16:40 Navan

Sunday 11 June 2023

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Royal County Handicap (Premier Handicap)

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 2m 11.77s

(7)

Save Your Love¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 89

17/2

Lightly-raced winner. 8¼ lengths fifth of 6 to Drumroll in Gallinule Stakes (9/1) at the Curragh (10f, good) 14 days ago. Stable in good form. Makes handicap debut. Opening mark looks on stiff side.

Form: 7-315

(12)

Kalikapour^p1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: W J Lee| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 87

20/1

Dundalk maiden winner. 10/1, first run since leaving M. Halford when seventh of 11 in handicap at Naas (8f, good to firm) 21 days ago, not ideally placed. Cheekpieces on 1st time. May well do better.

Form: 61-7

(9)

Satin⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: S T McCullagh⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 87

12/1

Lightly-raced winner. 10/1, career best when winning 10-runner maiden at Listowel (8f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Up in trip. Trainer going well. Makes handicap debut. Will find this tougher but remains open to progress.

Form: U60-1

(4)

Gimmie Shelter^t²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 85

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, shaped as if better for run 2¼ lengths fourth of 14 to Pearl of Australia in maiden (3/1) at Roscommon (10.3f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Still yet to match the form of his debut but may do better now handicapping.

Form: 33-4

(11)

Aurifodina^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 83

28/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, third of 4 in minor event at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft, 15/2) 19 days ago. Player on best form but last 2 outings have been underwhelming.

Form: 512-453

(1)

Canute^b¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 82

10/11

Lightly-raced maiden. 6/1, good fourth of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, good) 15 days ago, finishing with running left. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 4-334

(2)

Signora Bellissima^p1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Kelly| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 82| D

16/1

Good second of 13 in handicap (6/1) at Leopardstown (10f, good) 23 days ago, having run of race. Stable in good form. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Can make presence felt.

Form: 050-142

(6)

Subzero^b¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 82

9/2

Thrice-raced winner. Won 8-runner maiden (8/11) at the Curragh (7f, good to soft) 16 days ago, always holding on. Blinkers back on. Makes handicap debut. Another bold show likely.

Form: 4-21

(8)

Autocrat^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J A Heffernan| T: D Hogan| OR: 79

50/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Dundalk in April. Last of 10 in handicap at Roscommon (11.7f, good, 6/1) 10 days ago. Yard in good form but needs to prove he is as effective on turf.

Form: 4-51810

(10)

Malbay Madness²⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins| OR: 72

9/1

Good third of 7 in nursery (6/1) at Listowel (8f, good), nearest finish. Off 8 months. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving E. D. Linehan. Worth market check after eye-catching stable switch.

Form: 000123-

Non-Runners

(5)

Pearl Of Australia²⁰

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: Colin Keane

(3)

Giselles Defence²

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: G P Cromwell J: Gary Carroll

Forecasts

Canute (10/11), Subzero (9/2), Save Your Love (17/2), Malbay Madness (9/1), Satin (12/1), Pearl Of Australia (12/1), Gimmie Shelter (14/1), Signora Bellissima (16/1), Kalikapour (20/1), Giselles Defence (20/1), Aurifodina (28/1), Autocrat (50/1)

Aidan O'Brien appears to hold all the aces in the Premier Handicap, with CANUTE fancied to build upon his fast-finishing return at the Curragh to get the better of his similarly unexposed stablemate Subzero. Johnny Murtagh's Signora Bellissima makes most appeal of the remainder.