19:30 Roscommon

Monday 23 May 2022

All16:3017:0017:3018:0018:3019:0019:30

www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 19:32 | Winning time: 2m 47.55s

(11)

Indian Lilac¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 68

9/1

8/1, sixth of 10 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good) 12 days ago, meeting some trouble. Significantly up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 1080-76

(16)

Black Hawk Eagle¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 67| BF

11/8

Lightly-raced maiden. Excellent second of 16 in handicap (3/1) at Gowran (9.4f, good) 12 days ago, not ideally placed. Up in trip. Open to improvement. Player.

Form: 8-002

(15)

Shedini¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 66

40/1

12/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good) 12 days ago. Up in trip with work to do.

Form: 05394-0

(10)

Folly Beach^h1²³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: J A Heffernan| T: M A Molloy| OR: 65

12/1

Last of 8 in handicap (5/1) at Pontefract (18f, soft). Off 7 months. Significantly back down in trip. Hood on 1st time. First run for yard after leaving Mick Channon and others appeal more.

Form: 944258-

(5)

L'Un Deux Trois^p,t¹⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: S T McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 64| D

9/1

12/1, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 163 days ago. Off 163 days. Fair on the Flat, but others more persuasive.

Form: 6022/10-

(19)

Breffni Girl^p¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 63

5/1

Creditable third of 16 in handicap (11/2) at Leopardstown (12f, good) 10 days ago. Stable in good form, and likely to continue to go well.

Form: 940-373

(4)

Vormir¹³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: F Birrane| OR: 61| C

100/1

Course winner. Seventeenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 150/1) on NH debut 135 days ago. Off 135 days. Significantly up in trip. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 040000-

(13)

Blowing Dixie²⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: W J Lee| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 60| D

25/1

20/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, good). Off 9 months. Fairly useful on the all weather, but needs to step forward.

Form: 8/12220-

(17)

Final Endeavour¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: G M Ryan| T: H Rogers| OR: 60| D

12/1

Twelfth of 15 in handicap at this course (12f, soft, 14/1) 14 days ago. Not taken lightly if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 0P206-0

(12)

Sceptred Isle^p1,t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: D P Dunne| OR: 57

25/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, tenth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good, 33/1) 12 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 5794-00

(14)

Benkei^b³⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: H Rogers| OR: 56| C| D

33/1

Twenty four runs since last win in 2016. Fifteenth of 20 in handicap (100/1) at Navan (13f, good) 30 days ago, so veteran is hard to warm to.

Form: 0000-U0

(6)

Clueless Hill^b,t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 50

7/1

Good second of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good, 14/1) 10 days ago. In the mix.

Form: 6-29432

(18)

Miss Louise²¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: S Foley| T: E Sheehy| OR: 50| D

28/1

25/1, respectable fourth of 17 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving P. J. F. Murphy and not discounted.

Form: 144574-

Non-Runners

(8)

Beer With The Boys⁵⁸⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: C Moore J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(9)

Storm Steps⁶¹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 7

T: P Martin J: M P Sheehy

(2)

Numidia¹⁰

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: P Lawlor J: Rory Cleary

(1)

Scarlet Seymour⁴⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 7

T: L Comer J: Reserve 1

(3)

Non Mollare²⁰⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: J M Burke J: Reserve 2

(7)

Barometer³²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 7

T: J J Murphy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Black Hawk Eagle (11/8), Breffni Girl (5/1), Clueless Hill (7/1), Indian Lilac (9/1), L'Un Deux Trois (9/1), Final Endeavour (12/1), Folly Beach (12/1), Storm Steps (16/1), Scarlet Seymour (16/1), Blowing Dixie (25/1), Sceptred Isle (25/1), Miss Louise (28/1), Benkei (33/1), Barometer (33/1), Numidia (33/1), Beer With The Boys (33/1), Shedini (40/1), Non Mollare (50/1), Vormir (100/1)

Plenty are in with a shout. BLACK HAWK EAGLE stepped up on previous efforts on his handicap debut when an excellent second at Gowran, despite not enjoying the rub of the green, so he is fancied to go one better here with this longer trip also a plus. Indian Lilac was also not seen to best effect when sixth there last time and is next on the list. Breffni Girl appeals as the pick of the remainder for place purposes.