16:40 Gowran Park

Monday 6 June 2022

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Ladies Day July 23rd Handicap

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 2m 5.04s

(15)

Bay Of Bengal⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 80| C

5/1

Once-raced winner. 1 win from 1 run this year. Won 17-runner maiden (8/1) at this course (9.6f, good to soft) on debut 54 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 1

(13)

Overheer¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy| OR: 79| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 22/1, fourteenth of 19 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6050-30

(14)

Mischief Star^t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Danny Gilligan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 77| CD

8/1

Returned to form in recent starts, winning claimers over C&D and at Tipperary (7.5f, good to firm) last month. This is tougher but he must enter calculations.

Form: 4/78311

(3)

Zola Sakura^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 77| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Blinkered for 1st time, below form fourth of 13 in handicap (10/1) at Roscommon (10.1f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 1230-84

(11)

Disco Boots¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Declan McDonogh| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 76

10/1

Good seventh of 26 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good to soft, 14/1) 16 days ago, never nearer. Not out of things.

Form: 20/130-7

(5)

Bringsty^b,e/s¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Foley| T: A McGuinness| OR: 74

33/1

Eyeshields on for 1st time blinkered for 1st time, creditable thirteenth of 26 in handicap (50/1) at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 000-000

(4)

Dha Leath^t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 73| BF

8/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win at Limerick in April. Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap (7/2) at Leopardstown (10f, good) 24 days ago. Each-way player.

Form: 6414-15

(9)

Aingeal Dorcha¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 70| C

10/1

C&D winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner here in April. Good eighth of 26 in handicap (16/1) at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 200-018

(16)

Kalaroun³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: Miss T L Cogan| OR: 70

5/1

Poster career best when second of 15 in handicap at Chester (12.3f, good) 31 days ago. Remains fairly treated and is one for the shortlist.

Form: 1-96652

(1)

Star Official¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: R Donohoe| OR: 66| BF

10/1

Bit below form 3 lengths fourth of 17 to Mischief Star in claimer (10/3) at this C&D (soft) 13 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Joseph G. Murphy. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 2656-54

(10)

Alooqaal^p1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 76

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in handicap (13/2) at Naas (8f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 742-7

(12)

Level Pitch²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 74

11/1

Winner at Cork in April. Good second of 11 in handicap (10/1) at Sligo (10.4f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Warrants respect.

Form: 07-1302

(6)

Joe Masseria⁷¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: N Meade| OR: 84

9/1

18/1, below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Naas (7f, good to soft) 71 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Others have achieved more. RESERVE.

Form: 05291-6

(18)

Come September^h⁸⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 86| CD

50/1

C&D winner. 33/1, first run since leaving John McConnell when last of 12 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 86 days ago. Fairly useful on the Flat, poor on last Flat run. Uphill task. RESERVE.

Form: 0509/87-

Non-Runners

(19)

Talbot²⁰

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: Jake Coen

(8)

Jawhary²³⁸

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: M J Smith J: Robbie Colgan

(17)

Plunkett¹⁶

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: P W Flynn J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(2)

Alhaajeb¹⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: A McGuinness J: Adam Caffrey

(7)

Church Mountain¹⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: James J Doyle

Forecasts

Bay Of Bengal (5/1), Kalaroun (5/1), Plunkett (5/1), Talbot (11/2), Dha Leath (8/1), Zola Sakura (8/1), Mischief Star (8/1), Jawhary (8/1), Joe Masseria (9/1), Star Official (10/1), Aingeal Dorcha (10/1), Disco Boots (10/1), Level Pitch (11/1), Overheer (16/1), Church Mountain (16/1), Alooqaal (20/1), Alhaajeb (20/1), Bringsty (33/1), Come September (50/1)

Preference is for TALBOT, who ran a cracker at Sligo last time and remains on a workable mark. Plunkett, Kalaroun and Mischief Star make up the shortlist.