17:30 Curragh

Saturday 22 May 2021

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 1m 27.46s

(4)

Liffey River^t⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 93

6/1

Lightly-raced winner. Tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 6 in minor event at Gowran (8f, soft, 4/1) 44 days ago. Makes handicap debut and he's open to improvement.

Form: 217-4

(2)

Cosmic Vega⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 91| D

12/1

Lightly-raced winner. Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap (20/1) at Naas (8f, heavy) 6 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 144-55

(10)

Inca Prince⁷⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Halpin| T: C W J Farrell| OR: 86| D

66/1

Thrice-raced winner. First run for yard after leaving Henry De Bromhead. Makes handicap debut and needs to raise his game.

Form: 17-6

(9)

Montego Bay¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 85| D

7/2

Lightly-raced winner. Didn't need to improve to win 15-runner maiden at Naas (7f, soft, 4/7) 14 days ago by 2¼ lengths from Elanora, running on. Open to progress.

Form: 45-421

(11)

The Blue Panther⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 85

22/1

Eighth of 9 in handicap at Naas (8f, heavy, 22/1) 6 days ago. Others are more convincing.

Form: 26-8008

(3)

Lust¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 84| BF| D

11/2

Lightly-raced winner. 7/2, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, soft) 11 days ago. Yard having good spell and he shouldn't be far away.

Form: 736-15

(6)

Ones Are Wild²¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: G M Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 83| D

13/2

Promising sort. Won 8-runner maiden (10/3) at Gowran (7f, heavy), just holding on. Very much one to consider, as an unexposed handicap debutant with a good deal of potential.

Form: 71-

(1)

Colfer Kay^t²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: W J Lee| T: K J Condon| OR: 81

15/2

Latest win at Naas in November. 12/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 9 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Back up in trip and claims if on-song.

Form: 2311-06

(8)

Elanora¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 79

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable 2¼ lengths second of 15 to Montego Bay in maiden (7/1) at Naas (7f, soft) 14 days ago. More needed now handicapping.

Form: 702-02

(14)

Saatty^t1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast| OR: 76

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 16 in maiden at Gowran (7f, soft, 25/1) 18 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time for this handicap debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 404

(5)

Gamigin¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J Davison| OR: 75

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in maiden (10/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 10 days ago. Significantly down in trip for this handicap debut and improvement is not out of the question.

Form: 547

(12)

Valhalla's Dream¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: A Mullins| OR: 74

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1, 18½ lengths seventh of 8 to Lunar Space in listed race at this C&D (good to soft) 19 days ago. This is more realistic, but improvement is needed now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 347

(7)

Beagnach Sasta⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 71

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good second of 19 in handicap (16/1) at Leopardstown (8f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Should give another good account.

Form: 58-902

Non-Runners

(13)

Zara Mac⁷

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: M O'Callaghan J: L F Roche

Forecasts

Montego Bay (7/2), Lust (11/2), Liffey River (6/1), Ones Are Wild (13/2), Colfer Kay (15/2), Saatty (10/1), Cosmic Vega (12/1), Beagnach Sasta (14/1), Elanora (16/1), The Blue Panther (22/1), Valhalla's Dream (25/1), Gamigin (25/1), Zara Mac (50/1), Inca Prince (66/1)

Assuming he's fully tuned-up for this seasonal reappearance, ONES ARE WILD may prove equal to the task. He built on his fairly encouraging debut when landing a Gowran maiden in October and appears to have been handed a fair mark for this handicap bow. Montego Bay did the job well when opening his account last time and merits respect, while Beagnach Sasta and Colfer Kay are others to consider.