17:30 Dundalk

Friday 21 October 2022

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William Hill Pick Your Places Apprentice Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 1m 27.25s

(4)

Bears Hug⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Scott McCullagh| T: A Sexton| OR: 70| C

17/2

Course winner. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Roscommon (12f, good to soft) 67 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 067775

(16)

Patsy Fagan¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: S P Bird⁽⁷⁾| T: P Cluskey| OR: 70

66/1

Latest win at Southwell in April. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap (50/1) at this C&D 14 days ago. Needs to show more before becoming of interest again.

Form: 341600

(14)

Ginsburg^b²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁴⁾| T: Paul Mulligan| OR: 68| D

12/1

28/1, respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at Down Royal (7f, good to soft) 25 days ago, would have benefited from stronger handling. Blinkers back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 701007

(11)

Scarlet Angel⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁴⁾| T: G M Lyons| OR: 70

10/3

Good second of 11 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, good, 11/2) 58 days ago, never nearer. Makes polytrack debut. Leading claims.

Form: 7-49372

(6)

Cedar Rapids^b,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: J M Sheridan| T: J McAuley| OR: 67| D

8/1

Winner at Leopardstown (7f) in August. 7/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at this course (10.7f) 14 days ago. Needs to bounce back returned to this shorter trip.

Form: 018320

(15)

No Speed Limit^h,t²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Luke McAteer| T: P J McKenna| OR: 67| CD

15/2

C&D winner. 4/1, bit below form fifth of 13 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, good to soft) 22 days ago. 8lb higher now. Significantly up in trip. Hood back on. Not out of things.

Form: 054835

(12)

Kratos¹¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁴⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 63

14/1

Blinkered for 1st time, fifth of 6 in handicap at Brighton (8f, good, 7/1). Off 115 days. First run for yard after leaving Roger Varian. Yard in good form.

Form: 442435

(2)

Eastern Racer^b⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 9-8| J: James Ryan⁽⁴⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 62| C| D

15/2

Veteran course winner. Latest win at Bellewstown (7.8f) in August. 9/1, bit below form seventh of 13 in handicap at this course (10.7f) 7 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 100627

(10)

War Hero^b,t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁴⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 60| CD

7/1

4-time C&D winner. 12/1, first run since leaving Dermot Anthony McLoughlin when bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago. Losing run is mounting up but too well handicapped to ignore if building on that here.

Form: 990686

(7)

Will Be King²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁴⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 60| C

22/1

Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2020. Tenth of 14 in handicap (80/1) at this course (6f) 28 days ago.

Form: 03-0000

(3)

Praying Mantis^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: C J MacRedmond| T: J Larkin| OR: 59| D

33/1

Latest win at Gowran in August. Below form eighth of 13 in handicap (11/1) at Down Royal (7f, good to soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 114768

(9)

Kornflake¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Paddy Harnett⁽²⁾| T: G McNamara| OR: 58

100/1

Maiden. First run since leaving Mark Johnston when twelfth of 13 in handicap at Killarney (8.3f, soft, 50/1) 11 days ago. That was her first start for 12 months and this promises to reveal more.

Form: 92470-0

(8)

Wonder Spirit²⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Jake Coen| T: G A Kingston| OR: 55

28/1

Maiden who ran well when fourth over extended 10f here in January. Proved disappointing when tenth of 13 in 12f handicap back here a month later and he's since switched yards. Betting should guide on return to action.

Form: 037-340

(1)

Tynamite²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Jamie Powell⁽²⁾| T: D Marnane| OR: 54| CD

6/1

5-time course winner. Respectable fifth of 13 in handicap at this course (1m) 3 weeks ago, forced wide home turn and running on. Not out of things but he does need to keep the slow starts at bay.

Form: 086275

Non-Runners

(17)

Farnese¹⁶

Weight: 8-12| Age: 6

T: M Hassett J: Reserve 1

(5)

Indian Raj²¹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 8

T: A McCann J: Reserve 2

(13)

The Lion Strikes¹¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Scarlet Angel (10/3), Tynamite (6/1), War Hero (7/1), Eastern Racer (15/2), No Speed Limit (15/2), Cedar Rapids (8/1), Bears Hug (17/2), Ginsburg (12/1), Kratos (14/1), Indian Raj (14/1), The Lion Strikes (14/1), Farnese (20/1), Will Be King (22/1), Wonder Spirit (28/1), Praying Mantis (33/1), Patsy Fagan (66/1), Kornflake (100/1)

A race short on improvers but SCARLET ANGEL is comfortably less exposed than most and having caught the eye when runner-up at Bellewstown (7.8f) in August, she could be the way to go making her polytrack debut. Tynamite, War Hero and No Speed Limit are others fancied to be thereabouts, along with Cedar Rapids stepping back down in trip.