18:40 Down Royal

Friday 2 September 2022

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BBFC Handicap (50-70)

Off time: 18:42 | Winning time: 2m 15.31s

(14)

Joupe^h,t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: P Lawlor| OR: 70

18/1

Landed back-to-back AW handicaps (at 10.7f) last winter and definite promise on back of an 8-month absence when sixth of 13 in handicap at Naas (10f, good) 12 days ago, her effort flattening out only late on. One to bear in mind.

Form: 64117-6

(9)

Bambeano^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: G M Ryan| T: M Fahey| OR: 68

20/1

Maiden in bumpers/over hurdles who offered promise on first 3 of 3 starts in Flat maidens this summer. Not figured over shorter trips more recently so hopes pinned on the return to further/switch to handicaps having positive effect now.

Form: 6468

(5)

Brewel Hill^h⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: S Foley| T: Gearoid Brouder| OR: 68| D

10/1

11/1, career best when winning 16-runner handicap at Gowran (9.5f, good) 41 days ago, tackled final 1f and battling well. Remains relatively low mileage from a handicapping perspective and he may have a little more to offer.

Form: 080301

(13)

New Moon Rising²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 68

66/1

Winner at Leopardstown (9f) in April. 20/1, 22½ lengths seventeenth of 18 to Mads Black Eights in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good) 29 days ago, short of room 2f out and soon beaten.

Form: 701090

(15)

Blackcastle Storm^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 67

12/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2020. 6/1, good second of 12 in handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to firm) 28 days ago, having run of race. Needs to back that up now.

Form: 68-0042

(2)

Evergreen And Red²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 67| D

9/2

Won 13-runner novice hurdle at Tramore (2m) 22 days ago, just holding on. Mark has eased ahead of this return to the Flat if he can back that up here.

Form: 1452-68

(11)

Mads Black Eights²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Declan McDonogh| T: M J Smith| OR: 66

15/2

22/1, improved on recent efforts to win 18-runner handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good) 29 days ago, staying on to lead final 1f and keeping on well. 9 lb higher mark to defy now but she could be up to it.

Form: 490401

(1)

Sir Allen³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 70

10/1

Improved for fitting of a visor when landing 7-runner Curragh nursery (1m, heavy) final start last year. Stepped up markedly on return when good fifth of 15 in handicap at Galway (12.4f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Not out of things.

Form: 0741-95

(6)

Action Motion^p⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: W J Lee| T: A Oliver| OR: 67

7/1

Maiden, who finished a respectable fifth of 16 in handicap at Navan (1m) on back of being gelded 8 days ago. That was his first start for 8 weeks and the return to this longer trip rates a likely plus. Not ruled out.

Form: 825665

(4)

Dudley's Bar³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 67

12/1

14/1, thirteenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.4f, soft) 35 days ago, left behind from 2f out. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 337500

(7)

Riccardi Medici^t²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 67

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good, 12/1) 29 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Still he remains low-mileage and he could yet have more to offer back up in trip.

Form: 8-7653

(12)

Yokkell⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J A Powell⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 64

11/4

3/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to firm) 7 days ago, flashing tail but essentially scoring easily. Entitled to remain competitive.

Form: 044341

Non-Runners

(10)

Believe In Science¹²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: K J Manning

(8)

Grappa Nonino¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: Chris Hayes

(3)

Chutzpal³⁴¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch J: Reserve 1

(17)

Party Moon¹⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 6

T: D P Dunne J: Reserve 2

(16)

Power Drive⁵⁰

Weight: 9-6| Age: 7

T: P W Flynn J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Yokkell (11/4), Evergreen And Red (9/2), Action Motion (7/1), Mads Black Eights (15/2), Riccardi Medici (8/1), Brewel Hill (10/1), Sir Allen (10/1), Blackcastle Storm (12/1), Dudley's Bar (12/1), Grappa Nonino (12/1), Joupe (18/1), Bambeano (20/1), Believe In Science (25/1), New Moon Rising (66/1), Chutzpal (66/1), Party Moon (100/1), Power Drive (100/1)

YOKKELL had been shaping up well and took a step forward to run out an easy winner of a 13-runner Tipperary handicap (9f) 7 days ago and she's fancied to defy a rise in the weights and come out on top again. Fellow last-time-out winner Mads Black Eights is next best, ahead of Evergreen And Red and Brewel Hill.