8 days ago, not clear run. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0064-00

(7)

Scotts Honor⁴⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Foley| T: S M Duffy| OR: 59| BF

28/1

Claimer winner in 2019. Off 16 months. Work to do.

Form: 73172/5-

(2)

Drish Hero^h¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: D Commins| OR: 58

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 80/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (7f) 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes turf debut.

Form: 8598

(15)

Church Mountain^t²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan| OR: 67

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, respectable seventh of 16 in handicap at this course (8f, soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 70-97

(19)

Bell Ex One^p²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: R P Cody| OR: 62

9/2

Modest maiden. Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap (9/2) at Dundalk (12f) 24 days ago, slowly away. Down in trip. Cheekpieces back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: 3954-54

(8)

Mijul Angel¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: B A Murphy| OR: 55

25/1

Maiden. 66/1, seventh of 15 in handicap at Cork (10.2f, good to firm) 11 days ago, not ideally placed. RESERVE.

Form: 0-49007

(18)

Loaded^b¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: M A Gallagher| T: A Slattery| OR: 52

50/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. Eleventh of 14 in handicap at Limerick (11.3f, good, 28/1) 10 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 500-900

(10)

Canford Light¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 52

6/1

5/1, creditable sixth of 16 in handicap at Limerick (11.3f, good) 10 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 9/0558-6

Non-Runners

(9)

Never Mistabeat²⁴

Weight: 10-2| Age: 4

T: J P Fahey J: Leigh Roche

(11)

Time And Money²³

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: A Oliver J: Ronan Whelan

(3)

Harbanaker²⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Gary Carroll

(14)

Chimeric³¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: J F Levins J: Donagh O'Connor

Forecasts

Bell Ex One (9/2), Overheer (9/2), Harbanaker (5/1), Never Mistabeat (5/1), Canford Light (6/1), Poster Child (7/1), Time And Money (8/1), Church Mountain (17/2), Loingseoir (10/1), Canning (11/1), Adnap (12/1), Nailed Down (14/1), Chimeric (16/1), Up With The Play (22/1), Mijul Angel (25/1), Scotts Honor (28/1), On The Balcony (33/1), Drish Hero (33/1), Blankiedoodie (40/1), Loaded (50/1)

HARBANAKER is shaping up well and could open his account now. Bell Ex One and Loingseoir are a couple of others to consider in a modest contest.