18:30 Gowran Park

Wednesday 10 August 2022

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Open Week At Gowran Park Handicap

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 1m 25.75s

(10)

Spanish Tenor¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 98| CD

9/1

C&D winner in June. 20/1, respectable fifth of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 10 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 130105

(2)

Master Matt^t⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Sam Ewing⁽³⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 97| D

22/1

Eighth of 9 in handicap (14/1) at the Curragh (5f, good) 4 days ago, slowly away. Significantly up in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 59-4008

(3)

Andreas Vesalius^p²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 101

6/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable seventh of 17 in handicap (22/1) at the Curragh (6.3f, good to soft) 25 days ago, faring best of those held up. In the picture.

Form: 062-427

(6)

Hale Bopp³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 94| D

4/1

Latest win at Naas in May. 9/2, good second of 9 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 30 days ago, conceding first run. Yard in good form. Should go well again.

Form: 06-7182

(5)

Blairmayne²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: N Lupini| OR: 89| D

9/1

Latest win at Naas in April. Eleventh of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (6.3f, good to soft, 25/1) 25 days ago, left poorly placed. Merits consideration.

Form: 0-01200

(1)

Lord Dudley^p1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: K P Cotter| OR: 89| D

5/2

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Cork in May. 9/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 10 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and sort to bounce back.

Form: 2-11560

(7)

Nebo^b¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: T Hogan| OR: 88| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Eleventh of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft, 33/1) 10 days ago. Blinkers back on. Twelve runs since last win in 2021.

Form: 935080

(11)

Massaman^p¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J Davison| OR: 87| CD

7/1

3 wins from 9 runs this year. 9/4, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Down Royal (10.3f, good) 19 days ago. Significantly back down in trip but this C&D winner must enter calculations.

Form: 803801

(12)

Pearle D'or¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 93| BF

14/1

Debut Naas winner. Off 6 months before good third of 4 in minor event at this C&D (good to soft, 2/1). Off another 119 days ahead of handicap debut. Open to improvement. Interesting.

Form: 1-3

(9)

Sevenal^t1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 84

50/1

Below form eighth of 13 in claimer (9/1) at Ballinrobe (9.4f, good) 23 days ago, slowly away. Down in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Uphill task.

Form: 15186-8

(4)

One Small Step⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: J A Heffernan| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 82| D

22/1

80/1, first run since leaving Brian Meehan when twelfth of 13 in handicap at Naas (8f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Risky proposition at present.

Form: 51047-0

Non-Runners

(8)

Yermanthere⁶⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: P T Foley J: Luke McAteer

Forecasts

Lord Dudley (5/2), Hale Bopp (4/1), Andreas Vesalius (6/1), Massaman (7/1), Blairmayne (9/1), Spanish Tenor (9/1), Yermanthere (10/1), Nebo (12/1), Pearle D'or (14/1), One Small Step (22/1), Master Matt (22/1), Sevenal (50/1)

HALE BOPP didn't enjoy the rub of the green when runner-up at Killarney so is fancied to go one better here for his in-form yard. Pearle d'Or is unexposed and not taken lightly now he steps into handicap company for the first time, while Andreas Vesalius can't be ruled out either and appeals as the pick of the remainder.