18:00 Down Royal

Friday 22 July 2022

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Off time: 18:01 | Winning time: 59.56s

(3)

Aloysius Lilius^b,t²⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: G O'Leary| OR: 65| D

14/1

Below form twelfth of 21 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, soft, 16/1). Off 9 months. Blinkers back on.

Form: 661500-

(2)

Elegant Ellen²⁸¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Daniel King⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 61

12/1

Seventeenth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good to soft, 20/1). Off 9 months. Booking of King a plus.

Form: 620740-

(6)

Red Wasp^p,t³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 58| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 7 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 13/2) 35 days ago, not clear run. Stable in good form. Starting to look well treated and a revival would come as no surprise.

Form: 610-077

(14)

Baby Rosabella³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: J Davison| OR: 60

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/2, tenth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 35 days ago, not clear run.

Form: 7240

(13)

Troy Top^h,t1³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Gavin Ryan| T: L Breen| OR: 56

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, sixth of 9 in maiden (40/1) at Naas (5.9f, good) 30 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 606

(11)

Empress Of Bough¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Shane Markey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 59

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, excellent third of 18 in maiden at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Down in trip. Makes handicap debut. Unexposed and respected.

Form: 0953

(15)

Lion Ring¹¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 54

20/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 10 in handicap (40/1) at Dundalk (5f). Off 119 days.

Form: 67-5800

(5)

Fine Distraction^b¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Colin Keane| T: L McAteer| OR: 49

7/2

Remains a maiden after 30 Flat runs. Very good third of 11 in handicap (12/1) at Navan (5f, good to firm) 13 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 705073

(12)

Hot Whispers^t³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Coen| T: S Nolan| OR: 53

16/1

50/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 15 in handicap at Naas (5f, good) 30 days ago, running on.

Form: 0-60006

(9)

Kilonova²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 49

2/1

Respectable second of 14 in handicap (17/2) at Bellewstown (5f, good to soft) 21 days ago, no match for winner.

Form: 0-00042

(7)

Wait A Little^t³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: K J Manning| T: J Barcoe| OR: 47

25/1

Blinkered for 1st time, eleventh of 13 in claimer at Limerick (6.7f, good, 40/1) 35 days ago. Back down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Gillian Scott. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 456700

(4)

Penny Pingleton^p¹⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 47

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 100/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (6f). Off 156 days.

Form: 08-000

Non-Runners

(10)

Hands Down²⁴

Weight: 8-12| Age: 5

T: C Moore J: Reserve 1

(1)

King's View²¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 5

T: L Smyth J: Reserve 2

(8)

Pillar²¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 9

T: R K Watson J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Kilonova (2/1), Fine Distraction (7/2), Red Wasp (5/1), Pillar (8/1), Baby Rosabella (9/1), Empress Of Bough (11/1), Elegant Ellen (12/1), Aloysius Lilius (14/1), King's View (14/1), Troy Top (16/1), Hot Whispers (16/1), Lion Ring (20/1), Wait A Little (25/1), Hands Down (25/1), Penny Pingleton (66/1)

In a contest where nothing arrives with compelling claims a chance is taken on RED WASP as it remains very early days for her with the Joseph O'Brien yard and she was keeping on when denied a clear run last time. Empress of Bough, Fine Distraction and Kilonova are other to consider.