17:30 Roscommon

Monday 8 May 2023

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www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap

4YO plus | 7f 100y | 14 Runners | Turf

(6)

Hotrocket³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 86| BF| D

Promising type. Good fourth of 13 in handicap (3/1) at Cork (7f, heavy) 30 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 4/212-4

(5)

Spanish Tenor¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 83| D

Twelve runs since last win in 2022. Creditable third of 14 in handicap at Limerick (8f, soft, 18/1) 16 days ago, having run of race. Others more persuasive.

Form: 400-473

(7)

Coins Cross¹⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 82| D

Career best when winning 18-runner handicap at the Curragh (7f, heavy, 11/2), kept up to work. Off 6 months. Claims if ready to go.

Form: 396201-

(14)

Yermanthere²¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁷⁾| T: A Kinirons| OR: 82| D

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 12/1). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Patrick T. Foley.

Form: 693809-

(12)

Crystal Black³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: G Keane| OR: 81

33/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Cork (7f, heavy) 30 days ago, badly hampered.

Form: 6600-99

(3)

Navagio^p1³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: R P Cody| OR: 80| D

Seventeenth of 19 in handicap at Cork (7f, soft, 20/1) 3 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 5200-30

(13)

Royal Pippen^p²⁰¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: S Donohoe| OR: 78| CD

C&D winner. Eighth of 12 in handicap (33/1) at Navan (5f, heavy). Off 6 months. Significantly back up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 109/008-

(2)

Mercurial²⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nallen| OR: 77

Fifteen runs since last win in 2021. 12/1, last of 8 in minor event at Killarney (8.2f, good). Off 9 months. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 306338-

(8)

Dragon Of Malta^b,t²¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: J A Heffernan| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 76| D

10/1, sixteenth of 19 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft). Off 7 months. Merits consideration.

Form: 052430-

(4)

Georgeta³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁷⁾| T: G M Lyons| OR: 76| D

Ninth of 12 in handicap (5/1) at Leopardstown (7.1f, heavy) 33 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 41648-9

(10)

Safari Quest^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: A J Martin| OR: 76

40/1, tenth of 16 in handicap at Limerick (8f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 041/900

(11)

Drombeg Duke²¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: G M Ryan| T: E McCarthy| OR: 75| D

Last of 11 in handicap (7/1) at Killarney (8.1f, soft). Off 7 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 238330-

(1)

Starting Monday^p³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: W J Lee| T: G Scott| OR: 72| D

Fifteen runs since last win in 2021. 8/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 11 in handicap at Cork (8f, soft) 3 days ago, running on. One to consider.

Form: 20-5952

(9)

Mogwli^v⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Nathan Crosse| T: W McCreery| OR: 66

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Creditable eighth of 24 in handicap (8/1) at the Curragh (6f, soft) 7 days ago. Up in trip. Visor back on. Can make presence felt.

Form: 37-4548

Forecasts

Coins Cross (7/2), Hotrocket (5/1), Starting Monday (5/1), Navagio (13/2), Spanish Tenor (7/1), Mogwli (10/1), Georgeta (12/1), Yermanthere (14/1), Crystal Black (14/1), Dragon Of Malta (16/1), Mercurial (16/1), Drombeg Duke (20/1), Safari Quest (25/1), Royal Pippen (25/1)

There may well be better to come from HOTROCKET, who has low mileage as far as 4-y-os go and shaped well on his reappearance at Cork last month. Joseph O'Brien's charge is entitled to come on for that and he looks the way to go. Starting Monday hasn't got his head in front for a while but he should resume winning ways before long judged on his latest effort. Coins Cross, a winner at the Curragh when last seen in October, and Mogwli are others to consider.