19:05 Leopardstown

Thursday 17 August 2023

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Human League Playing Live After Racing Handicap (47-70) (Div 1)

Off time: 19:05 | Winning time: 1m 57.64s

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Court Of Appeal⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: N G Hynds| OR: 68| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. 13/2, creditable ninth of 22 in handicap at the Curragh (9f, good) 48 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 980/2-19

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(9)

One Boss^p³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 70

5/1

11/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 43-5552

(10)

Rockbury Lad¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 62

7/2

Good third of 15 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good, 15/2) 1 day ago. Not discounted.

Form: 440433

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Feature This^p,t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Gary Carroll| T: P W Flynn| OR: 60

7/1

Latest win at Dundalk in April. Below form eleventh of 18 in handicap (12/1) at Naas (8f, soft) 22 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 224160

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Roman Palace⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 60

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1, last of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (7.4f, good) 43 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 7040

(7)

Slaney Tide^t¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 67

18/1

Winner at Naas in July. Below form eleventh of 18 in handicap (33/1) at Galway (12f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 280180

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Final Check³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrew Slattery| T: John O'Donoghue| OR: 66

9/1

Lightly-raced winner. Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft, 15/2) 30 days ago, just holding on. Should remain very competitive up 6 lb.

Form: 96751

(18)

Fairytale Princess¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 62

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Naas (10.5f, soft, 22/1) 10 days ago.

Form: 96700

(19)

Get Set Jet²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Mikey Sheehy| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 58

12/1

Eleventh of 17 in handicap (11/1) at Cork (10f, good) 20 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 080300

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Stone Crafter^b²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: C D Maxwell| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 58

66/1

25/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Down Royal (12.8f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Down in trip. Blinkers on 1st time. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0-05640

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Alqabeela^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 47

11/1

Below form eighth of 24 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, soft, 14/1) 10 days ago, slowly away. Significantly back up in trip. Trainer going well.

Form: 976-848

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Deuteronomy²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: R P Burns| OR: 47

22/1

Creditable seventh of 15 in handicap (20/1) at Killarney (8.2f, good) 29 days ago.

Form: 54-6007

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Kampala Beach³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 47

11/1

Respectable seventh of 16 in handicap (20/1) at this C&D (good) 35 days ago, not clear run.

Form: 133-007

Non-Runners

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Draco Pulchrac²⁰

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: Ben Coen

(11)

Little Jo¹⁶

Weight: 9-13| Age: 9

T: J C McConnell J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(16)

Albatala⁸⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Donagh O'Connor

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General Idea¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: K S McHugh

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Lasting Peace²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: Robert Whearty

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Limited Edition²

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: K H Clarke J: Gavin Ryan

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Kodihill¹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: Mary Ellen Doyle J: Nathan Crosse

Forecasts

Rockbury Lad (7/2), Court Of Appeal (7/2), One Boss (5/1), Feature This (7/1), Lasting Peace (7/1), Final Check (9/1), Kampala Beach (11/1), Alqabeela (11/1), Get Set Jet (12/1), Draco Pulchrac (12/1), Slaney Tide (18/1), Fairytale Princess (20/1), General Idea (20/1), Limited Edition (20/1), Deuteronomy (22/1), Little Jo (25/1), Albatala (33/1), Roman Palace (40/1), Kodihill (50/1), Stone Crafter (66/1)

Tony Martin's DRACO PULCHRAC has caught the eye on 2 of her 3 outings this year and gets the nod to resume winning ways. Last month's Killarney runner-up One Boss, last-time-out scorer Final Check and top weight Court of Appeal head the many possible dangers.