16:15 Limerick

Friday 18 June 2021

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Croom Claiming Race

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 1m 23.68s

(4)

Howling Wolf^b⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: W T Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Barrett| OR: 72| D

11/4

Fairly useful gelding. Blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving Joseph Anthony Murray when respectable seventh of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft, 10/1) 65 days ago.

Form: 78090-7

(2)

Affable^t1³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: N G McCullagh| T: K J Condon| OR: 64

18/1

Fair filly. Below form fourth of 10 in claimer (3/1) at Sligo (12.6f, good to soft) 3 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 146-004

(7)

Sweetness

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Gary Halpin| T: L Comer

80/1

Ivawood filly. Half-sister to 2-y-o 5f-7f winner Fast Berry. Dam, maiden (stayed 8.5f), half-sister to useful 5f winner Ceiling Kitty.

Form:

(12)

Turbine^t⁶⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 80| D

4/1

Fairly useful gelding. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap (18/1) at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft) 68 days ago. Sets a solid standard.

Form: 610/18-0

(10)

Atlas^b¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: Izzy Clifton⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 73| D

7/1

Fair gelding. Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Good second of 14 in claimer at Tipperary (7.5f, good, 8/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 769792

(11)

Stay Thinking^p1⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: O J Orr| T: T Hogan| OR: 59

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, thirteenth of 15 in handicap (33/1) at this course (8f, good) 6 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 0-770

(3)

Gegenpressing^t⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 75

5/4

Lightly-raced maiden. 5/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, creditable second of 10 in handicap at Gowran (7f, good) 5 days ago, no match for winner. Yard having good spell.

Form: 24552

(1)

Thunder Rain¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hassett| OR: 76| D

20/1

Thrice-raced winner. Won 10-runner maidenclaimer at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft, 7/1) 18 days ago, suited by way race developed. First run for yard after leaving G. M. Lyons.

Form: 001

(5)

Kuwait Direction^b³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 62

66/1

Eleventh of 12 in claimer at Sligo (5.9f, good to soft, 25/1) 31 days ago.

Form: 068000

(6)

Robert Guiscard^b⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Donagh O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 57

40/1

Modest gelding. 50/1, eighteenth of 20 in handicap at Leopardstown (9.2f, good) 8 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 14-0920

(9)

The Blue Garter⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁷⁾| T: B W Duke| OR: 70

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 100/1 and blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving Noel Meade when twenty first of 28 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 46 days ago, left poorly placed.

Form: 3007-0

(8)

Enya Va^t²⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Rory Cleary| T: B W Duke

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, last of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (6f). Off 6 months.

Form: 0000-

Forecasts

Gegenpressing (5/4), Howling Wolf (11/4), Turbine (4/1), Atlas (7/1), Affable (18/1), Thunder Rain (20/1), The Blue Garter (40/1), Robert Guiscard (40/1), Stay Thinking (66/1), Kuwait Direction (66/1), Sweetness (80/1), Enya Va (200/1)

TURBINE will find this a lot easier than the handicap he contested at Leopardstown on reappearance in April and he looks the one to beat, Stablemate Atlas should also be involved, with Gegenpressing an unexposed 3-y-o to consider.