Fund A New Home For Festina Lente Handicap

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 2m 40.45s

(3)

Enthrallment³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: S T McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 88

2/1

Thrice-raced winner. 5/1, promising second of 10 in handicap at this course (10f, good) on reappearance 36 days ago. Up in trip. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 51-2

(1)

Ghasham²²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 87

7/4

Thrice-raced winner. Won 15-runner maiden (11/2) at Cork (10f, good to soft) on reappearance 22 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Potential for better again.

Form: 55-1

(5)

Chaos Control¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A Oliver| OR: 78

13/2

13/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable 3¾ lengths third of 8 to Global Energy in handicap at Limerick (11.2f, good) 15 days ago. Stable in good form.

Form: 3411-93

(2)

Yashin³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 78

11/4

Thrice-raced maiden. 18/1, fourth of 17 in maiden at this course (8f, good) 36 days ago, not knocked about. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. May well do better.

Form: 40-4

Non-Runners

(7)

Artistic Choice¹⁷

Weight: 9-12| Age: 3

T: Donnacha O'Brien J: Paddy Harnett

(6)

Hymn Book Too¹⁷

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: K J Manning

(4)

Global Energy¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: S Lavery J: Robbie Colgan

Forecasts

Ghasham (7/4), Enthrallment (2/1), Yashin (11/4), Artistic Choice (9/2), Hymn Book Too (5/1), Global Energy (6/1), Chaos Control (13/2)

ENTHRALLMENT made an encouraging return to action in a course handicap last month and is taken to build on that now stepping up in trip and take his career record to 2 wins from 4 starts. Yashin caught the eye a bit on his qualifying run and appeals as a likely improver in handicaps so he's feared most ahead of Limerick-scorer Global Energy in an interesting 3-y-o handicap.