17:40 Down Royal

Saturday 18 June 2022

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Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 2m 53.52s

(10)

Bronze Bull²⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Leonard| T: Caroline Mccaldin

33/1

Arcadio gelding who showed little in handful of hurdle starts last year. Hard to fancy making Flat debut.

Form:

(6)

Busselton⁵⁰

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

11/8

Fairly useful hurdler who quickly reached a useful level over fences last year, winning 3 times at up to 22f. Ran right up to best when second at Punchestown (21f) in April and he's interesting back on the Flat.

Form: 6/

(3)

Dancila⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 76

13/8

Lightly-raced gelding. 12/1, very good second of 10 in maiden at Fairyhouse (12f, good to soft) 8 days ago, clear of rest. Rates a lead player with a repeat here.

Form: 7/432

(7)

Saddle In The Rain^t1⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: N J Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: D J Barry

150/1

Sent off at 80/1 and went with no encouragement when tailed off in a Punchestown bumper (2m) in April.

Form:

(2)

Sing Till Dawn⁶¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary

50/1

Twice-raced gelding. 66/1, last of 14 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, soft) when last seen in October 2020. Can only be watched on belated return for new yard now.

Form: 00/

(4)

Titan Jack⁷²

Age: 14| Weight: 9-9| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: Gearoid Brouder

40/1

Veteran who has showed little under various codes over the years and impossible to fancy here.

Form: 7

(5)

Woodstream Lad¹⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Sorcha Woods⁽⁷⁾| T: R K Watson

150/1

Modest form in bumpers and showed little in trio of starts over hurdles during second half of last year.

Form:

(9)

Dreamz^h,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Rory Cleary| T: B Nolan

8/1

Dream Ahead mare who has showed fair form on 2 of her 4 starts in bumpers, third of 8 at this course (16.4f, good to soft) 15 days ago, despite pulling hard. Each-way possibilities on first start in this code.

Form:

(8)

Scenic Look¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 72

5/1

Thrice-raced filly on Flat. 9/4, second of 16 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.3f, good to soft) 13 days ago, no match for winner.

Form: 78-6

Non-Runners

(1)

Royal Romeo²⁰²

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: N Meade J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Forecasts

Busselton (11/8), Dancila (13/8), Royal Romeo (3/1), Scenic Look (5/1), Dreamz (8/1), Bronze Bull (33/1), Titan Jack (40/1), Sing Till Dawn (50/1), Saddle In The Rain (150/1), Woodstream Lad (150/1)

DANCILA possibly isn't the most straightforward but he's shown enough to think a race of this nature is within reach, runner-up over this trip at Fairyhouse 8 days ago, and he gets the nod to back that up and come out on top. Royal Romeo has shown useful form in a couple of bumpers though, and is feared, as is useful-chaser Busselton.