18:25 Killarney

Tuesday 13 July 2021

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Carrauntoohil Handicap

Off time: 18:26 | Winning time: 3m 54.41s

(6)

Dark Heart²⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 80

125/1

Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap (20/1) at Bath (14f, good). Off 9 months. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Mark Johnston. Others more persuasive.

Form: 182764-

(13)

Landa Beach³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Leigh Roche| T: L P Cusack| OR: 76

50/1

Fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Roscommon (19.9f, good) 35 days ago. Up in trip. Below form on last Flat run.

Form: 65221/8-

(3)

Great Bear⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Gary Carroll| T: T Gibney| OR: 74

17/2

Respectable fifth of 9 in minor event hurdle (5/4) at Wexford (17f, soft) 58 days ago. Fairly useful on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 70/8360-

(12)

Politicise^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 73

50/1

Sixth of 8 in novice chase at Wexford (16f, good to soft, 14/1) 11 days ago. Fairly useful on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 8010-08

(7)

Mountain Fox^t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: F Oakes| OR: 70

28/1

Latest win at Gowran in June. Good fourth of 19 in minor event (50/1) at the Curragh (12f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 474514

(8)

Imperial Choice²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽³⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 67

50/1

7/2, last of 6 in handicap at Ballinrobe (12.8f, good) 22 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Check betting.

Form: 5324/46

(1)

Jeff Kidder⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 65| BF

1/1

Fair Flat winner last year. Has subsequently developed into a very smart juvenile hurdler, including Grade 1 success at Punchestown in April. Mark of 65 back on Flat potentially very lenient.

Form: 0/S2215-

(10)

Anyonecanhaveitall²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 63

16/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. 17/2, good third of 9 in handicap at Limerick (17f, good) 25 days ago, never nearer. Stable having good spell. Likely to continue in form.

Form: 650403

(14)

No Thanks^h²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 59

15/2

7/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Limerick (17f, good) 25 days ago, needing stiffer test.

Form: 1536/42

(4)

Lighthouse Lady^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: E Kent| OR: 55

33/1

Remains a maiden after 21 Flat runs. 7/1, respectable sixth of 16 in handicap at Tipperary (12.3f, good to firm) 13 days ago, running on. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 870-766

(5)

Tronador^p⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 54

3/1

Useful hurdler, including Aintree handicap win in April. Well held on sole Flat start last summer but should have some mileage in him from this sort of mark.

Form: 96834/9-

(11)

Futurum Regem^p²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: H P Finegan| OR: 52

16/1

Fifth of 12 in handicap at Fairyhouse (12f, good, 6/1) 2 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 000-655

(9)

Ballybaun Star^t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Wayne Lordan| T: T Gibney| OR: 47

40/1

14/1, respectable seventh of 16 in handicap at Tipperary (12.3f, good to firm) 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Something to find on form.

Form: 00-9087

(2)

Too Falutin¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: N G McCullagh| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 45

80/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap (9/2) at Bellewstown (14.4f, good) 12 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 7-00060

Forecasts

Jeff Kidder (1/1), Tronador (3/1), No Thanks (15/2), Great Bear (17/2), Anyonecanhaveitall (16/1), Futurum Regem (16/1), Mountain Fox (28/1), Lighthouse Lady (33/1), Ballybaun Star (40/1), Landa Beach (50/1), Imperial Choice (50/1), Politicise (50/1), Too Falutin (80/1), Dark Heart (125/1)

A race which to a large degree revolves around JEFF KIDDER who is potentially thrown in off a mark of 65 given the level he's achieved over hurdles this spring. Tronador is another who has a low Flat mark in relation to his hurdle ability and looks next best ahead of Anyonecanhaveitall.