16:15 Navan

Saturday 3 September 2022

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Gormanlough Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 2m 14.92s

(16)

Gracesolution³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Jake Coen⁽²⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 64| D

11/2

2 wins from 6 runs this year. 9/2, below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Sligo (13f, soft) 31 days ago. Back down in trip. Stable having good spell. Others more persuasive.

Form: 755118

(7)

Shining Aitch²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: James Ryan⁽⁴⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 64| D

12/1

Ninth of 14 in handicap at Clonmel (9.6f, good, 7/1) 2 days ago.

Form: 003799

(10)

Nebulla³

Age: 10| Weight: 9-12| J: D N Curran⁽⁴⁾| T: J Leavy| OR: 60

33/1

28/1, eighth of 15 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good) 3 days ago, slowly away. Back up in trip.

Form: 5408/08

(1)

Ruby Jules¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 64

22/1

Below form ninth of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft, 28/1) 16 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 74-6359

(13)

Ta Na La⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁴⁾| T: T M Walsh| OR: 63| BF

5/1

Good second of 11 in handicap (5/2) at Cork (10f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6-50542

(6)

Fair Damsel¹³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁴⁾| T: R Brabazon| OR: 54

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap (10/1) at Limerick (11.2f, good). Off 133 days. Uphill task.

Form: 055-00

(15)

Never Back Down^t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Daniel King⁽⁴⁾| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 54

14/1

Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, good, 22/1) 10 days ago. Back up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 350687

(9)

Spirituoso^b¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁴⁾| T: L Smyth| OR: 50| BF

9/1

5/2, good second of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 19 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 306322

(12)

All Aboard⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁴⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 55

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in maiden at this course (8f, good, 125/1) 9 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 600

(5)

Chimeric³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁴⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 49| BF

10/3

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs. Respectable third of 15 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good, 4/1) 3 days ago, left with too much to do. Back up in trip. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 967723

(2)

Kartayaz⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Kyanna Van Buuren⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 48

12/1

Creditable 2¾ lengths seventh of 13 to Gracesolution in handicap at Sligo (10.2f, good, 22/1) 74 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 197007

(14)

Marvel Fan^t¹³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Paddy Harnett⁽²⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 47

17/2

7/1, fell in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft) 138 days ago. Off 138 days. Down in trip. Modest on the Flat, bit below form on last Flat run. Others more persuasive.

Form: 56/5397-

(11)

Moving^t⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: C J MacRedmond⁽²⁾| T: B W Duke| OR: 47

40/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Last of 17 in handicap at Fairyhouse (12f, good to soft, 25/1) 85 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 339-600

Non-Runners

(17)

Star Official⁴²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: R Donohoe J: Non Runner

(3)

Power Drive⁵¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 7

T: P W Flynn J: Ciara Flynn

(8)

Book Of Verse⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: C O'Brien J: Hugh Horgan

(4)

Inshallah Queen⁶⁶

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: P W Flynn J: S D Bowen

Forecasts

Chimeric (10/3), Ta Na La (5/1), Gracesolution (11/2), Marvel Fan (17/2), Fair Damsel (17/2), Spirituoso (9/1), Kartayaz (12/1), Shining Aitch (12/1), Never Back Down (14/1), Inshallah Queen (20/1), Star Official (20/1), Ruby Jules (22/1), All Aboard (33/1), Nebulla (33/1), Book Of Verse (33/1), Power Drive (33/1), Moving (40/1)

CHIMERIC, Spirituoso and Ta La Na all arrive here on the back of solid efforts in defeat and may be the trio to concentrate on. The fact that Chimeric remains a maiden following 24 attempts is naturally disconcerting, but she has performed with plenty of credit off this mark at Gowran the last twice and a deserved first career success could be on the cards here.