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BetVictor Loyalty Club Apprentice Handicap (45-75)

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 2m 30.3s

(4)

Golden Twilight^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: M P Sheehy| T: M Halford| OR: 73

5/1

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. Tongue strap on for 1st time, tenth of 14 in handicap at this course (10.7f, 25/1) 21 days ago. Stable having good spell. Enters calculations.

Form: 6100

(7)

Monoxide^b,t⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 72

125/1

Well-beaten fourth of 5 to Zanahiyr in WKD Hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft, 300/1) 7 days ago. Down in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 670080-

(11)

Pearl Of The West^t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 72| D

40/1

Eighth of 13 in handicap at Gowran (13.8f, heavy, 28/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 3422/08

(9)

Fallen Forest^b²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁴⁾| T: W Durkan| OR: 71| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 17/2, below form fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, soft) 28 days ago. Fair on the Flat.

Form: 013202

(13)

Hurricane Alex^b,t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: D King⁽⁴⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 71

8/1

11/1, good second of 13 in handicap at this course (10.7f) 21 days ago. Looks competitive on form up 1 lb for that.

Form: 004542

(14)

New Society^p⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Siobhan Rutledge| T: R K Watson| OR: 70| D

33/1

Latest win at Down Royal in July. 33/1, respectable 8¼ lengths seventh of 12 to Guild in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 186137

(2)

Tooreen Angel^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: O Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 70| C

5/1

Course winner. 6/1, creditable sixth of 13 in handicap at this course (10.7f) 21 days ago, never nearer. Return to this trip should suit.

Form: 557956

(17)

Guild^t⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: A J Slattery| T: L Comer| OR: 69| CD

6/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 12-runner handicap at this C&D (12/1) 7 days ago, just holding on. 7 lb rise asks for more.

Form: 0V9-061

(12)

Walnut Beach^b¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: J Coen⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 69| BF

11/4

Excellent second of 18 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy, 10/3) 11 days ago, long way clear of the rest. 10 lb higher now. Makes polytrack debut. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 056232

(6)

Dammit^p1²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: J A Powell⁽⁴⁾| T: L Comer| OR: 67

12/1

Fourteenth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (12f, good to soft, 11/1) 22 days ago. Cheekpieces on first time.

Form: 398290

(15)

Machine Learner^p²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 67| D

22/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2018. 16/1, creditable fourth of 15 in handicap at Thurles (16f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 00-4404

(8)

Sempre Presto^t⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: C J MacRedmond| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 65| D

50/1

13/2, respectable fifth of 11 in novice hurdle at Wexford (24f, good) 62 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time on the Flat.

Form: 543236/

(3)

Approach The City^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: W Joyce⁽⁴⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 64| C

16/1

Course winner. Ninth of 14 in handicap at this course (8f, 9/1) 9 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 840009

(1)

Franno^v¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan| T: G Keane| OR: 64| D

25/1

Unreliable type. Latest win at Fairyhouse in July. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap (16/1) at Gowran (13.8f, heavy) 17 days ago.

Form: 143930

Non-Runners

(10)

Cliara⁴⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: A McCann J: Reserve 1

(5)

Happy Company⁹³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 7

T: L McAteer J: Reserve 2

(16)

Stay With Me²⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 7

T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Walnut Beach (11/4), Golden Twilight (5/1), Tooreen Angel (5/1), Guild (6/1), Hurricane Alex (8/1), Fallen Forest (10/1), Happy Company (10/1), Dammit (12/1), Approach The City (16/1), Machine Learner (22/1), Franno (25/1), Stay With Me (25/1), New Society (33/1), Cliara (33/1), Pearl Of The West (40/1), Sempre Presto (50/1), Monoxide (125/1)

WALNUT BEACH ran to a very high figure relative to his mark when runner-up at Galway 11 days ago and on that evidence, his new mark may not be beyond him. Hurricane Alex and Fallen Forest head the opposition.