20:15 Curragh

Friday 20 May 2022

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William Hill Scratch Of The Day Handicap

Off time: 20:24 | Winning time: 3m 10.71s

(11)

Prince Alex¹⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: M Beresford⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 91| D

18/1

Bit below form ninth of 23 in handicap (14/1) at Doncaster (11.9f, soft), unable to sustain effort. Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Michael Bell with more to do.

Form: 201509-

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(15)

Tashi¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Ben Coen| T: S Lavery| OR: 91

22/1

Respectable 10 lengths fifth of 11 to Yaxeni in listed race at Gowran (13.8f, good to soft, 28/1) 16 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 150-705

(13)

Hell Bent¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 89| C

40/1

Course winner. Ninth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, good to soft, 13/2) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip with work to do.

Form: 01002-9

(12)

Kondo Isami³²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: M A Enright| T: J A Stack| OR: 89

33/1

Last of 11 in handicap (10/1) at Haydock (14f, good to soft). Off 10 months. First run for yard after leaving Mark Johnston and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 31/1200-

(20)

Moon Daisy^b²³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 89| D

18/1

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap (15/2) at Dundalk (12f). Off 7 months. Not ruled out despite a 5 lb rise.

Form: 317121-

(14)

Zileo²⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Billy Lee| T: M Halford| OR: 89| BF

50/1

4/1, good fourth of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (12f), needing stronger gallop. Off 6 months. Uphill task at these weights, however.

Form: 3/71404-

(2)

Band of Outlaws³²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 87| C

12/1

Course winner but off 10 months since remote sixth of 8 to Sole Pretender in Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary (16.2f, good to soft, 6/1). Yard in good form though so he merits consideration.

Form: 30274/3-

(7)

Berkshire Royal²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Manning| T: W P Mullins| OR: 83

20/1

Respectable sixth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.1f, soft, 33/1) 20 days ago. Useful on the Flat, so he's not taken lightly.

Form: 412239/

(5)

Echoes In Rain^h,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: W P Mullins| OR: 83

5/6

Smart winner at 16f over hurdles. 18/1, good second of 6 to Honeysuckle in Punchestown Champion Hurdle 21 days ago, no match for winner. Makes handicap debut and weighted to go close.

Form: 14831/

(16)

Sionnach Eile¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 83| BF

6/1

10/3, good second of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (12f, soft) 11 days ago. Ought to be competitive again.

Form: 21944-2

(6)

Stellium³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: M C Grassick| OR: 83

100/1

Lightly-raced winner. 50/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifteenth of 17 in handicap at Cork (10.1f, good to soft) 34 days ago, worst of draw. Difficult ask.

Form: 719-0

(4)

Dinard Rose^p²²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Andrew Slattery| T: Nina Walsh| OR: 82| C| D

66/1

Course winner. 80/1, twenty eighth of 30 in handicap at this course (16f, soft). Off 7 months with lots of work to do.

Form: 417570-

(18)

Run For Oscar²⁰²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: C Byrnes| OR: 82| D

16/1

Useful winner at 22f over hurdles. Off since below-par seventh of 8 in West Yorkshire Hurdle (5/1) at Wetherby (24.1f, good to soft) in October, so needs to hit the ground running on his handicap debut.

Form: 714/

(8)

Flying Scotsman²⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 81

20/1

16/1, below form seventh of 13 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy). Off 6 months. Yard having good spell, so could easily bounce back.

Form: 9011/97-

(3)

Dame Rapide⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 79

7/1

First run since leaving John McConnell when won 16-runner handicap (11/1) at Leopardstown (12f, good) 7 days ago, soon clear. In the mix.

Form: 145/96-1

(17)

Sheishybrid^b1⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 78

28/1

Seventh of 9 in handicap (10/1) at Leopardstown (12f, good) 7 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and more is required.

Form: 1750-37

Non-Runners

(10)

Hurricane Cliff²⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Billy Lee

(9)

Razdan³⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: C D Timmons J: Reserve 1

(19)

Buckman Tavern²⁷

Weight: 8-12| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: Reserve 2

(1)

Gibraltar²³

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: W P Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Echoes In Rain (5/6), Sionnach Eile (6/1), Razdan (6/1), Dame Rapide (7/1), Buckman Tavern (8/1), Band of Outlaws (12/1), Run For Oscar (16/1), Hurricane Cliff (16/1), Prince Alex (18/1), Moon Daisy (18/1), Flying Scotsman (20/1), Berkshire Royal (20/1), Tashi (22/1), Sheishybrid (28/1), Kondo Isami (33/1), Hell Bent (40/1), Zileo (50/1), Dinard Rose (66/1), Stellium (100/1), Gibraltar (200/1)

ECHOES IN RAIN has her first start on the level since 2019 but returns on a good mark and can go one better than when runner-up to Honeysuckle in the Punchestown Champion Hurdle last month. Stablemate Berkshire Royal is also weighted to have a say and is next on the list ahead of Roscommon-second Sionnach Eile.