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Saturday 27 November 2021

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Willie Elliott Memorial (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 3m 54.5s

Bravo Team³⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: G Elliott

7/2

Imperial Monarch gelding. Half-brother to fair 2m hurdle winner Howth Summit, stayed 3m. Off mark in points at second attempt last time (Dec 2020). Makes plenty of appeal.

Form: P1-

Crookedstone

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr N McParlan| T: Paul Traynor

100/1

€1,500 3-y-o, Arcadio gelding. Dam unraced. Makes little appeal on paper.

Form:

Gonfalonier⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: Patrick Turley

25/1

€15,000 3-y-o, Spanish Moon gelding. Dam 2m winner on Flat in France.

Form: 42

Jinxs Link

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: M Rice

16/1

Dylan Thomas gelding. Dam (h89) lightly raced over hurdles out of fair hurdler/useful chaser (winner up to 3m) Gazza's Girl.

Form:

Santonito

Age: 4| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

15/8

€62,000 3-y-o, Coastal Path gelding. Dam (c103/h99) 15f-17f hurdle/chase winner in France. Of obvious interest on debut and appears to be stable's first string.

Form:

The Nice Guy

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

9/4

Fame And Glory gelding. Dam (h118), 2¼m bumper/17f hurdle winner, closely related to smart hurdler/chaser (winner up to 3m) Massini's Maguire. Fancied to make a winning start.

Form:

Watch The Weather²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Miss E Cody⁽⁷⁾| T: R P Cody

11/1

Once-raced maiden. Third of 9 in bumper at Navan (16f, good to soft, 33/1) on NH debut 20 days ago. Will need to markedly up his game.

Form: 3

Arabella Star^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr O McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: N McKnight

80/1

€1,400, Califet mare. Half-sister to 4 winners, including bumper winner/useful hurdler Cask Mate and fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser Russian Bill. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Burn The Evidence^t1²⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| BF

12/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in bumper at Naas (15.3f, heavy, 13/8) on NH debut. Off 8 months. Tongue strap on 1st time. Clearly thought capable of better.

Form: 7-

Hi Ski²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke

80/1

Once-raced maiden. Third of 6 in bumper (14/1) at Cork (16f, heavy) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 3

Rednecked Woman^t1²²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Ms L Dowdall⁽⁷⁾| T: D Kinsella

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, fifteenth of 16 in bumper at this C&D (good to soft). Off 7 months. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 90-

Saratoga Lass^t1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J Reddington⁽⁷⁾| T: M Brassil

22/1

Twice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Thomas Gallagher when fourth of 13 in bumper (16/1) at Naas (16f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 19-4

Non-Runners

Steel Cable

Weight: 12-2| Age: 6

T: N Meade J: Mr Pat Taaffe

The Flier Begley²⁷⁹

Weight: 12-2| Age: 6

T: S R B Crawford J: Mr B G Crawford

Western Flyer³³

Weight: 12-2| Age: 5

T: B McMahon J: Mr D O'Connor

Forecasts

Santonito (15/8), The Nice Guy (9/4), Bravo Team (7/2), Steel Cable (7/1), Western Flyer (10/1), Watch The Weather (11/1), Burn The Evidence (12/1), The Flier Begley (12/1), Jinxs Link (16/1), Saratoga Lass (22/1), Gonfalonier (25/1), Hi Ski (80/1), Arabella Star (80/1), Crookedstone (100/1), Rednecked Woman (150/1)

The big guns will presumably fight this out, with the Willie Mullins-trained THE NICE GUY fancied to get the better of Santonito, who is pick of Gordon Elliott's duo if jockey bookings are anything to go by. Steel Cable also makes plenty of appeal on paper.