17:28 Bellewstown

Friday 1 July 2022

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Guinness Claiming Race

Off time: 17:29 | Winning time: 1m 41.15s

(17)

My Minervina^p1¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 67

11/2

Fair filly who shaped as if needing the run after 9 months off when sixth of 10 in handicap (17/2) at Down Royal (10.3f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Yard in good form. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Not ruled out.

Form: 2/4067-6

(10)

Tai Sing Yeh^b²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: J McAuley| OR: 66

4/1

Fair gelding. First run since leaving J. F. Levins when respectable fourth of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (5f, good to soft, 6/1) 2 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 531124

(12)

Capla Knight⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Wayne Lordan| T: P J McKenna| OR: 56| D

40/1

Fair gelding. Last of 11 in handicap at Naas (8f, good, 33/1) 9 days ago. Struggling for form at present.

Form: 526000

(9)

Helen De Pourtales^b,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Billy Lee| T: J McAuley| OR: 62| D

7/1

Fair mare. Eighteen runs since last win in 2020. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Down Royal (7f, good to soft, 4/1) 14 days ago, slowly away. Possibilities if bouncing back.

Form: 736320

(16)

Rosie Rock²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 66| D

11/1

Fair filly. Winner at Leopardstown in May. Below form at Limerick last time but this represents a drop in grade.

Form: 401007

(1)

War Hero^t,v¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 55

22/1

Fair gelding. Twenty runs since last win in 2021. Ninth of 13 in claimer (16/1) at Limerick (6.7f, good) 14 days ago. Visor back on.

Form: 635699

(14)

Cormac²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary| OR: 48

80/1

Last of 10 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good, 125/1) 22 days ago.

Form: 0-99800

(4)

Guessthebill^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 66

5/1

Fair gelding. Thirteen runs since last win in 2017 but ran respectably in first-time cheekpieces when third of 13 in claimer at Limerick (6.7f, good) 14 days ago. Good chance with a repeat.

Form: 0/0-0903

(2)

Talking Tough³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 51

8/1

Modest gelding. Two wins from 45 Flat runs. Ran one of this season's lesser races in 7.3f handicap at Roscommon (soft) 3 days ago.

Form: 8-88430

(3)

Tammany Hall^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 59

11/1

Fair gelding. 12/1, respectable fourth of 13 in claimer at Limerick (6.7f, good) 14 days ago. Yard having good spell.

Form: 00-0504

(7)

Cablegram¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Kyanna Van Buuren⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J C McConnell

80/1

Little signs of ability in maidens.

Form: 0709

(6)

Eastern Racer^b¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: Sean Davis| T: S Byrne| OR: 60| D

5/1

Fair gelding. Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. Creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good, 12/1) 19 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 86-9285

(11)

Sing Till Dawn¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Michael G Cleary

125/1

Well held in 3 maidens. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 00/9

(15)

Aleksey Tolstoy^p⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 62

12/1

Fair gelding who ran badly upped markedly in trip at Sligo (13.3f, soft, 8/1) 61 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Bounce back needed.

Form: 9-40009

(5)

Stickyourneckout^t⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: Gearoid Brouder| OR: 50

33/1

25/1 and blinkered for 1st time, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Sligo (5.8f, good to soft) 45 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 970000

Non-Runners

(8)

Basia¹¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

(13)

Rugaday²³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: D H Kelly J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Tai Sing Yeh (4/1), Guessthebill (5/1), Eastern Racer (5/1), My Minervina (11/2), Helen De Pourtales (7/1), Talking Tough (8/1), Tammany Hall (11/1), Rosie Rock (11/1), Aleksey Tolstoy (12/1), War Hero (22/1), Stickyourneckout (33/1), Capla Knight (40/1), Cablegram (80/1), Cormac (80/1), Rugaday (100/1), Basia (100/1), Sing Till Dawn (125/1)

GUESSTHEBILL is not the force of old but he ran well in first-time cheekpieces dropped to this level at Limerick 2 weeks ago and a reproduction of that effort may prove good enough. Eastern Racer, Rosie Rock and Tai Sing Yeh are a trio of others with decent claims.