18:00 Dundalk

Wednesday 12 May 2021

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Virtual Ladies Day 12th July Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 18:01 | Winning time: 1m 31.51s

(2)

Macho Time^t1⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Billy Lee| T: E O'Connell| OR: 68| D

50/1

33/1, twenty third of 28 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 9 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Makes polytrack debut. Booking of Lee a plus. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 0680-50

(11)

Monzoon²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: M A Gallagher| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 68| C

13/2

Course winner. 10/1, good third of 12 in handicap at this course (7f) 21 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 8129-73

(3)

Maggie Thunder^p²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Declan McDonogh| T: P J F Hassett| OR: 67| C

5/1

3/1, career best when winning 6-runner handicap at this course (5f) 24 days ago by ½ length from Poet's Pride. Just 1 lb higher now and must enter calculations.

Form: 041431

(14)

The Cola Kid^p,t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Browne| OR: 64| D

10/1

9/1, creditable fifth of 14 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 16-5365

(7)

Poet's Pride^b²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: O J Orr| T: D Marnane| OR: 62| C

7/1

Course winner. Latest win here in March. Creditable ½-length second of 6 to Maggie Thunder in handicap at this course (5f, 9/2) 24 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 783182

(13)

Limit Long^t⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Leigh Roche| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 60| D

13/2

One win from 24 Flat runs. Bit below form sixth of 19 in handicap (18/1) at Naas (5f, soft) 4 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 79086-6

(10)

Brother In Law³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: K P Cotter| OR: 59

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 15 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to soft, 16/1) 39 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 63000

(16)

Nigg Bay^t,v²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Donagh O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 58| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. Bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap (14/1) at this C&D 24 days ago, slowly away. Makes limited appeal.

Form: 20-5808

(1)

Blue Wood^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Manning| T: J Feane| OR: 57

5/1

11/1, below form sixth of 28 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 9 days ago, well positioned. Tongue strap back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 405-556

(15)

Chagall⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Robbie Colgan| T: M Hourigan| OR: 56| C

80/1

Course winner. Last of 17 in handicap (50/1) at Cork (7f, good) 5 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 34-0000

(5)

Red Cymbal^b,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: C J McGovern⁽³⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 55| C| D

25/1

Course winner. Twenty three runs since last win in 2020. 9/1, sixth of 14 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 687066

(12)

Pretty Smart⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: P Martin| OR: 54| BF| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Good second of 19 in handicap (10/1) at Naas (5f, soft) 4 days ago. Can race off same mark here and holds strong claims.

Form: 839-572

(6)

Drish Hero^h⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: D Commins| OR: 53

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form tenth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, soft, 33/1) 8 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 85980

(9)

Ahyoka¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: K P Cotter| OR: 50| C

33/1

Course winner. Tongue strap on for 1st time, below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, good to soft, 14/1) 17 days ago. Looks competitive on form. RESERVE.

Form: 1-79508

Non-Runners

(17)

Screen Siren¹⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: S Lynam J: Chris Hayes

(8)

Keepthebestsideout²⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: M J Browne J: Reserve 2

(4)

Theriverrunsdeep²²

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: S G O'Donnell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Pretty Smart (5/1), Maggie Thunder (5/1), Blue Wood (5/1), Monzoon (13/2), Limit Long (13/2), Poet's Pride (7/1), The Cola Kid (10/1), Keepthebestsideout (10/1), Brother In Law (16/1), Theriverrunsdeep (16/1), Screen Siren (16/1), Nigg Bay (20/1), Red Cymbal (25/1), Ahyoka (33/1), Drish Hero (40/1), Macho Time (50/1), Chagall (80/1)

PRETTY SMART is on a handy mark and got back on track at Naas last week. She gets the vote. Monzoon, Maggie Thunder and Poet's Pride make up the shortlist.