16:35 Sligo

Sunday 1 May 2022

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 2m 27.76s

(1)

Dearg Jazz²⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 89

11/1

Creditable nineteenth of 30 in handicap (100/1) at the Curragh (16f, soft). Off 6 months. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving James M. Barrett with work to do.

Form: 95/5580-

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(11)

Miss Myers^h¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Leigh Roche| T: M C Grassick| OR: 84| C

20/1

C&D winner. 16/1, only thirteenth of 17 in handicap at Cork (10.1f, good to soft) 15 days ago, so needs to bounce back.

Form: 2331-00

(8)

Khezaana¹⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Robbie Colgan| T: D Kinsella| OR: 83

25/1

11/2, good sixth of 20 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good to soft), nearest finish. Off 6 months. Can give another good account on her return.

Form: 734716-

(5)

Rosscarbery³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Billy Lee| T: P Twomey| OR: 83

6/4

First run since leaving John Joseph Murphy when landing 14-runner maiden at Dundalk (8f) 30 days ago. Much respected on her handicap debut.

Form: 32385-1

(10)

Startedwithakiss¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 75| BF

7/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 13/8, good third of 17 in maiden at Gowran (9.6f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Makes handicap debut and can't be dismissed.

Form: 82/3

(3)

Pachmena³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 74| D

18/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2020. 33/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 39 days ago. Weighted to go well if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 4366-60

(12)

Cleopatra's Needle¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁷⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 72

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, first run since leaving W. McCreery when below form fourth of 11 in maiden at Bellewstown (12.1f, good) 11 days ago. Makes handicap debut with more required.

Form: 747-4

(4)

Atavique¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 67

13/2

11/1, first run since leaving Gay Kelleway when respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, good) 11 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 21440-7

(2)

Simply Glorious²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 82

10/3

Lightly-raced filly who posted career best when winning 10-runner handicap (14/1) at Leopardstown (10f, good) 29 days ago, getting first run. Ought to be competitive again.

Form: 861-71

(7)

Nectarine¹⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 81

50/1

Winner at Leopardstown in October. 4/1, last of 6 in nursery at Leopardstown (7f, good). Off 6 months and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 733316-

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(9)

Viareggio²⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Scott McCullagh

(6)

Sheishybrid³³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: Mikey Sheehy

Forecasts

Rosscarbery (6/4), Simply Glorious (10/3), Startedwithakiss (7/2), Sheishybrid (5/1), Atavique (13/2), Viareggio (10/1), Dearg Jazz (11/1), Pachmena (18/1), Miss Myers (20/1), Khezaana (25/1), Nectarine (50/1), Cleopatra's Needle (50/1)

SHEISHYBRID shaped well on her return when third at Navan and is weighted to go in here nudged up only 1 lb. Atavique made an encouraging start for her new yard when seventh at Bellewstown and is feared most if, as expected, building on that effort. Simply Glorious and Khezaana both need factoring in too in an open handicap.