14:10 Curragh

Sunday 22 May 2022

All13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4516:2016:5017:20

William Hill Acca Club Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 13.28s

(8)

Dexter Belle³¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: E Lynam| OR: 87| D

20/1

Lightly-raced winner. 14/1, 12¾ lengths last of 10 to Light Refrain in Summer Stakes at York (6f, good). Off 10 months. First run for yard after leaving Kevin Ryan. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 7/130-

(4)

Zaajirah^b1,t1⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: W J Lee| T: P Twomey| OR: 85| BF

8/1

Lightly-raced winner. First run since leaving Roger Varian when last of 13 in handicap at Gowran (7f, good, 5/2) 45 days ago. Yard in good form. Blinkers on 1st time, tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 1/033-0

(11)

Pirate Jenny²³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 88| D

5/2

Promising type. 5/6, won 14-runner maiden at Cork (6f, soft), comfortably. Off 7 months. Stable having good spell. Makes handicap debut. Leading contender.

Form: 21-

(1)

Night Of Romance²¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 78| D

8/1

Thirteenth of 18 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good, 12/1). Off 7 months. Trainer going well. Others more persuasive.

Form: 111650-

(16)

Sister Lola^p,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 78| D

16/1

Creditable third of 22 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good to soft, 66/1) 15 days ago, well drawn. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 585603

(18)

Affable^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: K J Condon| OR: 77| D

11/1

Creditable fourth of 15 in handicap (16/1) at Roscommon (7.3f, soft) 13 days ago.

Form: 078-594

(15)

Beautiful Sunshine¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R G Ryan| T: A Murray| OR: 85

20/1

13¼ lengths last of 11 to History in Cornelscourt Stakes at Leopardstown (8f, good to soft, 80/1) 14 days ago, hampered. Down in trip. Yard in good form. Others have achieved more.

Form: 110-960

(5)

Elanora^b¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Wayne Lordan| T: M C Grassick| OR: 76| BF

6/1

Creditable third of 20 in handicap (9/4) at Naas (5f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 4731-23

(2)

Count To Five²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A Oliver| OR: 75| D

10/1

Twice-raced winner. 5/1, won 7-runner maiden at Sligo (5.9f, good to soft) 21 days ago, driven out. Stable in good form. Makes handicap debut. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 6-1

(9)

Dragons Call⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Manning| T: J Feane| OR: 75| D

18/1

Unreliable sort. Seventh of 9 in handicap (25/1) at Navan (5f, good) 8 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 23815-7

(14)

Anjalawi^h1²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Rory Cleary| T: J Geoghegan| OR: 72

66/1

66/1, first run since leaving G. M. Lyons when twentieth of 23 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 20 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 21/07-00

(3)

She's In The Game²²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: G M Ryan| T: W T Farrell| OR: 72| C| D

12/1

Course winner. 5/1, bit below form sixth of 23 in handicap at this C&D (soft). Off 7 months. Much depends on whether she's primed after her break.

Form: 222116-

(10)

Theriverrunsdeep^b¹⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: J A Heffernan| T: S G O'Donnell| OR: 72| D

40/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Dundalk (6f, 9/2), readily. 9lb higher now. Off 163 days.

Form: 501311-

(17)

Marsa¹⁷⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Coen| T: E Lynam| OR: 80| D

33/1

Career best when winning 13-runner nursery at Dundalk (6f, 2/1). Off 179 days. Trainer going well.

Form: 027411-

(12)

Poppy Petal^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: J A Powell⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 77

11/1

25/1, good third of 15 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good to soft) 15 days ago, first home in group. Another who can't be discounted.

Form: 326-973

(6)

It's Snowing⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 76| D

14/1

Good third of 17 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to soft, 7/1) 49 days ago.

Form: 45134-3

(7)

Sceolan^v²⁰⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 74

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 16/1, eighth of 24 in maiden at this course (7f, heavy). Off 6 months. Makes handicap debut. Uphill task.

Form: 958-

Non-Runners

(13)

Excel Rocket⁴²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: Miss K Brown J: W Joyce

Forecasts

Pirate Jenny (5/2), Elanora (6/1), Night Of Romance (8/1), Zaajirah (8/1), Count To Five (10/1), Affable (11/1), Poppy Petal (11/1), She's In The Game (12/1), It's Snowing (14/1), Sister Lola (16/1), Dragons Call (18/1), Beautiful Sunshine (20/1), Dexter Belle (20/1), Sceolan (25/1), Marsa (33/1), Theriverrunsdeep (40/1), Anjalawi (66/1), Excel Rocket (66/1)

In a very competitive fillies' handicap the suggestion is PIRATE JENNY who comfortably saw off a useful rival when winning her maiden at Cork last autumn and an opening mark in the high 80s could underestimate her. Count To Five is another maiden winner who should have more to come in handicaps and she heads the many dangers along with Elanora and Jessie Harrington's Poppy Petal.