19:00 Roscommon

Monday 9 May 2022

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Dick Mulvanney Supporting Roscommon Racecourse Handicap

Off time: 19:01 | Winning time: 2m 49.24s

(19)

San Martino^p1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 81

9/1

Respectable tenth of 17 in handicap at Cork (10.1f, good to soft, 14/1) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 9206-00

(11)

Sionnach Eile²²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 81

10/3

11/2, creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Listowel (12f, good). Off 7 months.

Form: 3/21944-

(9)

Daylight Come^p,t⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 80

14/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 13 in handicap (11/1) at Naas (7f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 32421/0

(18)

Curious Bride²⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: E O'Connell| OR: 78| D

66/1

Fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Ballinrobe (21.8f, good to soft). Off 8 months. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Noel Meade.

Form: 004155/

(10)

Coventry¹³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 77

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Below form seventeenth of 27 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (24f, soft, 22/1) 132 days ago. Off 132 days. Down in trip.

Form: 00/820-

(2)

Fil The Power^b⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Billy Lee| T: K Smith| OR: 77

25/1

One win from 23 Flat runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 50/1, twenty-fourth of 26 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Significantly up in trip and claims if on-song here.

Form: 4430-90

(16)

Dreal Deal^t⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: M A Enright| T: R McNally| OR: 76

12/1

18/1, well-beaten eighth of 9 to Thedevilscoachman in Boyne Hurdle at Navan (21f, heavy) 76 days ago. Fair on the Flat, career best when winning on last Flat run. Likely to improve.

Form: 000011/

(8)

Excuzio Joe¹⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Leigh Roche| T: M J Smith| OR: 76| BF

12/1

Thirteenth of 17 in handicap at Galway (8.3f, heavy, 9/2). Off 6 months and significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 10/9310-

(5)

Persian Queen¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: Ms J Morgan| OR: 71

9/2

First run since leaving Miss Kate McGivern when ninth of 20 in handicap (40/1) at Navan (13f, good) 16 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: U3000-9

(1)

Harriet's Force⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Gavin Ryan| T: K H Clarke| OR: 70

17/2

One win from 39 Flat runs. Thirty-five runs since last win in 2018. Respectable fourth of 14 in handicap (7/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 47 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 28-5344

(3)

War Thunder²⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S M Crosse| T: D J Ryan| OR: 70

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Well-beaten seventh of 11 to Too Bright in juvenile hurdle (66/1) at Ballinrobe (18f, good to soft). Off 8 months. Tough to assess at present.

Form: 45/030-

(17)

Great Realisation⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 69

16/1

Good second of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Ascot (15.7f, good, 18/1) 43 days ago, staying on well. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 362560-

(14)

Lord Erskine^p¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 68| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Respectable tenth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23.6f, good to soft, 50/1) 11 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Fair on the Flat, creditable on last Flat outing.

Form: 9/00842-

(7)

Secret Sea^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 66

22/1

66/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap at Navan (13f, good) 16 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 740/10-0

(4)

Final Endeavour¹⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 61| D

14/1

16/1, last of 16 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, good) 169 days ago. Off 169 days. Fair on the Flat, below form on last Flat outing. Not taken lightly.

Form: 20P206-

Non-Runners

(12)

Too Bright²¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: O J Orr

(15)

Contrapposto²¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 8

T: R Donohoe J: Reserve 1

(13)

Stellium²³

Weight: 10-3| Age: 4

T: M C Grassick J: Reserve 2

(6)

Meritorious⁸⁹

Weight: 10-3| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Sionnach Eile (10/3), Persian Queen (9/2), Too Bright (5/1), Coventry (13/2), Harriet's Force (17/2), Lord Erskine (9/1), San Martino (9/1), Meritorious (11/1), Dreal Deal (12/1), Excuzio Joe (12/1), Daylight Come (14/1), Final Endeavour (14/1), Great Realisation (16/1), Contrapposto (16/1), Secret Sea (22/1), Fil The Power (25/1), Stellium (33/1), War Thunder (40/1), Curious Bride (66/1)

DREAL DEAL hasn't been out in this sphere since October 2020, but he remains open to improvement and could be the answer to this open-looking contest. Harriet's Force is likely to be in the mix, while Sionnach Eile also enters calculations.