20:20 Killarney

Monday 17 July 2023

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William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 20:22 | Winning time: 2m 28.21s

(15)

Ameerat Jumaira^b1⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 65

25/1

Offered little after 6 months of when eighth of 9 in maiden (33/1) at the Curragh (10f, good) 50 days ago, slowly away. Blinkers on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 76-8

(12)

Silver Salver^t,v1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 64

20/1

200/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, failed to improve when eighth of 14 in maiden at Bellewstown (12.1f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Visor on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 088

(5)

Snowhaven⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 63| BF

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. 3/1, about to make her move when slipped up home turn in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good) 6 weeks ago. Yard having good spell.

Form: 0-865S

(18)

Notturno^b²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 62

5/1

11/2, wasn't seen to best effect when thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Limerick (11.3f, good) 24 days ago, forced wide home turn. Expected to be bang there back under Colin Keane.

Form: 9-52530

(16)

Laudable^p1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: S T McCullagh⁽³⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 61

20/1

22/1, sharper for run after 8 months off when eleventh of 15 on handicap debut at Limerick (8f, good) 24 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 989-0

(8)

Portmagee²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: L F Roche| T: R Brabazon| OR: 60| BF

9/1

11/4, likely to have finished a fair bit closer had it not been for tack issues when fifth of 9 in handicap at Ballinrobe (9.6f, good) 3 weeks ago, stumbling approaching 2f out (rider lost irons).

Form: 0-7055

(13)

Vista Baby²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 60

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ran badly when last of 12 in maiden (80/1) at Leopardstown (12.8f, good) 25 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 480

(9)

Upepo^p1⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 58

8/1

9/2, sixth of 11 in handicap at Roscommon (11.7f, good) 46 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Merits consideration from a reduced mark.

Form: 097-446

(14)

Bright N Shine^t⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Crosse| T: P F McEnery| OR: 57

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1, below form when eleventh of 16 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good) 6 weeks ago, hampered early in straight. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 00-870

(1)

Ifitwasme³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: E McNamara| OR: 56

8/1

9/2, third of 7 in handicap at Limerick (11.5f, good to firm) 33 days ago, no extra last ½f having raced keenly. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 60-7933

(7)

Night Moon¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Luke McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 56

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, twelfth of 16 in handicap (33/1) at Tipperary (9f, good) 12 days ago. Up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 0090

(17)

Elsa's Pride²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J M Sheridan| T: J A Stack| OR: 54

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 17 in maiden at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft, 125/1) 29 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 990

(11)

Macinamillion⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 53

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Never really threatened under a considerate ride when ninth of 16 on handicap debut at Roscommon (12f, good to soft, 20/1) 8 weeks ago.

Form: 0709

(3)

Aurum Sky²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: N G McCullagh| T: A J Martin| OR: 49

33/1

Failed to progress when sixth of 9 on handicap debut (12/1) at Ballinrobe (9.6f, good) 3 weeks ago. Remains early days.

Form: 0070-96

(2)

Charlie Darling^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 47

18/1

7/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 13 in handicap at Bellewstown (12.1f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 0-00077

Non-Runners

(4)

Kirkuila⁹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 3

T: J M Barrett J: Reserve 1

(6)

Katonah⁹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: Reserve 2

(10)

Givemefive⁹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 3

T: J P Murtagh J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Snowhaven (10/3), Notturno (5/1), Macinamillion (11/2), Upepo (8/1), Ifitwasme (8/1), Portmagee (9/1), Vista Baby (11/1), Charlie Darling (18/1), Elsa's Pride (18/1), Silver Salver (20/1), Laudable (20/1), Ameerat Jumaira (25/1), Bright N Shine (25/1), Night Moon (28/1), Aurum Sky (33/1)

A huge field for this closing contest but preference is for NOTTURNO, who wasn't seen to best effect at Limerick last month and Noel Meade's charge is fancied to break his duck reunited with Colin Keane. Snowhaven was about to make her move when slipping up on the home bend at Gowran 6 weeks ago and she looks a major threat provided she's none the worse from that spill. Upepo and Ifitwasme are a couple of others worth considering.