17:30 Gowran Park

Sunday 13 June 2021

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Xenon Security Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 2m 3.3s

(5)

Always Waitin¹⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Nathan Crosse| T: W McCreery| OR: 80

7/1

8/11, career best when winning 8-runner maiden at Dundalk (8f), having run of race. Off 144 days. Makes handicap debut and firmly in the mix.

Form: 342-1

(11)

Moktaffy^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: A J Slattery| T: D K Weld| OR: 78

8/1

12/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable seventh of 19 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 10 days ago. One for the shortlist.

Form: 43-2267

(10)

Business Speak¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: W T Byrne⁽⁴⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 75

8/1

7/1, respectable fifth of 14 in maiden at Tipperary (12.5f, good) 12 days ago. Down in trip and not totally dismissed.

Form: 680-255

(4)

Bears Hug⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: C J MacRedmond⁽²⁾| T: K Prendergast| OR: 74

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 6/1, respectable third of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f) 64 days ago. Makes turf/handicap debut and weighted to go well.

Form: 335-3

(9)

Kalaroun^t⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: M Halford| OR: 74

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 13/2 and tongue strap on, respectable sixth of 12 in maiden at Dundalk (8f) 74 days ago. Up in trip for handicap debut and he is worth considering.

Form: 756-6

(6)

Himalayan Beauty^h1²⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S T McCullagh| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 73

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 14 in maiden (33/1) at Dundalk (7f), running on. Off 8 months. Hood goes on now handicapping and should have more to offer.

Form: 685-

(7)

Ebasari^t1³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M P Sheehy| T: M Halford| OR: 72

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good) 35 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Others have achieved more.

Form: 88-70

(2)

Prince Of Verona^p1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 72

9/1

22/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time but others are more persuasive.

Form: 0-95587

(8)

Moddy Poddle¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽²⁾| T: S Lavery| OR: 69

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 20 in handicap (18/1) at Leopardstown (10f, good) 10 days ago. Should go well again with stable having good spell.

Form: 999-43

(1)

Kaluz¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Luke McAteer| T: J M Barrett| OR: 66

7/1

Respectable seventh of 13 in handicap (11/1) at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip and she can give another good account.

Form: 0126-87

Non-Runners

(3)

Sincerest¹

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Forecasts

Moddy Poddle (11/4), Sincerest (5/1), Kaluz (7/1), Always Waitin (7/1), Kalaroun (15/2), Moktaffy (8/1), Business Speak (8/1), Prince Of Verona (9/1), Himalayan Beauty (12/1), Bears Hug (12/1), Ebasari (14/1)

A tightly-knit handicap in which low-mileage MODDY PODDLE is fancied to build on her good Leopardstown third and open her account. Top-weight Always Waitin seems sure to be on the premises now he goes into handicaps and Bears Hug can make his presence felt too on his first go on turf.