17:30 Limerick

Saturday 23 April 2022

All13:4014:1514:5015:2415:5516:3017:0017:30

Racing Again May 26th Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 2m 31.94s

(19)

Breffni Girl^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 63

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good third of 14 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, good) 16 days ago. On the shortlist.

Form: 940-3

(4)

Estepona Sun^p1,t⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan| OR: 58

7/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap (16/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 43 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 07-9400

(13)

Fair Damsel¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Gary Carroll| T: R Brabazon| OR: 58

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good, 12/1) 17 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 055-0

(5)

Kartayaz²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 56| D

12/1

Latest win at Dundalk in February. Bit below form seventh of 13 in handicap (22/1) at Cork (10.2f, good to soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 15-0197

(7)

Scalor^h,t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: M A Enright| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 56

8/1

11/2, good second of 13 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, good) 16 days ago. Slightly shorter trip no issue. Leading claims.

Form: 6959-82

(3)

Pro Bono⁷⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: S T McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Hayes| OR: 55| D

25/1

Bit below form 9¼ lengths eighth of 13 to Kartayaz in handicap (17/2) at Dundalk (10.7f) 78 days ago.

Form: 5165-58

(2)

Sand Castle^t⁴⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Gary Halpin| T: A Murray| OR: 48

16/1

6/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (12f). Off 15 months. Can make presence felt if ready to roll.

Form: 50033/2-

(16)

Benz⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Declan McDonogh| T: G Elliott| OR: 47

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable seventh of 14 in handicap (50/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 43 days ago. Makes turf debut.

Form: 0/097

(1)

Duke Otto¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: A C Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 47

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Hood on for 1st time in this code, fourth of 13 in handicap at Gowran (9.6f, good, 40/1) 16 days ago, running on.

Form: 080/9-4

(11)

Fancy Red Diamond^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 47

9/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fourth of 14 in handicap (9/1) at Gowran (13.7f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 95-3074

(18)

Forge Road¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: R O'Brien| OR: 47

15/2

Bit below form fifth of 14 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, good, 9/1) 16 days ago. Booking of Crosse a plus.

Form: 57-7835

(8)

Knock Flyer¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: T P Madden| T: D J Barry| OR: 47

22/1

Remains a maiden after 21 Flat runs. 33/1, respectable fifth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good) 17 days ago. Up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 390-605

(17)

Mayan Son^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: M P Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: D Murphy| OR: 47

28/1

14/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 473-040

(9)

Nusra^t,v¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: K J Leonard| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 47

20/1

12/1, below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, good) 16 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 033508

(12)

Unanswered^t⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Coen| T: A J Martin| OR: 47

13/2

Twenty third of 25 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.4f, heavy, 25/1) 41 days ago. Modest on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 7604/00-

(10)

Happy Company^b¹⁶⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: P J F Hassett| OR: 54| D

33/1

First run since leaving P. J. Hassett when last of 14 in handicap (40/1) at Dundalk (12f). Off 164 days. Rejoined yard after leaving Liam McAteer. RESERVE.

Form: 9-03550

Non-Runners

(14)

Spring Morning⁴²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: Yvonne Latta J: N G McCullagh

(15)

Abstract¹⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: R O'Brien J: Reserve 2

(6)

Colenso¹⁰⁵⁸

Weight: 9-11| Age: 7

T: J P Flavin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Fancy Red Diamond (9/2), Unanswered (13/2), Estepona Sun (7/1), Forge Road (15/2), Scalor (8/1), Breffni Girl (9/1), Fair Damsel (10/1), Abstract (10/1), Kartayaz (12/1), Duke Otto (14/1), Sand Castle (16/1), Spring Morning (16/1), Benz (18/1), Nusra (20/1), Knock Flyer (22/1), Pro Bono (25/1), Mayan Son (28/1), Happy Company (33/1), Colenso (33/1)

SCALOR ran a cracker when runner-up at Gowran recently and might be capable of getting his head in front for the first time on the level. Breffni Girl is another who arrives on the back of a good effort at Gowran and heads the dangers along with Spring Morning, who was a promising third on her handicap debut a year ago and a recent run over hurdles should have blown away any cobwebs.