16:25 Naas

Saturday 8 May 2021

All13:0013:3514:0514:4014:5015:1515:5016:2517:00

Irish Racing Writers Handicap

Off time: 16:27 | Winning time: 1m 15.62s

(4)

Swiss Ace²⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 88

11/1

Thrice-raced winner. 7 lengths last of 10 to Military Style in Tyros Stakes (18/1) at Leopardstown (7f, good to firm). Off 9 months. Makes handicap debut with more needed.

Form: 150-

(10)

Pale Iris⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 87

3/1

Lightly-raced winner. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap (5/1) at the Curragh (7f, good to soft) 5 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Not dismissed.

Form: 5-431

(8)

Rosie Bassett^h³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 84

10/1

Thrice-raced winner. Ninth of 15 in handicap at Cork (5f, good to soft, 7/1) 35 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 21-9

(3)

Wood Ranger¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 84| BF| CD

11/2

C&D winner. 7/2, good third of 11 in nursery at this course (6f, heavy). Off 6 months. Not taken lightly on return off 2 lb lower mark.

Form: 34313-

(2)

Coins Cross¹⁸³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M A Gallagher| T: E P Harty| OR: 82

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Second of 16 in maiden at the Curragh (5f, heavy, 40/1). Off 6 months. Makes handicap debut but others are better treated.

Form: 202-

(7)

Zara Mac^p1³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: L F Roche| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 82

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 7/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, below form eighth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f) 38 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. More required on handicap debut.

Form: 443-8

(11)

Linda Barrett³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 81

15/2

5f winner at Navan in March. 18/1, excellent third of 15 in handicap at Cork (5f, good to soft) 35 days ago, slowly away. Should progress again. Firmly in the picture.

Form: 0-13

(13)

Bell I Am^p¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 77| D

20/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, below-par fifth of 6 in minor event (14/1) at Dundalk (6f) 17 days ago. More is required.

Form: 3513-85

(1)

Dots De Feetya⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 77

40/1

Below-form fifteenth of 23 in maiden (16/1) at this C&D (heavy) 41 days ago. Makes handicap debut with work to do.

Form: 04038-0

(6)

Notoriously Risky⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: J A Stack| OR: 74

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good second of 23 in maiden (11/4) at this C&D (heavy) 41 days ago. Much respected now going into handicaps.

Form: 028-2

(9)

Eloso^v1⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: R O'Brien| OR: 73| BF

15/2

Still to win but knocking at the door, second of 13 in maiden at Sligo (6f, good to soft, 9/4) 6 days ago, clear of rest. Visor on 1st time. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 735242

Non-Runners

(12)

Ferrybank¹⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: T M Walsh J: Colin Keane

(5)

Shelly Banks¹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: E O'Connell J: Declan McDonogh

Forecasts

Notoriously Risky (11/4), Pale Iris (3/1), Wood Ranger (11/2), Eloso (15/2), Linda Barrett (15/2), Rosie Bassett (10/1), Swiss Ace (11/1), Ferrybank (12/1), Shelly Banks (12/1), Coins Cross (14/1), Bell I Am (20/1), Zara Mac (33/1), Dots De Feetya (40/1)

ELOSO looks well weighted on the back of his excellent recent Sligo second and is taken to open his account at the chief expense of in-form Linda Barrett. Notoriously Risky is another who needs considering now handicapping after his very good second over C&D.