19:20 Sligo

Tuesday 21 June 2022

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RSS Record & Document Storage Service Sligo Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 1m 16.28s

(2)

Celtic Manor³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: C Moore| OR: 62| BF| CD

9/4

C&D winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win here in May. 7/2, creditable eighth of 18 in handicap at Navan (5f, good) 38 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 9900-18

(1)

Inventor^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: W J Lee| T: G Scott| OR: 58

9/5

6/1, creditable fifth of 14 in handicap at Limerick (6.7f, good to firm) 10 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 0-05335

(5)

Cometh The Man⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Adam Caffrey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 57

10/1

Unreliable type. Remains a maiden after 35 Flat runs. Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap (11/1) at Down Royal (7f, good) 4 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 470026

(6)

Talking Tough¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: W Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 54| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Two wins from 43 Flat runs. 12/1, respectable fourth of 12 in handicap at Limerick (8f, good to firm) 10 days ago. Back down in trip. Chance on old form.

Form: 068-884

(7)

Fit For Function^p¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 49| D

12/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. 9/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Listowel (6.3f, good) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Enters calculations.

Form: 896-009

(4)

Fondant Fancie²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: J A Heffernan| T: Miss J M Lee| OR: 47

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft, 100/1) 29 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 089-0

(9)

Hands Down^p²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: C Moore| OR: 47| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Creditable sixth of 18 in handicap (33/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 25 days ago.

Form: 8300-96

(8)

Manhattan Dandy²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: James Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 47

18/1

Remains a maiden after 29 Flat runs. Creditable seventh of 18 in handicap (22/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 25 days ago, never nearer.

Form: 0409-57

(3)

Bayou Belle⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: M A Gallagher| T: J P Fahey| OR: 47

20/1

Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (7.3f, soft, 10/1) 43 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 80093-6

Forecasts

Inventor (9/5), Celtic Manor (9/4), Talking Tough (13/2), Cometh The Man (10/1), Fit For Function (12/1), Hands Down (14/1), Manhattan Dandy (18/1), Bayou Belle (20/1), Fondant Fancie (40/1)

INVENTOR is 4 lb lower than when gaining his breakthrough success at Tipperary last spring, and he is appealing here on the back of a creditable recent effort at Limerick where the trip (6.7f) appeared to stretch him. Talking Tough's strike rate is poor, but he merits respect back down in trip here following a decent effort over a mile at Limerick. Fit For Function needs to bounce back, but he'll be a threat if able to do so off this reduced mark.