18:50 Roscommon

Tuesday 4 July 2023

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Dermot Hughes Car Sales Handicap

Off time: 18:51 | Winning time: 2m 16.34s

(1)

Ikigai Star^t²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Mikey Sheehy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 87

14/1

Twice-raced maiden. 11/1, third of 8 in maiden at Fairyhouse (12f, good to firm) 25 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Likely to do better but opening mark doesn't look all that lenient.

Form: 33

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(7)

Dubawi Spectre^b1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 84

11/2

Winner at Fairyhouse in June. 9/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Down Royal (12.8f, good) 10 days ago, not ideally placed. Back down in trip. Blinkers on 1st time. Likely to be back on his game.

Form: 424316

(2)

Picture Of A City^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: A Oliver| OR: 83| D

11/8

5/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Down Royal (10.3f, good) 10 days ago, driven clear. On the upgrade recently and should go well again.

Form: 4-34321

(5)

Blazing Sunset^b1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 78| BF| D

15/2

Thrice-raced winner. 5 lengths fourth of 6 to Dubawi Spectre in handicap at Fairyhouse (12f, good to firm, 4/5) 25 days ago, doing too much too soon. Blinkers on 1st time. Respected.

Form: 4-14

(8)

Mr King²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons| OR: 78

9/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Second of 8 in maiden (10/1) at Gowran (9.4f, good) 29 days ago, no match for winner. Makes handicap debut. One to consider.

Form: 6-82

(6)

Eastern Legend^t1⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 73| BF

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good fifth of 13 in handicap at Cork (10.1f, good to soft, 7/2) 74 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Likely to be on the premises.

Form: 409-5

(9)

Kyogo²⁷⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: G Elliott| OR: 73

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 5/1 and visored for 1st time, fifth of 12 in minor event at Kempton (8f). Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving Michael Bell. Makes handicap debut. Could improve for new yard, so not completely dismissed.

Form: 225-

Non-Runners

(4)

Immutable⁷¹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 3

T: J G Murphy J: Billy Lee

(3)

Pearl Of Australia¹⁰

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: Leigh Roche

Forecasts

Picture Of A City (11/8), Immutable (4/1), Mr King (9/2), Eastern Legend (11/2), Dubawi Spectre (11/2), Blazing Sunset (15/2), Kyogo (11/1), Ikigai Star (14/1), Pearl Of Australia (14/1)

PICTURE OF A CITY is going the right way and is taken to add to his recent success at Down Royal. Eastern Legend should give another good account and Immutable is worthy of respect.