19:00 Down Royal

Friday 22 July 2022

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ASG & Partners Handicap

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 2m 16.2s

(5)

Massaman^p⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: J Davison| OR: 82

9/4

Latest win at Gowran in April. Creditable tenth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (12f, good to soft, 9/1) 6 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Worth considering returned to calmer waters.

Form: 180380

(6)

Zahee^h,t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 78

10/1

Unreliable type. Latest win at Leopardstown in April. 16/1, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 15 days ago, met some trouble. Up in trip. One to note.

Form: 120284

(7)

Hibernicus¹⁴¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 72

28/1

Lightly-raced winner. Seventh of 8 in handicap (9/2) at Wolverhampton (12.2f), well positioned. Off over 3 years. First run for yard after leaving Mark Johnston.

Form: 1107/

(4)

Eighty Eight²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 79

3/1

Winner at Gowran in June. 15/2, ninth of 13 in handicap at Roscommon (10.2f, soft) 24 days ago. Not one to write off.

Form: 022619

(9)

Prime Chief¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J P Fahey| OR: 69| CD

10/3

C&D winner. 9/2, creditable second of 11 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to firm) 13 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 6723-52

(1)

Miss Florentine¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 68

9/2

12/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to firm) 13 days ago. More required.

Form: 8-20893

(8)

Delta Romeo²⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: G O'Leary| OR: 67

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f). Off 9 months. Needs to up his game.

Form: 7400-

Non-Runners

(2)

Juyush³⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 7

T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch J: M A Enright

(3)

Noble Crusade¹⁰

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Siobhan Rutledge

Forecasts

Massaman (9/4), Juyush (5/2), Eighty Eight (3/1), Prime Chief (10/3), Miss Florentine (9/2), Zahee (10/1), Delta Romeo (11/1), Noble Crusade (25/1), Hibernicus (28/1)

JUYUSH is well treated and has been shaping up well lately, having to pick his way through when runner-up at Naas a month ago. If he gets the gaps he can open his account for the season up in trip despite the presence of Zahee, who also endured trouble in running last time. Prime Chief and Massaman are other players in a competitive race for the grade.