16:40 Dundalk

Thursday 16 March 2023

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Happy St Patrick's Weekend Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 1m 0.68s

(4)

Daintree^v¹⁰⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁵⁾| T: J G Coogan| OR: 65| CD

28/1

C&D winner. 40/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at this C&D. Off 104 days.

Form: 054407-

(2)

Samrogue⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: C P Hoban| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 65| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 12 runs last year. Latest win at Laytown in September. Last of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, 12/1) 43 days ago, very slowly away.

Form: 91100-9

(11)

Elanora^b¹⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Billy Lee| T: M C Grassick| OR: 63| BF| D

9/1

One win from 23 Flat runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 6/1, creditable seventh of 23 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, heavy). Off 148 days. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 420907-

(7)

Scarlet Dancer^p,t⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: J McAuley| OR: 63

7/2

Tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable fifth of 14 in handicap at this course (7f, 18/5) 6 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Back down in trip. Chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 553435

(9)

Eglish^v⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 57| C

14/1

5-time course winner. Twenty eight runs since last win in 2021. 12/1, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at this course (6f) 6 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 0-00876

(3)

Peerless¹³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 56| D

11/2

Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. 14/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at this C&D. Off 139 days. Something to find on form.

Form: 000000-

(13)

Betrayed^b²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: L Breen| OR: 51| C

10/1

Course winner. Latest win here in January. Tenth of 14 in handicap (5/1) at this course (6f) 29 days ago.

Form: 85-3140

(10)

Sam's Xpress²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: K P Cotter| OR: 60| C

10/3

12/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this course (6f) 27 days ago, always holding on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 05775-1

(5)

Teddy Boy²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 48| C| D

12/1

Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. Ninth of 13 in handicap at this course (6f, 18/1) 29 days ago.

Form: 2426-09

(8)

Danz Gift^t⁶⁹

Age: 12| Weight: 8-12| J: Rory Cleary| T: S Lavery| OR: 47| CD

40/1

7-time C&D winner. 25/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at this C&D 69 days ago, finding little. Others have achieved more.

Form: 057/67-7

(1)

Florence Thompson^p,t⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Chris Hayes| T: J McAuley| OR: 47

33/1

Remains a maiden after 35 Flat runs. Last of 14 in handicap (28/1) at this course (6f) 48 days ago.

Form: 4592-80

(12)

Juno Beach^h,t1²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Wayne Lordan| T: C O'Brien| OR: 47

11/1

Hooded for 1st time, bit below form fifth of 14 in handicap at this course (6f, 9/1) 29 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 00060-5

Non-Runners

(6)

Eruption⁶

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: M J Smith J: Declan McDonogh

Forecasts

Sam's Xpress (10/3), Scarlet Dancer (7/2), Peerless (11/2), Elanora (9/1), Samrogue (9/1), Betrayed (10/1), Juno Beach (11/1), Teddy Boy (12/1), Eruption (12/1), Eglish (14/1), Daintree (28/1), Florence Thompson (33/1), Danz Gift (40/1)

SAM'S XPRESS showed his first form switched to the AW when off the mark in ready fashion here (6f) on return last month and is taken to follow up with the drop back to 5f unlikely to inconvenience. Eglish and Scarlet Dancer head the dangers.