18:40 Naas

Wednesday 22 June 2022

All17:1017:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:10

ARKequine Derbymed Handicap

Off time: 18:41 | Winning time: 1m 11.87s

(1)

Andreas Vesalius³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 99| C

7/2

Course winner. 7¼ lengths fourth of 6 to Twilight Jet in Lacken Stakes at this C&D (good to firm, 22/1) 38 days ago, shaping as if needing the run on the back of 10 months off. This looks more suitable and better showing expected on handicap bow.

Form: 41062-4

(2)

Sablonne^p²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 90| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 20/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good) 21 days ago. Has work to do from this sort of mark.

Form: 35215-9

(8)

J J Jumbo^p¹¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Ben Coen| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 82

20/1

Maiden who returned to form when creditable third of 10 in minor event on the dirt at Meydan (7f) in February, plugging on. Interesting what the market makes of him now handicapping returned to these shores.

Form: 562-773

(6)

Speedacus²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Declan McDonogh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 80

6/1

Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap (14/1) at the Curragh (5f, good) 21 days ago, driven 2f out and keeping on. Worth another crack at this longer trip on that evidence.

Form: 316-654

(5)

Superior Force¹⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Gary Halpin| T: A Murray| OR: 80

22/1

8/1, last of 4 in nursery at Newcastle (1m) in December, making little impression having been easy to back. Has since switched yards but he's more exposed than most he meets ahead of return.

Form: 441444-

(3)

Dairerin¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: N G McCullagh| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 79| D

14/1

Dual winner at up to 6f as a 2-y-o for Michael Bell who has yet to scale same heights in handful of starts for present stable. Mark is easing all the time at least when things do click.

Form: 8-30068

(4)

Hernes Hill^t³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 79| D

3/1

Promising type. 1 win from 1 run this year. 20/1, won 10-runner maiden at Cork (6f, soft) 35 days ago, keeping on well. Interesting with likelihood of more to come now handicapping.

Form: 33-1

(11)

Forca Brasil⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Sean Davis| T: A Murray| OR: 78

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (17/2) at Down Royal (5f, good to soft) 5 days ago, no extra inside final 1f. Needs to step up again.

Form: 129-74

(10)

Marsa³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 78| D

12/1

Slade Power filly who showed much-improved form to land back-to-back AW nurseries back in November. Merely closed up late when eleventh of 17 in a big-field Curragh handicap on return 4 weeks ago but probable she'll be closer to form here.

Form: 27411-0

(7)

Areille¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: K J Condon| OR: 77| D

5/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. 15/2, career best when winning 17-runner handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Yard having good spell. Likely to continue in form.

Form: 682-651

Non-Runners

(9)

Radiyka⁴⁶

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Hernes Hill (3/1), Andreas Vesalius (7/2), Areille (5/1), Speedacus (6/1), Sablonne (7/1), Radiyka (8/1), Marsa (12/1), Dairerin (14/1), Forca Brasil (14/1), J J Jumbo (20/1), Superior Force (22/1)

HERNES HILL stepped up on his exploits as a 2-y-o when running out a good winner of a Cork maiden (6f) 5 weeks ago and with the prospect of more to come now handicapping, he gets the nod to continue the good work. Fairyhouse scorer Areille and Speedacus are others fancied to be in the shake up.