20:30 Naas

Wednesday 26 July 2023

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Bert House Stud Handicap

Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 1m 32.00s

(2)

Coins Cross^b¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: E & P Harty| OR: 82| D

3/1

Good second of 14 in handicap (11/2) at Leopardstown (8f, good) 13 days ago, running on. Should go well.

Form: 201-032

(1)

Pale Iris⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 80| C| D

11/2

Course winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. 7/1, creditable fifth of 10 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Stable having good spell.

Form: 889-865

(9)

Helpmeout¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 78

18/1

Rare below-par effort when ninth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good, 7/1) 13 days ago. Type to bounce back quickly.

Form: 164-449

(3)

Semblance Of Order^b²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: A Oliver| OR: 85

5/1

Latest win at Leopardstown in June. Not seen to best effect when seventh of 11 in handicap at the Curragh (9f, good, 9/2) 26 days ago, not ideally placed. Back down in trip.

Form: 231217

(4)

Desert Haven^t¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 83| D

3/1

5/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 14-runner maiden at Fairyhouse (7f, good) 14 days ago, keeping on well. Makes handicap debut. Respected under Colin Keane.

Form: 53-3241

(7)

Facethepuckout²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: J M Sheridan| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 76| D

7/1

Creditable third of 13 in handicap at this course (8f, good to firm, 13/2) 28 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 10-3373

(8)

Siesta Beach^b1³⁹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 74| C

28/1

Course winner but absent since finishing down the field in a Curragh listed race 13 months ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 4D18/09-

(6)

Bells On Her Toes^v¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 73| D

6/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. 7/2, creditable second of 5 in handicap at this course (5.9f, good) 18 days ago, slowly away. Visor back on.

Form: 650022

Non-Runners

(5)

Pinar Del Rio⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: Joe Conlon J: Nathan Crosse

Forecasts

Desert Haven (3/1), Coins Cross (3/1), Semblance Of Order (5/1), Pale Iris (11/2), Bells On Her Toes (6/1), Facethepuckout (7/1), Pinar Del Rio (10/1), Helpmeout (18/1), Siesta Beach (28/1)

COINS CROSS added to his good record when blinkered when going down only on the nod at Leopardstown 13 days ago and is taken to resume winning ways now. Helpmeout was behind the selection in ninth in that same Leopardstown contest but isn't the type to stay down for long and is second choice ahead of Michael O'Callaghan's Facethepuckout.