17:20 Dundalk

Wednesday 10 November 2021

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Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 2m 16.39s

(5)

Ghumama^p²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 69

8/1

40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, very good third of 13 in handicap at this C&D 26 days ago. Has to be taken seriously from the same mark.

Form: 4-40903

(3)

Cursory Exam³³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: G O'Leary| OR: 68| CD

10/3

Stepped up on reappearance run to take advantage of a falling mark when winning 14-runner handicap (10/1) at this C&D 33 days ago, driven out. 4 lb rise fair so should be bang there again.

Form: 650651

(12)

Flyin Hawaiian¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons| OR: 66

10/1

9/2, respectable seventh of 12 in minor event at this course (8f) 14 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Significantly up in trip. Enters calculations with trainer in red-hot form.

Form: 576547

(17)

International Lady^b⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: K Smith| OR: 66| BF| C

8/1

Course winner. Again shaped well in defeat when second of 13 in handicap at this course (8f, 11/4) 7 days ago. Impossible to dismiss significantly upped in trip.

Form: 003722

(16)

Summit Star^t⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 66

25/1

28/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, found her run of good form coming to a halt when thirteenth of 17 in maiden at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 774430

(1)

Light Fury^p1³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ben Coen| T: J Davison| OR: 63

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, thirteenth of 18 in handicap (10/1) at Navan (10f, soft) 35 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Penultimate outing here was his best effort so may figure.

Form: 67730

(8)

Rock On Pedro¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: M A Enright| T: E Doyle| OR: 61

12/1

Not disgraced when fifth of 17 in handicap (14/1) at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 16 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Another in with a shout.

Form: 807025

(2)

Wonder Spirit¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade| OR: 60

11/2

13/2, fourteenth of 17 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 16 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 667-730

(15)

Draco Pulchrac²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Gavin Ryan| T: A J Martin| OR: 51

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Failed to improve when eleventh of 15 on handicap debut (125/1) at Gowran (8.2f, heavy) 22 days ago. Up in trip. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 0700

(9)

Lunar Gold¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Declan McDonogh| T: M J Smith| OR: 51

125/1

First run since leaving Brian Meehan when thirteenth of 14 in handicap at this course (8f, 80/1) 14 days ago. Needs to leave that effort well behind.

Form: 686680

(10)

French Company³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: J G Coogan| OR: 49| BF

18/1

Not seen to best effect when fourteenth of 18 in handicap (7/2) at Navan (10f, soft) 35 days ago, racing too close to a strong pace. Makes polytrack debut. Can give a good account.

Form: 9-72520

(4)

Rock Ya Boy Ya⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: Francis Casey| OR: 47

10/3

Shaped as if back in form when sixth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (10/1) 7 days ago. Can give a good account but likely to find a few too good.

Form: 050256

(11)

Spirituoso^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: James J Doyle| T: L Smyth| OR: 45

40/1

Again showed little when seventh of 14 in handicap (18/1) at this course (7f) 14 days ago. This significant step back up in trip needs to spark a revival.

Form: 006077

(6)

Cala Lady¹¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Sean Davis| T: M J Smith| OR: 45

28/1

25/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Down Royal (12.7f, good). Off 110 days. First run for yard after leaving Conor O'Dwyer. RESERVE.

Form: 705-007

Non-Runners

(14)

Classical Memories²³

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: J P Fahey J: Rory Cleary

(7)

Dark Matter¹²

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: A J Martin J: Reserve 1

(13)

Sioux Grit⁹⁸

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Cursory Exam (10/3), Rock Ya Boy Ya (10/3), Wonder Spirit (11/2), Ghumama (8/1), International Lady (8/1), Flyin Hawaiian (10/1), Light Fury (12/1), Rock On Pedro (12/1), Classical Memories (14/1), French Company (18/1), Summit Star (25/1), Cala Lady (28/1), Spirituoso (40/1), Draco Pulchrac (40/1), Lunar Gold (125/1)

Several in with a shout but the vote goes to top-weight GHUMAMA, who got back on the up in first-time cheekpieces when third over C&D last month. He looks to have leading claims of belatedly opening his account here. Flyin Hawaiian has been dropped 8 lb since his Fairyhouse fifth and he's feared most upped significantly in trip, ahead of International Lady and Rock On Pedro.