18:55 Laytown

Thursday 8 September 2022

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O'Neills Sports (Q.R.) Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 18:57 | Winning time: 1m 25.19s

(11)

Dream Today²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: A McGuinness| OR: 80| D

7/4

Creditable second of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Dundalk (6f) 24 days ago. Well handicapped and looks capable of going one better if in the same form.

Form: 040472

(13)

Zahee^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-4| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 80

25/1

Unreliable type. Respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good, 10/1) 28 days ago. Back down in trip. Not completely dismissed.

Form: 028427

(4)

Half Nutz⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-3| J: Mr F Maguire| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 79| D

4/1

Thirteenth of 16 in handicap (12/1) at Galway (7f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 682300

(5)

Mary Salome⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J C Barry⁽³⁾| T: A Kinirons| OR: 78| D

16/1

Latest win at Bellewstown in July. 8/1, good third of 15 in handicap at Galway (7f, heavy) 40 days ago. Respected.

Form: 044213

(1)

Monzoon⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J Codd| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 78| BF| D

9/2

Good second of 15 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good, 7/2) 8 days ago. Generally consistent and boasts solid claims.

Form: 062042

(7)

Sevenal²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: D Hogan| OR: 78

25/1

Respectable fifth of 14 in claimer at Roscommon (10.2f, good to soft, 11/2) 24 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 186-885

(12)

Art Of Unity²⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr N McParlan| T: Alan Richardson| OR: 77

100/1

Good sixth of 10 in handicap (25/1) at Dundalk (5f). Off 8 months. Significantly up in trip. First run for yard after leaving J. J. Feane. Difficult ask.

Form: 10945-6

(2)

Eloquent Arthur^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 77| D

9/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 15-runner handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft, 13/2) 21 days ago. Worthy of consideration.

Form: 047671

(6)

Elzaam Blue⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 77

11/2

7/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 63 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 370450

(8)

Chavajod⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 75| D

12/1

33/1, last of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 22-2300

Non-Runners

(3)

Royal Scholar²⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: S Lynam J: Reserve 1

(9)

Mischief Star²⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: J McAuley J: Reserve 2

(10)

Thaleeq²⁶

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: D K Weld J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Dream Today (7/4), Half Nutz (4/1), Monzoon (9/2), Elzaam Blue (11/2), Eloquent Arthur (9/1), Chavajod (12/1), Mary Salome (16/1), Zahee (25/1), Sevenal (25/1), Art Of Unity (100/1)

DREAM TODAY has slipped to an appealing mark and, having returned to form at Dundalk last time, he's an obvious choice to take this at the likely expense of Monzoon, who is usually quite reliable. Eloquent Arthur is also of interest.