16:35 Roscommon

Monday 31 May 2021

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Roscommon Claiming Maiden

Off time: 16:36 | Winning time: 1m 33.02s

(1)

Eloso²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: R O'Brien| OR: 74

6/4

Fairly useful gelding. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. 15/2 and visored for 1st time, seventh of 11 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, soft) 23 days ago, hampered. Back up in trip. Shortlist material.

Form: 352427

(11)

Knocknakilla²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: G O'Leary| OR: 72

3/1

Fairly useful gelding. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. 12/1, good third of 15 in handicap at Gowran (7f, soft) 27 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 557-603

(2)

Captain Rock¹⁹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: A Mullins| OR: 63

28/1

Lightly-raced gelding. Ninth of 12 in nursery at Dundalk (6f, 33/1). Off 6 months. Back up in trip.

Form: 08799-

(10)

Whyzzat^p1³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 64

8/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. Bit below form fourth of 10 in claimer at Fairyhouse (10f, soft, 10/3) 3 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 7-95094

(8)

Stardayz¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 74

14/1

Lightly-raced filly. Below form seventh of 16 in maiden at Naas (8f, heavy, 8/1) 15 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Mrs J. Harrington. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 44-77

(5)

Basharat^v¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ben Coen| T: A Slattery| OR: 68

10/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Visored for 1st time, below form fifth of 13 in maiden at Sligo (5.9f, good to soft, 18/1) 13 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 436-555

(3)

Thunder Rain¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

7/1

Twice-raced gelding. Twelfth of 21 in maiden (14/1) at Navan (5.7f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Back up in trip. Yard having good spell. Open to improvement.

Form: 00

(9)

Nobel Dragon²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: S Fahey

150/1

Thrice-raced gelding. 200/1, last of 12 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 0-00

(7)

Aqua Flyer²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: P W Flynn| OR: 38

100/1

Poor filly. Remains a maiden after 8 Flat runs. 50/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at this course (7.3f, good to soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 900-909

(6)

Rare Flower³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Chris Hayes| T: M Mulvany| OR: 54

13/2

Modest filly. Remains a maiden after 8 Flat runs. Creditable fourth of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, soft, 18/1) 3 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 9090-94

Non-Runners

(4)

Jazz Session⁴⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: J C McConnell J: Siobhan Rutledge

Forecasts

Eloso (6/4), Knocknakilla (3/1), Rare Flower (13/2), Thunder Rain (7/1), Whyzzat (8/1), Basharat (10/1), Stardayz (14/1), Captain Rock (28/1), Jazz Session (33/1), Aqua Flyer (100/1), Nobel Dragon (150/1)

A chance is taken on THUNDER RAIN, who showed clear signs of ability second time out at Navan recently and this race won't take a great deal of winning. Stardayz is just about the pick at the weights, but she didn't take the step forward that one might have hoped at Naas. As such, Knocknakilla, who was a close third in a Gworan handicap last time, and Eloso may emerge as the main dangers.