20:30 Naas

Wednesday 20 July 2022

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Naas Racecourse Business Club Handicap

Off time: 20:32 | Winning time: 1m 26.76s

(5)

Punk Poet^p1,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: M P Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 85| D

10/1

Latest win at Cork in April. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft, 6/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 103355

(6)

Dream Today^p,t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 83| D

16/1

Below form fourth of 9 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good, 15/2) 10 days ago.

Form: 300404

(10)

Ice Cold In Alex^t⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: K J Condon| OR: 83| D

12/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Seventh of 8 in minor event at Killarney (8.2f, good, 7/1) 7 days ago but had been shaping up reasonably well in handicaps prior to that.

Form: 057367

(13)

Is That Love¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 82| D

14/1

Good second of 11 in handicap (16/1) at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft) 14 days ago, running on.

Form: 43175-2

(1)

Big Baby Bull^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 81| D

12/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. Last of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good, 25/1) 25 days ago. First run for yard after leaving A. J. Martin.

Form: 3537-00

(3)

Rick Dalton²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 79

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1, creditable third of 20 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, soft) 24 days ago. Stable having good spell. Makes handicap debut. Likely to continue in form.

Form: 3-0333

(9)

Tyrconnell^b¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: S M Crosse| T: S Lynam| OR: 79| D

28/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2021. 12/1, bit below form tenth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 13 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 457550

(7)

Brasil Power^t1⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R G Ryan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 83| BF| D

6/1

16/5, seventh of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft) 86 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 2321-57

(8)

Chesterton^p³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: G O'Leary| OR: 82| D

16/1

Thrice-raced winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, won 14-runner maiden (9/2) at Down Royal (7f, good to soft) 33 days ago, responding well. Makes handicap debut. Should improve.

Form: 341

(14)

Dairerin¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 80| D

11/2

3/1, won 9-runner handicap at Limerick (7f, good) 13 days ago, leading near the finish. Only up 3 lb and another prominent showing likely with his stable going well.

Form: 006841

(2)

Oneiroi^h¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Ronan Whelan| T: D Buckley| OR: 72

7/1

Creditable sixth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good, 12/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 1686-76

(4)

Ferrybank¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: T M Walsh| OR: 70| D

12/1

Hooded for 1st time, seventh of 11 in handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft, 6/1) 14 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 04-0707

(12)

Big Dream^t³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A McCann| OR: 69

25/1

Lightly-raced winner. Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good to firm, 7/1) 34 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 610-40

Non-Runners

(11)

Midnight Fire⁴¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: E & P Harty J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Rick Dalton (10/3), Dairerin (11/2), Brasil Power (6/1), Oneiroi (7/1), Midnight Fire (8/1), Punk Poet (10/1), Big Baby Bull (12/1), Ice Cold In Alex (12/1), Ferrybank (12/1), Is That Love (14/1), Dream Today (16/1), Chesterton (16/1), Big Dream (25/1), Tyrconnell (28/1)

It's possible the lightly-raced RICK DALTON could find some improvement now moving into handicap company for the first time so he gets the nod for the Ger Lyons/Colin Keane combination. Dairerin came good for the Jessie Harrington yard last time and rates an obvious danger if the outside stall doesn't make life too tricky. Down Royal maiden winner Chesterton could have more to come in handicaps and also merits respect.