17:30 Dundalk

Friday 4 February 2022

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Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 2m 19.21s

(11)

Alhaajeb^v¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Adam Caffrey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 64| CD

10/1

Won 14-runner handicap at this C&D (8/1) 16 days ago, all out. Should remain competitive after a 3 lb rise.

Form: 0240-81

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(12)

Shore⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: M A Enright| T: G Keane| OR: 62

13/2

11/4, respectable third of 10 in claimer at this C&D 7 days ago, running on late. Merits consideration back in a handicap.

Form: 52407-3

(3)

Arctic Blaze⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Mr C McConnell⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 60| CD

4/1

5/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D 49 days ago, keeping on well. Likely to figure but a 10 lb rise means he'll need to improve again if he's to follow up.

Form: 0/22421-

(6)

Fox Leicester^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: S D Bowen⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 60| BF

6/4

Creditable 2½ lengths second of 14 to Power Drive in C&D handicap 16 days ago, running on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 009-422

(9)

El C Wells^h¹⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Daniel King⁽⁷⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 58

11/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap at this C&D (25/1), left poorly placed. Off 140 days. Must improve.

Form: 276480-

(8)

Sweet November¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 53

33/1

Winner at Gowran in October. 8 lengths twelfth of 14 to Alhaajeb in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 50410-0

(7)

Miss Cunning^v²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Sean Davis| T: K Prendergast| OR: 51| C

17/2

Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at this course (8f, 9/2) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 6482-56

(2)

Ragtime Red^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 49| CD

16/1

3-time C&D winner. Bit below form 5 lengths eighth of 14 to Alhaajeb in handicap (28/1) at this C&D 16 days ago.

Form: 8346-08

(15)

Irish Ambassador^b1²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Sorcha Woods⁽⁷⁾| T: L Breen| OR: 45| C

40/1

Course winner. One win from 23 Flat runs. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (28/1) at this course (8f) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 78899-0

(10)

Knock Flyer^p⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: S P Bird⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D J Barry| OR: 45

50/1

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 14 in handicap (25/1) at this C&D 77 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 4/30390-

(5)

Maestro Stick^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Killian Leonard| T: K H Clarke| OR: 45

25/1

First run since leaving James McAuley when 4 lengths seventh of 14 to Alhaajeb in handicap (66/1) at this C&D 16 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 79608-7

(1)

Scorpion Black¹⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Andrew Slattery| T: R Roberts| OR: 45

18/1

40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good), never nearer. Off 169 days. Significantly up in trip. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 598/005-

Non-Runners

(14)

Deadwood¹⁶

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: M A Gallagher

(17)

Molly Grue⁶³

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: T Collins J: Rory Cleary

(4)

Power Drive²

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: P W Flynn J: Reserve 1

(13)

Rita Levi²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 2

(16)

Reverberation²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: J J Lambe J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Fox Leicester (6/4), Power Drive (7/2), Arctic Blaze (4/1), Shore (13/2), Miss Cunning (17/2), Alhaajeb (10/1), El C Wells (11/1), Reverberation (14/1), Rita Levi (14/1), Molly Grue (14/1), Ragtime Red (16/1), Scorpion Black (18/1), Deadwood (20/1), Maestro Stick (25/1), Sweet November (33/1), Irish Ambassador (40/1), Knock Flyer (50/1)

FOX LEICESTER had his latest C&D second boosted when the winner Power Drive went in again here on Wednesday and Denis Hogan's charge is taken to go one better off the same mark. Shore ran well in a claimer here last week and is feared most ahead of last=time-out C&D scorers Alhaajeb and Arctic Blaze.