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Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 20:23 | Winning time: 2m 14.76s

(12)

Alhaajeb^v⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 64| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. 20/1, 4 lengths eleventh of 14 to Spirituoso in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago. Looks vulnerable from this sort of mark.

Form: 40-8140

(8)

Mosaaheb^b1⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 63

20/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 33/1, eighth of 10 in maiden at this course (12f) 49 days ago, not knocked about. Blinkers on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Remains with potential and warrants a market check.

Form: 6-88

(2)

Wojood^t¹⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Daniel King⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 63| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Respectable eighth of 14 in handicap (9/2) at this course (12f), worst of draw. Off 156 days. Booking of King a plus. Still fairly treated, so market strength would look significant on return.

Form: 037818-

(5)

New Moon Rising⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 62

16/1

Good seventh of 13 in maiden (25/1) at this C&D 58 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Not the most straightforward and needs to find some improvement.

Form: 2396-57

(10)

Sceptred Isle¹⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Leigh Roche| T: D P Dunne| OR: 61

33/1

200/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 153 days ago. Off 153 days. Significantly up in trip. Fair on the Flat, creditable on last Flat outing. Potentially well treated back in this sphere.

Form: 405794-

(13)

Fox Fearless^p²²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 59

33/1

Visor on for 1st time in this code, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.2f, good to soft, 18/1). Off 7 months. Cheekpieces back on. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 62/2000-

(11)

Anjah^p,t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Foley| T: J McAuley| OR: 56

11/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. Respectable fourth of 12 in claimer (14/1) at this C&D 9 days ago. On a fair mark if he can bounce back.

Form: 5-03884

(6)

Pale Ale³¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 56

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Sligo (10.6f, good to soft, 33/1). Off 10 months. Bred to show more now handicapping, but may well need the run.

Form: 960-

(9)

Pretty Little Liar^t¹¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-8| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Dunne| OR: 56| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Two wins from 6 runs last year. Pulled up in handicap chase at Cheltenham (20.6f, good, 16/1) 112 days ago. Off 112 days. Others make more appeal.

Form: 841317-

(7)

Storm Elza²⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 56| CD

4/1

Respectable eighth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good to firm, 18/1). Off 9 months. Significantly back up in trip. Others make more appeal.

Form: 460308-

(4)

Persian Wolf^p1⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: E Lynam| OR: 52

9/2

Creditable 1¾ lengths sixth of 14 to Spirituoso in handicap at this C&D (10/1) 7 days ago. Unexposed at the trip and cheekpieces could bring out further improvement.

Form: 85-0266

(14)

Spirituoso^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: James J Doyle| T: L Smyth| OR: 48| CD

11/2

Won 14-runner handicap at this C&D (66/1) 7 days ago. Solid claims if she's in the same form.

Form: 07-0001

(3)

Ragtime Red^t⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Gavin Ryan| T: A McCann| OR: 47| CD

20/1

3-time C&D winner. Eighth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 56 days ago, left poorly placed. Up against it.

Form: 346-088

(1)

Wave Walker²⁷³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Colin Keane| T: J C McConnell| OR: 47

11/1

Bit below form 12 lengths fifth of 9 to Pretty Little Liar in handicap at Bellewstown (12f, good, 9/2). Off 9 months.

Form: 0/26485-

Forecasts

Storm Elza (4/1), Persian Wolf (9/2), Spirituoso (11/2), Alhaajeb (7/1), Anjah (11/1), Wave Walker (11/1), Wojood (12/1), Pale Ale (16/1), New Moon Rising (16/1), Pretty Little Liar (16/1), Mosaaheb (20/1), Ragtime Red (20/1), Fox Fearless (33/1), Sceptred Isle (33/1)

PERSIAN WOLF is unexposed at the trip and wasn't beaten far when sixth to the reopposing Spirituoso over C&D last time, so he gets the tentative vote to prevail with first-time cheekpieces applied. Stablemates Wojood and Mosaaheb are well capable of making an impact from their current mark, so both are worth monitoring in the betting.