15:40 Leopardstown

Thursday 3 June 2021

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Monkstown Handicap

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 54.66s

(4)

Finans Bay²⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 94| CD

4/1

Lightly-raced winner. C&D winner. Very good second of 22 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, good to soft, 14/1). Off 8 months. Respected.

Form: 8/4212-

(12)

Tauran Shaman^p,t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 94| C| D

11/4

1 win from 2 runs this year. 9/2, won 18-runner handicap at this course (10f, good) 25 days ago, missing break. Enters calculations.

Form: 3406-51

(3)

Bucky Larson²⁰⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 92| C

12/1

Course winner. Five wins from 18 Flat runs. 6/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Dundalk (8f). Off 6 months.

Form: 147051-

(6)

Freescape²⁹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Donagh O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: D Marnane| OR: 90

66/1

Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 14/1), having run of race. Off 9 months.

Form: 650024-

(13)

Tejano¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 89| D

9/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner at Gowran in May. Very good fourth of 11 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, heavy, 28/1) 11 days ago. Can go well again.

Form: 0359-14

(10)

Casanova¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 86| D

40/1

33/1, ninth of 15 in handicap at Naas (8f, heavy) 18 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 300009

(9)

Juyush⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: S M Crosse| T: S Lynam| OR: 86

16/1

Latest win at Dundalk in December. Respectable sixth of 16 in handicap at this course (7f, good to soft, 20/1) 53 days ago. Up in trip. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 05111-6

(5)

He Knows No Fear²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 85| C

11/1

Course winner. 25/1, creditable 3¾ lengths sixth of 18 to Tauran Shaman in handicap at this course (10f, good) 25 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal.

Form: 89-0706

(2)

Luke Short²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 84| C

9/2

Course winner. Bit below form tenth of 20 in handicap (10/1) at Cork (7f, good) 27 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 8/510-30

(1)

Settle For Bay²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: O J Orr| T: D Marnane| OR: 84| C

14/1

Course winner. Seven wins from 27 Flat runs. Latest win at Dundalk in December. 40/1, respectable seventh of 20 in handicap at Cork (7f, good) 27 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 17-0447

(8)

Fil The Power¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Robbie Colgan| T: K Smith| OR: 81

20/1

Winner at Gowran in April. 17/2, eleventh of 16 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, heavy) 11 days ago, shaped better than the bare result. Remains of interest.

Form: 410020

(7)

Theophile³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: W T Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 81| C

9/1

Course winner. 11/2, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Gowran (8f, soft) 30 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1109-07

Non-Runners

(11)

King Arthurs Sword⁷³

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: M O'Callaghan J: L F Roche

Forecasts

Tauran Shaman (11/4), Finans Bay (4/1), Luke Short (9/2), Theophile (9/1), Tejano (9/1), He Knows No Fear (11/1), Bucky Larson (12/1), Settle For Bay (14/1), Juyush (16/1), King Arthurs Sword (16/1), Fil The Power (20/1), Casanova (40/1), Freescape (66/1)

JUYUSH ended last season on a roll and shaped well on his return here in April. He could well benefit from this longer trip so could be the answer in what looks a competitive handicap. Tauran Shaman did well to win here last time when missing the break and heads the dangers along with Fil The Power and Tejano.