14:25 Killarney

Monday 10 October 2022

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Muckross Handicap (47-70) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 1m 47.27s

(14)

Darkened^b,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Daniel King⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 68

8/1

Latest win at Tipperary in April. 25/1, eleventh of 17 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good) 17 days ago, not ideally placed. Fair on the Flat, good on last Flat run. Others more persuasive.

Form: 173343

(3)

Yokkell⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 69| BF

7/2

Winner at Tipperary in August. 10/3, creditable third of 12 in handicap at this course (8.1f, soft) 9 days ago, nearest finish. Yard having good spell. Should go well again.

Form: 434123

(2)

Men Of Dreams^v⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 65

8/1

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. Good third of 9 in maiden at this course (11.2f, soft, 10/1) 9 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 535093

(1)

High Altitude⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: J J Murphy| OR: 63| CD

7/2

7/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fourth of 15 in handicap at this course (8.1f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Booking of Keane a plus. Shortlist material.

Form: 098204

(9)

Erbacher⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 62

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, fifteenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, good to soft) 76 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7890

(4)

Sheila^b¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 62| BF| D

25/1

Last of 12 in handicap (4/1) at Listowel (8f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 000820

(12)

Shona Mea^b⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 62| D

20/1

9/2, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good) 40 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 570-085

(8)

Noble Glory^p1,t¹⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: G Scott| OR: 61

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 80/1, last of 26 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good to soft). Off 142 days. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces on 1st time. Not an obvious one on form but title-chasing Billy Lee does the steering. Check betting.

Form: 086-90

(5)

Skontonovski^v³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 61| BF| D

8/1

9/2, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f) 3 days ago. Runner-up on turf at Cork on penultimate start. Enters calculations.

Form: 005627

(10)

Kornflake³⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: G McNamara| OR: 60

50/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap (25/1) at Newcastle (8f). Off 11 months/new yard.

Form: 6/92470-

(16)

Carirose¹⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: A A Howard| OR: 54| BF

7/1

7/4, bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good to soft). Off 159 days.

Form: 090-026

(15)

Indiana Grey^t,v¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: P Martin| OR: 53| D

8/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 15-runner handicap at Cork (8f, good, 6/1) 13 days ago by ½ length from Skontonovski, outbattling runner-up.

Form: 068671

(11)

Heer At Dawn¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Leigh Roche| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 47| BF

14/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Bit below form seventh of 15 in handicap (9/2) at Bellewstown (7.8f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Claims on his Bellewstown second prior to that. Merits consideration.

Form: 250527

Non-Runners

(7)

Knocknakilla²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: G O'Leary J: Ben Coen

(6)

Dragon Roll³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 6

T: E O'Connell J: Seamie Heffernan

(13)

Moon Orchid⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: Ian O'Connor J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Yokkell (7/2), High Altitude (7/2), Dragon Roll (6/1), Carirose (7/1), Skontonovski (8/1), Darkened (8/1), Men Of Dreams (8/1), Indiana Grey (8/1), Knocknakilla (10/1), Heer At Dawn (14/1), Shona Mea (20/1), Erbacher (22/1), Sheila (25/1), Noble Glory (33/1), Kornflake (50/1)

HIGH ALTITUDE ran one of this season's better races when fourth here on his latest start and might be worth siding with to build on that with Colin Keane taking over in the saddle. Yokkell is another who ran well at this venue last time and heads the many dangers along with Skontonovski and Heer At Dawn.