15:10 Cork

Wednesday 19 May 2021

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Cork Racecourse Handicap

Off time: 15:11 | Winning time: 1m 0.96s

(2)

Livingston Range¹⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: T Collins| OR: 92| D

20/1

Lightly-raced winner. Good second of 10 in minor event (20/1) at Dundalk (5f). Off 152 days. Makes handicap debut but others are better treated.

Form: 6102-

(7)

The Highway Rat⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A Oliver| OR: 91| D

4/1

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Dundalk (5f, 9/2) 7 days ago, forging clear for 7l victory. 19lb higher now but still expected to be bang there.

Form: 1401

(9)

Wood Ranger¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 85

13/8

Good third of 13 in handicap (11/2) at Naas (5.9f, soft) 11 days ago. Enters calculations off an unchanged mark.

Form: 34313-3

(8)

Linda Barrett¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 82| D

8/1

Winner at Navan in March. 15/2, only tenth of 13 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, soft) 11 days ago. Needs to step forward.

Form: 0-130

(1)

Iva Batt²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Foley| T: R K Watson| OR: 80| BF

4/1

Winner at Dundalk in April. 10/3, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Not taken lighlty.

Form: 0446-14

(6)

Shelly Banks¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Declan McDonogh| T: E O'Connell| OR: 74

6/1

Below form fourth of 16 in maiden at this C&D (good, 3/1) 12 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 6220-24

(3)

Betrayed⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 68| BF

28/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year, latest at Dundalk in March. Modest seventh of 11 to The Highway Rat in handicap at Dundalk (5f, 7/2) 7 days ago so she has a bit to prove now.

Form: 57-2117

(4)

Screen Siren²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: S Lynam| OR: 67

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 14 in handicap (11/1) at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 837-0

Non-Runners

(5)

Swiss Ace¹¹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: Seamie Heffernan

Forecasts

Wood Ranger (13/8), Iva Batt (4/1), The Highway Rat (4/1), Shelly Banks (6/1), Swiss Ace (6/1), Linda Barrett (8/1), Livingston Range (20/1), Screen Siren (22/1), Betrayed (28/1)

THE HIGHWAY RAT has taken a massive hike in the weights for his seven-length success at Dundalk a week ago but is still weighted to go close here and gets the nod. Wood Ranger rates next best on the back of his good Naas third, with in-form Iva Batt another to consider in a fairly useful handicap.