17:25 Galway

Saturday 5 August 2023

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:2517:55

McDonogh Capital Investments Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 2m 41.49s

(7)

Herculaneum^b⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Sorcha Woods⁽⁷⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 80

12/1

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (12/1) at Down Royal (12.8f, good to soft) 8 days ago, going clear. Hit with 16 lb rise.

Form: 9897/31

(15)

Molly's Gamble^p,t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 80| BF

10/1

4/1, last of 8 in handicap at Killarney (11.2f, good to soft) 18 days ago, albeit she wasn't ideally placed. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 412-848

(17)

Mon Coeur³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 80

2/1

Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. 8/1, excellent second of 19 in handicap at this course (16.5f, good to soft) on Wednesday. Stable in good form and he looks very well-in off the same mark.

Form: 2222

(5)

Razdan^h,t²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: C D Timmons| OR: 80| D

11/2

Latest win at the Curragh in March. 20/1, good fourth of 16 in handicap at this course (8.4f, good to soft) 2 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Hood back on. Engaged 6.35 here Friday.

Form: 574-614

(10)

Banned¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 78

9/1

Didn't need to improve to win 8-runner maiden (15/8) at Ballinrobe (12.6f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Pretty exposed and more on her plate back in a handicap.

Form: 642321

(4)

In Favour^p1,t⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: L Comer| OR: 78| D

66/1

Dual winner in France. Seventh of 10 in handicap at Roscommon (11.7f, good) 65 days ago. Cheekpieces added.

Form: 607-857

(1)

Oriole^h1²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: S Foley| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 76| BF

22/1

Creditable third of 7 in handicap (5/2) at Beverley (9.9f, good to soft) 28 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Ralph Beckett and not yet exposed. Hooded.

Form: 1287-53

(19)

Dark Note⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 74| D

7/1

12/1, respectable fourth of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (16.6f, soft) on Monday. In excellent order prior to that.

Form: 00-0041

(21)

Wrecking Ball Paul^t⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Rory Mulligan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Paul Mulligan| OR: 73

33/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (16.6f, soft, 25/1) on Monday. Bounce back called for.

Form: 376036

(14)

Desert Wind^t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Crosse| T: L Comer| OR: 70| D

40/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. 40/1, respectable fifth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (12.8f, good to soft) 16 days ago, nearest finish. Unexposed over this trip.

Form: 7-88005

(11)

Granville Street²^{(ex 7)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Ben Coen| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 68| CD

3/1

Didn't need to improve to win 18-runner handicap (11/1) at this course (12f, good to soft) on Thursday. Looks competitive on form under a penalty if allowed to take his chance.

Form: 53/22-41

Non-Runners

(13)

Wild Dollar⁷⁰

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: E & P Harty J: Chris Hayes

(3)

Wasthatok¹²

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Robert Whearty

(18)

Expound²⁵

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: J M Sheridan

(9)

No Thanks¹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 7

T: M J Smith J: Jack Kearney

(16)

One Cool Poet¹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 11

T: M J Smith J: W J Lee

(8)

Luke Short⁴³⁴

Weight: 9-8| Age: 6

T: N Meade J: Colin Keane

(2)

Mads Black Eights⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 7

T: M J Smith J: J A Heffernan

(20)

Global Export¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

(6)

Oranmore¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: L Comer J: Reserve 2

(12)

All In Peder²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: E Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mon Coeur (2/1), Granville Street (3/1), Razdan (11/2), Dark Note (7/1), Expound (8/1), Banned (9/1), Molly's Gamble (10/1), One Cool Poet (10/1), All In Peder (10/1), Herculaneum (12/1), Luke Short (12/1), Wasthatok (14/1), Wild Dollar (14/1), Mads Black Eights (20/1), Global Export (20/1), Oranmore (20/1), Oriole (22/1), No Thanks (25/1), Wrecking Ball Paul (33/1), Desert Wind (40/1), In Favour (66/1)

MON COEUR left his previous Flat form in his wake when runner-up in a big-field handicap here on Wednesday (well clear of the rest) and his claims are fairly obvious from the same mark. Expound and Granville Street head the opposition.