16:40 Dundalk

Monday 15 August 2022

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:1517:45

Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 2m 13.75s

(7)

Isle Of Sark^t⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 94| C

9/1

Course winner. 20/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, good) 51 days ago.

Form: 533-200

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(12)

Finans Bay^p1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 92

11/2

25/1, twelfth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Every chance if back to best.

Form: 50-0440

(2)

Pierre Lapin¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 90

16/1

9/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, below form ninth of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 047659

(9)

Catena Zapata^t⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Wayne Lordan| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 88| C

11/2

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win here in February. Good fifth of 11 in handicap (33/1) at the Curragh (10f, good) 51 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Can make presence felt.

Form: 380-105

(10)

Dances With Stars^t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 88| C

17/2

Course winner. Latest win here in March. 12½ lengths last of 6 to Perotan in listed race (11/1) at Down Royal (13.9f, good) 24 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 211356

(5)

Ides Of August^b1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: M A Enright| T: G M Lyons| OR: 88| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 15/2, last of 6 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, good) 11 days ago. Trainer going well. Blinkers on 1st time. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 6-07906

(3)

Bowerman²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 87| CD

20/1

3-time C&D winner. Nine wins from 35 Flat runs. Fourteenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, good to soft, 40/1) 20 days ago, hampered. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 009060

(4)

No Say Ever²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: Miss A Mooney| OR: 86

40/1

66/1, seventeenth of 20 in handicap at Galway (16.8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Has work to do.

Form: 127-200

(14)

Crescent Lake^p¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Rory Cleary| T: T O'Brien| OR: 80| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win here in July. Sixteenth of 17 in handicap (16/1) at Galway (8.4f, good to soft) 18 days ago, hampered. Back up in trip.

Form: 120/210

(6)

Golden Twilight^t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: M Halford| OR: 80| C

15/2

Course winner. 25/1, seventeenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (12f, soft) 17 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 11-5030

(1)

Juyush^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 80| C

11/1

Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Bit below form seventh of 13 in handicap (17/2) at Naas (8f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Has good chance on form.

Form: 0-89327

(13)

Saraqael¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Gavin Ryan| T: R P Cody| OR: 87

11/2

Thrice-raced winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. 5/1, won 17-runner maiden at Galway (8.3f, heavy) 16 days ago, readily. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 631

(8)

Snag It¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Leigh Roche| T: M J Smith| OR: 78

16/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. 7/1, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to firm) 10 days ago, well positioned. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 100-051

(11)

Eighty Eight¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 82

10/1

Good second of 13 in handicap (10/1) at Naas (8f, good to soft) 14 days ago, suited by emphasis on stamina. Significantly back up in trip. Stable in good form. Another bold show likely.

Form: 261932

Forecasts

Finans Bay (11/2), Saraqael (11/2), Catena Zapata (11/2), Golden Twilight (15/2), Dances With Stars (17/2), Isle Of Sark (9/1), Eighty Eight (10/1), Juyush (11/1), Crescent Lake (14/1), Ides Of August (16/1), Pierre Lapin (16/1), Snag It (16/1), Bowerman (20/1), No Say Ever (40/1)

SARAQAEL has improved with each of his three starts, most recently landing a big-field Galway maiden in ready fashion, and there could be more to come from this unexposed 3-y-o now upped in trip for this handicap debut. He earns the vote ahead of Bowerman, who has been operating below his best in recent months but is now 5 lb lower than when scoring over C&D in February and is 7-15 on the all-weather.