16:02 Sligo

Wednesday 4 August 2021

All13:1513:4514:1714:5215:2716:0216:37

Benbulben Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 16:02 | Winning time: 1m 16.48s

(11)

Stardayz^b1¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: O J Orr| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 65

25/1

14/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, never dangerous when tenth of 15 in maiden at Gowran (7f, good) 11 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 44-7770

(7)

Kharma⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: M A Gallagher| T: E & P Harty| OR: 64| BF

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Run best excused when thirteenth of 19 in handicap (10/3) at Naas (5.9f, good) 42 days ago, unable to land a blow from poor draw. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 9-8830

(14)

Rosie Rock²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Shane Foley| T: N Lupini| OR: 63

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, improved when third of 16 on handicap debut at Fairyhouse (7f, good) 28 days ago. Booking of Foley a plus. Sure to be of interest again.

Form: 0-083

(3)

Betrayed¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 62| D

5/1

11/1, remained in good form when second of 12 in handicap at Down Royal (5f, good) 12 days ago, no match for winner. Should be in the mix once again.

Form: 767742

(4)

Faraah^h⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 60

16/1

13/2, again ran below form when tenth of 11 in handicap at Down Royal (6.8f, good) 46 days ago. Needs to leave recent efforts behind to feature.

Form: 500450

(5)

Zen Silence²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 60

40/1

Winner at Dundalk in February. 125/1, again finished well held when twelfth of 14 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 210300

(10)

Secret Road¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Colin Keane| T: G Keane| OR: 59

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, left previous efforts behind when third of 12 on handicap debut at Cork (6f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Player if building on that.

Form: 00-83

(12)

Clatter Bang⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: C P Hoban| T: A Oliver| OR: 54

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, again showed little when eighth of 11 in maiden at Galway (7f, soft) 8 days ago, not knocked about. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0-08

(1)

Clara's Approach³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M A Enright| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 53

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Offered little on first run since leaving Peter Fahey when 14 lengths twelfth of 13 to Jazz Dreamers in handicap (150/1) at Bellewstown (7.9f, good) 34 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 700-0

(6)

Jazz Dreamers²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 48

11/2

10/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good) 22 days ago, unsuited by way race developed. Back down in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 677-518

(9)

What Adaay^p⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽³⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 47

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, took a step back in the right direction after 8 months off when fourth of 10 in handicap at Down Royal (6.8f, good) 46 days ago. More needed.

Form: 0046-4

Non-Runners

(2)

Viv Vance²³

Weight: 10-2| Age: 3

T: J Nash J: Mikey Sheehy

(13)

Markievicz²⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: S Lavery J: Robbie Colgan

(8)

Dream Katcher⁵¹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: C O'Dwyer J: T P Madden

Forecasts

Secret Road (10/3), Kharma (7/2), Rosie Rock (4/1), Betrayed (5/1), Jazz Dreamers (11/2), What Adaay (17/2), Viv Vance (12/1), Faraah (16/1), Markievicz (20/1), Stardayz (25/1), Dream Katcher (25/1), Clatter Bang (33/1), Zen Silence (40/1), Clara's Approach (80/1)

A wide-open handicap in which it could pay to side with KHARMA, who showed improved form when finishing a close third on handicap debut at Fairyhouse in June, and with her last run easily excused she's taken to open her account. Rosie Rock, Betrayed and Secret Road are just a handful of potential dangers.