13:50 Navan

Saturday 15 July 2023

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Cusack Hotel Group Handicap

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 1m 2.08s

(13)

Army Of India^h¹⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: H D McGuigan| OR: 73| D

50/1

Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 9/2). Off 176 days. First run for yard after leaving Julie Camacho.

Form: 06237-4

(15)

Tai Sing Yeh^b,t⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: J M Sheridan| T: J McAuley| OR: 73| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Fourth of 5 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, good to soft, 8/1) 9 days ago.

Form: 603244

(9)

Coolcalmncollected¹⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 77

40/1

Won twice at Dundalk to end 2022 but found good run of form coming to a halt when fourth of 7 in minor event at Dundalk (6f, 4/1). Off 169 days.

Form: 6011-34

(8)

Greek Flower^p1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Leigh Roche| T: J Feane| OR: 71

6/1

5/1, respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 3-63026

(16)

Maggie McGrath¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: K P Cotter| OR: 76

6/1

Fourth of 6 in minor event at Tipperary (5f, good, 28/1) 10 days ago. Makes handicap debut and mark asks for more.

Form: 33272-4

(7)

Inishmot Prince⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: James Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 66| D

7/1

7/2, third of 5 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Down to a good mark and strongly-run 5f will help his cause kept to this trip.

Form: 11-6373

(18)

Nordic Passage¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 66| D

13/2

Twenty three runs since last win in 2020. Creditable seventh of 16 in handicap (8/1) at Tipperary (5f, good) 10 days ago, denied a clear run. Lurks on a very dangerous mark.

Form: 00-0087

(10)

Storm Eric^t²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: Jamie Flynn| OR: 64

66/1

Winner at Dundalk in April. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (7.2f, good, 16/1) 23 days ago, merely closing up late. Significantly down in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 220100

(4)

Pretty Smart³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁷⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 62| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Respectable 2½ lengths fifth of 19 to Collective Power in handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 18/1) 34 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 089-905

(11)

Shoebox King^b1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Nathan Crosse| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 59| D

13/2

One win from 21 Flat runs. 9/2, below form fourth of 12 in handicap at Chester (5.1f, good) 15 days ago. Blinkers on first time.

Form: 940604

(17)

Sosallycanwait⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Declan McDonogh| T: L Breen| OR: 55

5/1

Remains a maiden after 22 Flat runs. Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap (5/1) at Bellewstown (5f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 955326

(3)

Gallow Hill⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: S Lavery| OR: 51| BF

14/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Below form seventh of 18 in handicap (5/2) at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 44 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 480-057

(14)

Tynan¹⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 51

100/1

Eighth of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (6f, 11/2). Off 6 months.

Form: 00882-8

(5)

Sin E Shekells^p⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murray| OR: 47

66/1

Remains a maiden after 36 Flat runs. 28/1, seventh of 15 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, good to soft) 8 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 064067

(2)

Tammany Hall^p⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: P J McKenna| OR: 47| BF| CD

12/1

C&D winner. One win from 31 Flat runs. Twenty six runs since last win in 2020. Bit below form seventh of 19 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good, 7/1) 7 days ago.

Form: 005407

Non-Runners

(19)

Arnhem²²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: M G Quinn J: Non Runner

(6)

Collective Power⁹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: E Lynam J: Sorcha Woods

(1)

Little Queenie⁷

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: P W Flynn J: Robert Whearty

(20)

Lockdown⁵²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: A McCann J: Shane Markey

(12)

Patsy Fagan⁷⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: Sean Davis J: Jamie Powell

Forecasts

Sosallycanwait (5/1), Little Queenie (5/1), Greek Flower (6/1), Maggie McGrath (6/1), Arnhem (6/1), Shoebox King (13/2), Nordic Passage (13/2), Inishmot Prince (7/1), Pretty Smart (10/1), Tammany Hall (12/1), Collective Power (12/1), Gallow Hill (14/1), Lockdown (16/1), Tai Sing Yeh (20/1), Patsy Fagan (25/1), Coolcalmncollected (40/1), Army Of India (50/1), Storm Eric (66/1), Sin E Shekells (66/1), Tynan (100/1)

ARNHEIM made a very pleasing start for his new yard when third at Down Royal 3 weeks ago and fancied to build on that, he could be the answer to this tricky puzzle. Inishmot Prince is likely to be staying on kept to 5f, with Nordic Passage another to consider.