16:50 Gowran Park

Wednesday 10 May 2023

All13:2013:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Societies Welcome At Gowran Golf Club Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 2m 12.20s

(5)

Slaney Tide²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 63| BF

10/3

10/3, very good second of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Trainer going well. Likely to continue in form.

Form: 3508-42

(4)

Upepo^b1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 63

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (13/2) at Sligo (10.6f, soft) 10 days ago, left poorly placed. Blinkers on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 097-4

(1)

Ifitwasme²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Billy Lee| T: E McNamara| OR: 62

4/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 15 in maiden (100/1) at this course (9.6f, heavy) 22 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 60-7

(10)

Sneddy Eddie³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 58

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 125/1, sixth of 13 in maiden at Cork (7f, heavy) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 80-6

(8)

Ranko Express²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 55

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 15 in maiden at this course (9.6f, heavy, 40/1) 22 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 8890

(7)

Where R U Now Bob^p²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Leigh Roche| T: R Sweeney| OR: 55

18/1

Winner at Dundalk in January. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap (16/1) at Dundalk (7f) 26 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 806-190

(11)

Not Even Maybe⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 52

7/2

Very good second of 13 in handicap (11/2) at this course (8f, good to soft) 7 days ago, clear of rest. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 00-0842

(6)

Glyde Ranger²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: James Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 50

7/1

Very good third of 8 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 16/1) 26 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 0068-73

(9)

Water Mint⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy| OR: 47

14/1

22/1, below form eighth of 13 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft) 7 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 7569-08

Non-Runners

(2)

Teejaydee¹⁸

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: K J Condon J: Ronan Whelan

(3)

Cloughaneely Mor⁵⁵

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: E Sheehy J: Mikey Sheehy

Forecasts

Slaney Tide (10/3), Not Even Maybe (7/2), Ifitwasme (4/1), Glyde Ranger (7/1), Ranko Express (8/1), Upepo (10/1), Sneddy Eddie (11/1), Water Mint (14/1), Teejaydee (14/1), Where R U Now Bob (18/1), Cloughaneely Mor (50/1)

SLANEY TIDE was just touched off at Tipperary last month and a 4 lb rise for that effort looks fair given that she pulled nicely clear of the rest. Jim Bolger's charge is taken to open her account at the twelfth time of asking, perhaps at the chief expense of Not Even Maybe, who was fourth in the same Tipperary handicap and subsequently went close over a mile here. Glyde Ranger and Upepo both make each-way appeal.