Bordeaux Racecourse Rated Race

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 1m 46.21s

(5)

Entropy^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 93| BF

6/5

Useful colt. Winner at Sligo in May. 7/4, very good third of 6 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, good) 14 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 4-22193

(1)

Hale Bopp⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: M A Enright| T: G M Lyons| OR: 93| D

5/4

Useful gelding. Latest win at Naas in May. Seventh of 11 in handicap (4/1) at Gowran (7f, good) 8 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Should be right back on his game returned to 1m.

Form: 6-71827

(4)

Desert Wind^p1,t1¹³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: L Comer| OR: 83

16/1

Fairly useful horse. 66/1, eighth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good), never nearer. Off 138 days. Tongue strap on 1st time, cheekpieces on 1st time. Uphill task.

Form: 6900/0-8

(2)

Mudamer^t,v²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast| OR: 87

13/2

Fairly useful colt. Last of 11 in handicap (20/1) at Galway (8.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Visor back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 033350

Non-Runners

(6)

Longbourn³¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 6

T: R O'Sullivan J: J M Sheridan

(3)

Confident Star⁴⁷

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: S T McCullagh

Forecasts

Entropy (6/5), Hale Bopp (5/4), Confident Star (9/2), Longbourn (5/1), Mudamer (13/2), Desert Wind (16/1)

ENTROPY has been reliable all season and still appears to be getting better, so he takes preference over Hale Bopp, who should relish the return to 1m. Longbourn is a danger if he's back on his game but the other trio aren't easy to make a case for.