16:00 Dundalk

Thursday 2 September 2021

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Donate To The Coast To Curragh Charity Cycle In Honour Of Pat Smullen Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 1m 24.73s

(10)

Prisoner's Dilemma^p,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 78| CD

5/1

C&D winner. 25/1, ninth of 12 in minor event at Killarney (8.1f, good) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Every chance if back to best.

Form: 231-259

(4)

War Hero^t,v⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Adam Caffrey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 78| CD

25/1

4-time C&D winner. Latest win at Down Royal in June. 40/1, last of 24 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, good) 6 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 217800

(2)

Acquiescent^b1⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Colin Keane| T: J J Murphy| OR: 75| BF| CD

7/4

C&D winner. Sixth of 9 in handicap (7/2) at Down Royal (7f, good) 41 days ago. Stable in good form. Blinkers on 1st time. Not taken lightly down in grade.

Form: 872046

(8)

Is That Love⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 74| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 5 wins from 14 runs this year. Latest win at Roscommon in May. 13/2, seventh of 9 in handicap at Down Royal (7f, good) 41 days ago. Not firing at the moment.

Form: 155707

(5)

Midnight Fire^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: M A Gallagher| T: E & P Harty| OR: 74| D

16/1

18/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.3f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Others have achieved more lately.

Form: 450000

(1)

Approach The City^h²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Leigh Roche| T: M J Smith| OR: 68| BF| C

10/1

Course winner. 10/3, last of 12 in claimer at Sligo (10.2f, good) 29 days ago. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving James McAuley. Hood back on. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 017840

(3)

Tresorier²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Gavin Ryan| T: J Feane| OR: 68

13/2

One win from 23 Flat runs. 11/1, eighth of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 25 days ago, slowly away. Bit to prove at present.

Form: 7-90088

(6)

Emphatic^t,v²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Sean Davis| T: J Larkin| OR: 67| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 33/1 and visored for 1st time, good fourth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Back down in trip. Respected.

Form: 160924

(9)

Crystal Dawn^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 66| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Good sixth of 15 in handicap (6/1) at Bellewstown (7.8f, good) 9 days ago. Not a forlorn hope back on polytrack.

Form: 770486

(7)

Linus Larrabee^b,t1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Declan McDonogh| T: E Lynam| OR: 63| CD

12/1

Quirky sort. C&D winner. 25/1, thirteenth of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 25 days ago, slowly away. Blinkers back on, tongue strap on 1st time. Return to this track could suit.

Form: 42148-0

(12)

Broken Silence^p²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: R Roberts| OR: 61

50/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, bit below form fifteenth of 23 in handicap (28/1) at the Curragh (8f, good) 20 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 3000-00

Non-Runners

(11)

Silverkode¹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 7

T: J G Murphy J: Gary Halpin

Forecasts

Acquiescent (7/4), Prisoner's Dilemma (5/1), Tresorier (13/2), Emphatic (9/1), Crystal Dawn (10/1), Approach The City (10/1), Linus Larrabee (12/1), Silverkode (14/1), Is That Love (16/1), Midnight Fire (16/1), War Hero (25/1), Broken Silence (50/1)

ACQUIESCENT has a good record at Dundalk and shaped better than the result (not clear run) at Down Royal last time, so a chance is taken on him to capitalise on a drop in grade in first-time blinkers. Crystal Dawn, also not seen to best effect on her latest outing, could pose a threat, while Silverkode is too well handicapped to ignore.