16:00 Sligo

Sunday 1 May 2022

All13:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:10

Tote Win Never Beaten By SP Apprentice Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 3m 13.90s

(5)

Aleksey Tolstoy³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁴⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 64

8/1

Bit below form tenth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good to soft, 18/1) 36 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Others make more appeal.

Form: 09-4000

(11)

Rips Dream²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Scott McCullagh| T: P J Flynn| OR: 59

12/1

10/1, creditable third of 13 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, good) 24 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts again.

Form: 7/85573

(16)

Lariat^p¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: C J MacRedmond⁽²⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 56

13/2

Didn't need to improve to win 11-runner handicap (11/2) at Bellewstown (14.3f, good) 11 days ago, driven out. Merits consideration.

Form: 927541

(15)

Fassbender^t¹⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽²⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 54

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fair winner at 18f over hurdles. 8/1, bit below form sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, soft) 150 days ago.

Form: 0800/

(10)

Miss March³⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jake Coen⁽⁴⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 54

9/2

Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (12f, good to soft, 13/2). Off 11 months. Worth a market check.

Form: 7/08070-

(6)

Tronador^p²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁴⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 51

11/10

22/1, bit below form eighth of 21 in handicap hurdle at Aintree (20f, good) 23 days ago. Down in trip. Modest on the Flat, but potentially well treated returning to this sphere.

Form: 68349/5-

(14)

Der Mc⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: J Cleary⁽⁴⁾| T: M J O'Connor| OR: 50| D

11/1

22/1, seventeenth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.4f, heavy) 49 days ago. First run for yard after leaving P. A. Fahy. Modest on the Flat, creditable on last Flat outing.

Form: 424/074-

(4)

Self Assessed^t1²¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁴⁾| T: Gearoid Brouder| OR: 48

40/1

14/1, respectable sixth of 16 in handicap at Bellewstown (12f, good to soft), unable to sustain effort. Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Patrick Martin. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 8700/56-

(2)

Sicario²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 58| CD

12/1

Course winner. Below form eighth of 13 in handicap at Cork (10.2f, good to soft, 28/1) 28 days ago, very slowly away. Significantly up in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 87750-8

Non-Runners

(3)

Duleek Street¹⁵⁶

Weight: 10-2| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Mr C McConnell

(13)

Estepona Sun⁸

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Daniel King

(8)

Red Ball Of Fire⁵⁵

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: M M McNiff J: Danny Gilligan

(17)

Queen Of Oriel²⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: D Kinsella J: S P Bird

(7)

Storm Steps³⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 7

T: P Martin J: Jack Kearney

(9)

Little Brother¹⁸⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: J Nash J: S D Bowen

(12)

Wojood³⁰

Weight: 9-13| Age: 6

T: D Hogan J: S D Bowen

(1)

Katzoff²⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: J Morrison J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Tronador (11/10), Miss March (9/2), Estepona Sun (5/1), Duleek Street (5/1), Lariat (13/2), Aleksey Tolstoy (8/1), Der Mc (11/1), Rips Dream (12/1), Sicario (12/1), Storm Steps (14/1), Wojood (14/1), Red Ball Of Fire (16/1), Fassbender (20/1), Little Brother (20/1), Queen Of Oriel (33/1), Katzoff (33/1), Self Assessed (40/1)

DULEEK shaped well when second at Dundalk in December and wasn't disgraced there the following month. He's likely to make a better 4yo and, as such, he gets the vote ahead of the well-treated Tronador and last-time-out winner Lariat.