20:00 Dundalk

Friday 4 November 2022

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William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 1m 36.56s

(17)

Freescape⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Gary Carroll| T: D Marnane| OR: 104| CD

14/1

5-time course winner. 66/1, very good neck second of 10 to Bear Story in Diamond Stakes at this course (10.7f) 42 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 5-48742

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(8)

Lexington Dash^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell| OR: 93

33/1

Latest win at Fairyhouse in July. Last of 14 in handicap (18/1) at Leopardstown (8f, soft) 13 days ago.

Form: 197000

(4)

Cordouan²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 91| D

4/1

Lightly-raced winner. Latest win at Laytown in September. Creditable nose second of 13 to Pierre Lapin in handicap (8/1) at this C&D 28 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 22/1-12

(10)

Pierre Lapin^p²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 89| CD

4/1

Won 13-runner handicap at this C&D (11/1) 28 days ago by nose from Cordouan, needing stronger gallop. Player.

Form: 954971

(12)

Steel Bull^t²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 88

22/1

40/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at this course (7f) 28 days ago.

Form: 5/930-00

(3)

Hale Bopp^p³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 87| C| D

15/2

Course winner. Eighth of 11 in handicap at Cork (8f, good, 10/1) 38 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: 827408

(7)

Desert Wind^p,t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 86

33/1

33/1, 6 lengths last of 13 to Pierre Lapin in handicap at this C&D 28 days ago.

Form: 0/0-8200

(15)

Howyoulikethat²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Ben Coen| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 85| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Leopardstown in July. Good neck third of 13 to Pierre Lapin in handicap (16/1) at this C&D 28 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Can make presence felt.

Form: 017403

(13)

Whatharm⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn| OR: 85| CD

11/1

6-time course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 50/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at this course (12f) 7 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 000080

(11)

Walhaan¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Shane Foley| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 84

10/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2018. Seventh of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, soft, 20/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 5323-07

(16)

Breaking Story⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Nathan Crosse| T: R O'Brien| OR: 82| D

66/1

Latest win at Limerick in April. 25/1, last of 13 in handicap at this course (6f) 7 days ago, missing break. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 541000

(9)

Ampeson^p⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Killian Leonard| T: P J McKenna| OR: 80| BF| C

9/1

Course winner. 9/2, creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at this course (6f) 7 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 106034

(6)

One Small Step²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 80

14/1

Latest win at Gowran in August. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at this course (7f, 5/1) 21 days ago, having run of race. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 103784

(2)

Rocky Dreams²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 80| C

11/1

5-time course winner. 3 wins from 11 runs this year. Latest win here in September. Creditable second of 14 in handicap at this course (7f, 14/1) 28 days ago, running on. Respected.

Form: 896312

Non-Runners

(14)

Benavente¹⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: R O'Brien J: Reserve 1

(1)

Super Over²⁸

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: D P Coakley J: Reserve 2

(5)

Tommy Taylor²⁸

Weight: 8-7| Age: 8

T: S Crawley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Cordouan (4/1), Pierre Lapin (4/1), Howyoulikethat (7/1), Hale Bopp (15/2), Super Over (8/1), Ampeson (9/1), Walhaan (10/1), Rocky Dreams (11/1), Whatharm (11/1), One Small Step (14/1), Freescape (14/1), Steel Bull (22/1), Tommy Taylor (25/1), Desert Wind (33/1), Lexington Dash (33/1), Benavente (33/1), Breaking Story (66/1)

There wasn't much to choose between CORDOUAN, Pierre Lapin and Howyoulikethat over C&D 4 weeks ago with the least-exposed Cordouan taken to come out on top this time.