17:20 Dundalk

Wednesday 19 January 2022

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Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 1m 41.39s

(2)

Hightown Heights^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 75| C

9/1

Course winner. Winner here in October. 8/1, eighth of 11 in claimer at this course (7f) 14 days ago. Type to bounce back quickly and has a useful claimer on board.

Form: 17225-8

(5)

Ampeson^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 73| C

3/1

Course winner. Latest win here in December. Creditable third of 14 in handicap (11/1) at this course (7f) 14 days ago. Should put up another bold bid.

Form: 02112-3

(6)

Skontonovski^v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 71| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 18 runs last year. Eleventh of 14 in handicap at this course (7f, 14/1) 14 days ago, not ideally placed. Latest effort easy to excuse, so remains one to consider.

Form: 43002-0

(10)

Liquid Luck^e/s¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 70| C

2/1

9/2, improved on recent efforts to win 14-runner handicap at this course (7f) 12 days ago, always holding on. Shortlist material.

Form: 90/708-1

(8)

Roibeard¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: R O'Leary| OR: 69

125/1

150/1, tenth of 11 in claimer at this course (7f) 14 days ago. No encouragement for current yard, so easily passed over.

Form: 8090/0-0

(3)

Aleksey Tolstoy³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 68

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving M. D. O'Callaghan when ninth of 14 in handicap at this course (7f, 50/1) 33 days ago. Should strip fitter for that, and he's still relatively unexposed.

Form: 673/09-

(7)

Crystal Dawn^b1,t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 67| C

12/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2020. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap at this course (7f, 11/1) 14 days ago, not ideally placed. Blinkers on 1st time. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 70334-0

(4)

Stop On Red^t³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Coogan| OR: 66| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (18/1) at this course (7f) 33 days ago. Hasn't seemed to be in much form lately.

Form: 130080-

(1)

Cormac^b1,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: J Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary| OR: 58

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving J. A. Stack when ninth of 11 in claimer (150/1) at this course (7f) 14 days ago, missing break. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 5800-9

(9)

Raajihah^p,t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Sean Davis| T: K H Clarke| OR: 54| D

25/1

First run since leaving Bill Turner when 4¾ lengths ninth of 14 to Liquid Luck in handicap at this course (7f, 16/1) 12 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 19069-9

Forecasts

Liquid Luck (2/1), Ampeson (3/1), Skontonovski (4/1), Aleksey Tolstoy (7/1), Hightown Heights (9/1), Crystal Dawn (12/1), Stop On Red (14/1), Raajihah (25/1), Cormac (100/1), Roibeard (125/1)

LIQUID LUCK is unexposed for his current stable and showed a good attitude to score at this course last time. He's still well treated on old form, so he's fancied to go in again at the likely expense of Ampeson, who is right at the top of his game. A return to form from Skontonovski would make him a player.