16:00 Dundalk

Wednesday 17 November 2021

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Irishinjuredjockeys.com Apprentice Handicap (45-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 1m 38.98s

(16)

Kudbegood⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: S P Bird⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 62| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 9/2, below form fifth of 15 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, good) 71 days ago. Drops in class and has a good record here.

Form: 289345

(15)

Royal Scholar¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Scott McCullagh| T: S Lynam| OR: 60| BF| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Winner here in October. Creditable third of 13 in handicap (11/4) at this C&D 14 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 28-5713

(9)

Accessory^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: J Coen⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 59| C| D

15/2

7/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this course (7f) 21 days ago, driven out. Likely to give it another good go.

Form: 551541

(3)

Dreams Delivered^b⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁴⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 61| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. Creditable second of 14 in handicap (11/2) at this C&D 5 days ago.

Form: 908162

(4)

Wonder Spirit⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: N Meade| OR: 60

7/2

11/2, creditable third of 14 in handicap at this course (10.7f) 7 days ago, having to pick way through. Down in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 67-7303

(1)

Beleaguerment^p,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Luke McAteer| T: J McAuley| OR: 57| C

16/1

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 14/1, seventh of 10 in claimer at this course (6f) 14 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 6301U7

(8)

Simply Sideways¹⁰²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Andrew Slattery| T: T Doyle| OR: 57

150/1

Fifteenth of 18 in handicap (100/1) at Cork (7f, soft). Off 102 days. Makes polytrack debut. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 000800

(12)

Take My Hand¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁴⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 56| D

33/1

Ninth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (14/1) 14 days ago.

Form: U37049

(7)

Sondheim⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Neve Bennett⁽⁷⁾| T: Craig O'Neill| OR: 55

50/1

16/1, first run since leaving W. T. Farrell when fifteenth of 17 in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 906-770

(5)

Final Fantasy^t,v¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: James Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 52| D

22/1

3 wins from 13 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in June. Good third of 14 in handicap (22/1) at this C&D 19 days ago.

Form: 100073

(13)

Mulzamm^b¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-4| J: Izzy Clifton⁽⁴⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 50| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Twenty runs since last win in 2020. 11/1, eighth of 10 in claimer at Laytown (7f, good) 16 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 437708

(11)

Irish Ambassador¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: D E Sheehy| T: L Breen| OR: 48| CD

40/1

C&D winner. 11/1, first run since leaving Sarah Lynam when below form eighth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Others more persuasive.

Form: 140788

(6)

Tynamite¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: C J MacRedmond| T: D Marnane| OR: 47| CD

14/1

4-time course winner. Latest win here in August. Respectable fifth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (9/1) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 516535

Non-Runners

(2)

Blankiedoodie¹⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 8

T: J C McConnell J: Siobhan Rutledge

(10)

Alhaajeb¹⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: A McGuinness J: Reserve 1

(14)

Saxonhill⁷

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: J J Lambe J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Dreams Delivered (5/2), Royal Scholar (11/4), Wonder Spirit (7/2), Blankiedoodie (11/2), Accessory (15/2), Kudbegood (10/1), Tynamite (14/1), Beleaguerment (16/1), Final Fantasy (22/1), Take My Hand (33/1), Irish Ambassador (40/1), Mulzamm (40/1), Sondheim (50/1), Simply Sideways (150/1)

KUDBEGOOD won a brace of C&D handicaps around this time last year and has been given a major chance by the assessor back on the AW. This is competitive, with Royal Scholar, Accessory and Wonder Spirit just a trio of potential threats.