14:10 Galway

Monday 25 October 2021

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:35

KONE Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 1m 53.03s

(18)

Dragon Of Malta^b,t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 80| C| D

8/1

Course winner. Latest win here in September. 6/1, good second of 13 in handicap at Limerick (8f, heavy) 16 days ago, clear of rest. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 091202

(16)

Plum Perfect⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Daniel King⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 80| C| D

18/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Tipperary in October. 13½ lengths fifteenth of 17 to Elysium in listed race at Naas (8f, soft, 40/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 661810

(6)

Apollinaire³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: M A Enright| T: J A Stack| OR: 78

33/1

Latest win at Windsor in June. 25/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, good) 30 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 336160

(3)

Starting Monday³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Billy Lee| T: G Scott| OR: 78| C| D

11/2

Course winner. Below form fifth of 13 in handicap at Listowel (8f, good to soft, 8/1) 34 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 1-15275

(13)

Kodiac Prince^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 77| D

9/1

Latest win at Killarney in October. 6/1, creditable third of 13 in handicap at Limerick (8f, heavy) 16 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 698013

(7)

Adelisa¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 79| D

6/1

5/4, didn't need to be at best when winning 13-runner maiden at Thurles (8.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago, kept up to work. Stable in good form.

Form: 345221

(1)

Excuzio Joe¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Leigh Roche| T: M J Smith| OR: 76| C| D

9/2

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (11/2) at Navan (8f, soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 210-931

(4)

Big Island²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽³⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 75

5/1

Winner at Tipperary in August. Good second of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (9f, heavy, 17/2) 21 days ago.

Form: 061032

(8)

Cisco Disco^v³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J Davison| OR: 77| C

28/1

Course winner. Latest win at Listowel in June. Ninth of 13 in handicap (14/1) at Listowel (7f, good) 32 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 153509

(21)

High Altitude¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J J Murphy| OR: 74| D

80/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Below form eighth of 13 in handicap at Limerick (8f, heavy, 28/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 053258

(2)

Call Me Rocky^h¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan| OR: 73| D

33/1

Hooded for 1st time, below form sixth of 13 in handicap at Limerick (8f, heavy, 25/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 1320-06

(9)

Great Grey¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: L Comer| OR: 73| D

50/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. 66/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 0/9537-0

(19)

Khafaaq^v¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 73| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Latest win at Punchestown in September. 10/1, good fourth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 15 days ago. Visor back on.

Form: 231064

(10)

Newgirlintown^p¹⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Foley| T: G O'Leary| OR: 68| BF

16/1

Bit below form tenth of 18 in handicap at Fairyhouse (10f, soft, 11/2), finding less than looked likely. Off 150 days. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 20-4640

(11)

Out On Friday¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: P Byrne| OR: 67| C

10/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2020. Fourteenth of 18 in handicap (13/2) at the Curragh (12f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 002040

(5)

Faithful Prince⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ben Coen| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 68| D

25/1

Winner at Killarney in October. Eleventh of 15 in handicap (15/2) at Gowran (8.2f, heavy) 6 days ago, worst of draw.

Form: 0-06410

(20)

Magic Carousel²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: E Sheehy| OR: 68

28/1

33/1, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Killarney (11.2f, soft) 23 days ago. Back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 430685

Non-Runners

(12)

Mccabe²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: J S Bolger J: K J Manning

(14)

Blyton¹⁸

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: L Comer J: Reserve 1

(15)

Baydar⁷⁶⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 8

T: G McNamara J: Reserve 2

(17)

Star Of Burma⁷

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: S Lavery J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Excuzio Joe (9/2), Big Island (5/1), Starting Monday (11/2), Adelisa (6/1), Dragon Of Malta (8/1), Kodiac Prince (9/1), Out On Friday (10/1), Blyton (12/1), Mccabe (14/1), Newgirlintown (16/1), Khafaaq (16/1), Plum Perfect (18/1), Faithful Prince (25/1), Star Of Burma (25/1), Cisco Disco (28/1), Magic Carousel (28/1), Apollinaire (33/1), Call Me Rocky (33/1), Baydar (33/1), Great Grey (50/1), High Altitude (80/1)

As competitive as the field size suggests, with DRAGON OF MALTA the selection following a career-best second at Limerick a fortnight ago. Adelisa is a consistent performer who should be a factor back in a handicap, with Kodiac Prince also of interest.