18:45 Roscommon

Monday 30 August 2021

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Oran Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 18:45 | Winning time: 2m 40.0s

(15)

Pin Your Hopes^v1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: W J Lee| T: A Oliver| OR: 78| D

10/1

Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 40/1) 15 days ago, never nearer. Visor on 1st time. Not dismissed lightly.

Form: 208557

(11)

Hamley²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 75| C

22/1

Course winner. 6/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Sligo (10.2f, good) 26 days ago. Now below last winning mark so not dismissed.

Form: 6-27086

(18)

Raamez^t⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 75

66/1

4/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, running creditably when fell 2 out in novice hurdle at this course (15.4f, good) 83 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut and much respected.

Form: 14/5469-

(1)

Blue Shadow^p³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: C P Hoban| T: A Oliver| OR: 74| D

9/1

11/1, below form ninth of 15 in handicap at Galway (12.4f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Enters calculations if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 623509

(12)

Dance Emperor⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 71

10/1

Latest win at Gowran in July. 9/1, respectable sixth of 19 in handicap at Naas (10f, soft) 8 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 801136

(17)

Legal Spin^p1²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 71

28/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2018. Fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (15f, soft, 10/1) 25 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Has work to do.

Form: 0435-60

(14)

Malbas^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 71| D

25/1

Latest win at Tipperary in June. 6/1, creditable second of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Fair on the Flat and can't be ruled out back in this sphere.

Form: 357105

(7)

Shamad³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 70| D

33/1

20/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap at Galway (12.4f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0-02050

(9)

Wajaaha¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Davis| T: C Byrnes| OR: 69| D

11/2

Caught the eye when fifth of 13 in handicap at Killarney (14.2f) 11 days ago, running on late having been forced wide and suffered poor run 2f out. Expected to be bang there off 2 lb lower mark.

Form: 6130-05

(3)

Benkei¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 9-6| J: K J Manning| T: H Rogers| OR: 68| C| D

80/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2016. Last of 11 in handicap (100/1) at Gowran (12.4f, good) 19 days ago, so has lots of work to do.

Form: 907/60-0

(8)

Na Caith Tobac^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 68

16/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (18.2f, good, 11/2) 7 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time on the Flat (on when winning over jumps) so merits consideration.

Form: 118-268

(6)

Theory Of Music^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 76

14/1

Winner at Limerick in June. Tenth of 11 in handicap at Gowran (12.4f, good, 16/1) 19 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and lightly raced so no forlorn hope.

Form: 64150

(5)

Lady Georgie⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: J C McConnell| OR: 67

7/1

Winner at Sligo in June. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Down Royal (10.3f, good, 5/1) 72 days ago. Not totally dismissed.

Form: 666715

(4)

Uncharted²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Chris Hayes| T: R O'Brien| OR: 73

13/2

Lightly-raced winner. 28/1, creditable ninth of 15 in handicap at Navan (8f, good) 2 days ago. Significantly up in trip and one for the shortlist.

Form: 91-069

(2)

Bamboo Bay^t1⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 70

7/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 12/1, fifth of 13 in maiden at Killarney (11.2f, good) 48 days ago. Tongue strap on for handicap debut and open to improvement. Player.

Form: 0-45

Non-Runners

(13)

Contrapposto¹⁴

Weight: 9-4| Age: 7

T: R Donohoe J: Reserve 1

(10)

Halla Rince¹⁷

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: Reserve 2

(16)

Lord Erskine⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 8

T: H Rogers J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Bamboo Bay (7/2), Wajaaha (11/2), Uncharted (13/2), Lady Georgie (7/1), Blue Shadow (9/1), Pin Your Hopes (10/1), Dance Emperor (10/1), Theory Of Music (14/1), Halla Rince (14/1), Na Caith Tobac (16/1), Contrapposto (20/1), Hamley (22/1), Malbas (25/1), Legal Spin (28/1), Shamad (33/1), Lord Erskine (33/1), Raamez (66/1), Benkei (80/1)

A few in with a shout but WAJAAHA looks the way to go here on the back of his eye-catching fifth at Killarney and given he can also race off a 2 lb lower mark too. In-form Dance Emperor is another weighted to have a say along with handicap debutant Bamboo Bay who looks set to take a step forward now over this longer trip.