18:15 Dundalk

Monday 21 February 2022

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Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)

Off time: 18:18 | Winning time: 1m 38.87s

(7)

Court Of Appeal¹⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: C P Hoban| T: N G Hynds| OR: 65

11/4

Twelfth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (11/1). Off 103 days.

Form: 318980-

(4)

Barretstown^v1³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 60| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Ninth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (14/1) 31 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Visor on 1st time. Enters calculations on his C&D third on penultimate start.

Form: 3490-39

(6)

Double Martini^t²³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: E J McNamara| T: J C McConnell| OR: 57| D

20/1

20/1, creditable fifth of 15 in claimer at Bellewstown (7.8f, good). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Paul John Gilligan. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 099/685-

(8)

Take My Hand¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 56| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Respectable sixth of 13 in C&D handicap 17 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4-79556

(11)

Intend¹⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 55

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, tenth of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good), merely passing beaten rivals. Off 6 months. Others are more obvious.

Form: 0400-

(12)

Ellabella^p,t⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jack Kearney⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 54| CD

7/2

Winner of 14-runner C&D handicaps on 2 of her last 3 starts. Only nudged up 3 lb for latter success and can be expected to play a prominent role again.

Form: 40516-1

(14)

Philly's Hope^p³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: James Ryan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 53| CD

11/1

C&D winner in January. 11/1, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at this C&D 31 days ago. Draw could have been kinder but still a player if on a going day.

Form: 455-417

(5)

Dark Street³³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Sean Davis| T: L Comer| OR: 48

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at this course (10.7f) 33 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 040/0

(1)

Five Zeros¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Rory Cleary| T: N Slevin| OR: 47| BF

16/5

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable fourth of 12 in handicap at this course (7f, 11/4) 10 days ago. Return to 1m a help. Less exposed than the majority of these.

Form: 607/24

(2)

Here's Hoping⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: N G McCullagh| T: T Collins| OR: 47| BF

12/1

Twelfth of 14 in handicap at this course (10.7f, 10/3) 47 days ago, but had reached the frame here on his 2 outings prior to that. Back down in trip.

Form: 00034-0

(3)

Basrah Breeze¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: E D Delany| OR: 45

50/1

Remains a maiden after 29 Flat runs. Eighth of 10 in maiden (40/1) at this C&D 17 days ago. More realistic chance back in a handicap but others are still preferred.

Form: 7360-78

(10)

Irish Ambassador^b¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Sorcha Woods⁽⁷⁾| T: L Breen| OR: 45| CD

20/1

C&D winner. One win from 24 Flat runs. Blinkered for 1st time, fifth of 12 in handicap (40/1) at this course (10.7f) 17 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 8899-05

(13)

Lady Sands^p1²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Killian Leonard| T: G Scott| OR: 45

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 250/1, fourteenth of 18 in juvenile hurdle at Naas (15.7f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. 9/14 on last Flat outing. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0009-

Non-Runners

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Coviglia¹⁸⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 8

T: C Moore J: Daniel King

Forecasts

Court Of Appeal (11/4), Five Zeros (16/5), Ellabella (7/2), Take My Hand (15/2), Barretstown (11/1), Philly's Hope (11/1), Here's Hoping (12/1), Coviglia (14/1), Intend (18/1), Double Martini (20/1), Irish Ambassador (20/1), Dark Street (33/1), Basrah Breeze (50/1), Lady Sands (125/1)

FIVE ZEROS didn't seem ideally suited by the drop to 7f here last time and could be the answer back at 1m as the form of her C&D second in January looks solid. Ellabella and Philly's Hope are both drawn a bit wider than ideal but the fact they are recent C&D winners, twice in the former's case, counts for plenty at this level and they can give Nigel Slevin's mare most to think about.