20:15 Cork

Friday 16 June 2023

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Racing Again July 14th Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)

Off time: 20:18 | Winning time: 1m 28.05s

(22)

Gegenpressing⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 65| D

5/1

8/1, creditable fourth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (6.3f, good) 9 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 00-6544

(8)

Gobi Star^p,t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Luke McAteer| T: P Martin| OR: 65

20/1

17/2, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Listowel (6.3f, good to soft) 13 days ago.

Form: 725070

(13)

Jabbar¹¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 64

40/1

First run since leaving Andrew Balding when creditable sixth of 14 in handicap (25/1) at Dundalk (10.7f). Off 119 days. First run for yard after leaving G. O'Leary. Must improve.

Form: 80615/6

(24)

Mumma Mac^t²⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: P Downey| OR: 62

80/1

Seventh of 9 in handicap (4/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f), left poorly placed. Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving Hughie Morrison.

Form: 539727-

(5)

Sondheim^b1³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Neve Bennett⁽⁷⁾| T: Craig O'Neill| OR: 62| CD

15/2

C&D winner. 10/1, good sixth of 25 in handicap at this C&D (good) 30 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 251-056

(23)

Trueba^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Yudish Geerdharry⁽⁷⁾| T: E Linehan| OR: 59| D

33/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2021. Fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Listowel (8f, good, 18/1) 12 days ago, not clear run.

Form: 330-000

(17)

Tall Story^p²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 56

10/1

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs. 15/2 and visored for 1st time, eleventh of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 05-0200

(15)

Eriskay^b,t1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: O Enright⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 54

18/1

12/1, respectable sixth of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago. Yard in good form. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 90000-6

(9)

Catherine Chroi^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Colin Keane| T: C O'Connell| OR: 53| BF| D

13/2

3/1, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago, left with too much to do. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 509224

(14)

Zig Zag Zyggy^v¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 53

18/1

Twenty six runs since last win in 2021. Below form eighth of 18 in handicap (20/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 377098

(6)

Badinage¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Coen| T: Eoghan O'Neill| OR: 52

33/1

Fifth of 18 in handicap (66/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 0805

(1)

Western Cape^p,t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: D Hogan| OR: 61

22/1

4/1 and hooded for 1st time, creditable fourth of 10 in claimer at Fairyhouse (10f, good) 15 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 45-3034

(11)

Talia⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: N Lupini| OR: 60

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 50/1, ninth of 10 in maiden at Naas (8f, heavy) 82 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Peter McCreery. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 649

(10)

Valhalla's Dream⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: C D Maxwell| T: R P Burns| OR: 51

33/1

Tenth of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 20/1) 66 days ago.

Form: 5000/0-0

(3)

Merlins Muse¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: S P Bird⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Tom McGuinness| OR: 50| D

100/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Thirteenth of 18 in handicap (80/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 4/800-00

(7)

Pollanassa^b1,t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 50

13/2

Thirteenth of 15 in handicap (17/2) at Listowel (8f, good) 12 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time , tongue strap back on.

Form: 08-0000

(21)

Florence Thompson^p,t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Billy Lee| T: J G Murray| OR: 49

7/1

20/1, first run since leaving James McAuley when good second of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago, very much having run of race. Enters calculations.

Form: 92-8002

(18)

Purring Along^t1,v¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Alan Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: S M Duffy| OR: 49| CD

50/1

C&D winner. Winner here in May. 20/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 0-00100

(16)

Coffeemeanscoffee^t²⁶²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Julie Burke| T: Tom McGuinness| OR: 47| C

50/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 10/1, below form ninth of 18 in handicap at this course (6f, good). Off 8 months. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 837009-

(2)

It Might Be You^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 47

25/1

Remains a maiden after 26 Flat runs. 22/1, third of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 909973

(4)

Well Suited^p¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Gavin Ryan| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 47| D

15/2

Thirty three runs since last win in 2021. Good second of 15 in handicap at Listowel (8f, good, 10/1) 12 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 735762

(19)

Nation Of Stars¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: K P Cotter| OR: 51

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good, 22/1) 15 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 8-3900

Non-Runners

(25)

Above It All⁹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Declan McDonogh

(12)

Poet's Pride¹⁷

Weight: 8-12| Age: 8

T: D Marnane J: Andrew Slattery

(20)

Kratos¹⁵

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Gegenpressing (5/1), Catherine Chroi (13/2), Pollanassa (13/2), Florence Thompson (7/1), Sondheim (15/2), Well Suited (15/2), Talia (10/1), Tall Story (10/1), Eriskay (18/1), Zig Zag Zyggy (18/1), Gobi Star (20/1), Kratos (20/1), Western Cape (22/1), It Might Be You (25/1), Poet's Pride (25/1), Trueba (33/1), Badinage (33/1), Valhalla's Dream (33/1), Above It All (33/1), Jabbar (40/1), Coffeemeanscoffee (50/1), Purring Along (50/1), Nation Of Stars (66/1), Mumma Mac (80/1), Merlins Muse (100/1)

GEGENPRESSING ran his best race of the season when fourth in a big field at the Curragh 9 days ago and looks ready to strike now dipped below his last winning mark. Well Suited and Catherine Chroi head the dangers.