17:15 Roscommon

Tuesday 22 August 2023

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District Speciality Coffee Claiming Race

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 2m 19.32s

(1)

Magnetic North^v¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: J M Sheridan| T: J McAuley| OR: 80| C| D

5/1

Fairly useful gelding. Course winner. 4 wins from 9 runs this year. 3/1, first run since leaving R. Donohoe when fourteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 018111

(5)

Comfort Line^p,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 76

10/3

Fairly useful gelding. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft, 22/1) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Twelve runs since last win in 2022.

Form: 700020

(7)

Marksetgo²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: C D Maxwell| T: P J Gilligan

200/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. Last of 12 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Galway (16.6f, soft) on hurdles bow 22 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form:

(11)

Vormir²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: F Birrane| OR: 45| C

66/1

Poor gelding. Course winner. 16/1, fair sixth of 18 in handicap at Naas (8f, soft) 27 days ago. Up in trip. Twenty runs since last win in 2020.

Form: 00-0786

(10)

Bal De Rio¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: K S McHugh⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 70| C

10/1

Fair gelding. Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, soft, 14/1) 16 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Fair on the Flat, so can't be discounted.

Form: 49546/8

(3)

No Trouble^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Carroll| T: J McAuley| OR: 65

25/1

Fair gelding. Seventh of 12 in claimer (28/1) at Sligo (10.5f, good to soft) 13 days ago, unsuited by way race developed. Fourteen runs since last win in 2022.

Form: 662007

(9)

Roderick^t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 80

9/1

Fair gelding. Latest win at Killarney in July. 33/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 10 days ago. Up in trip with more required.

Form: 47/4010

(6)

Khafaaq^b²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 72| BF| D

7/4

Fairly useful gelding. Latest win at Limerick in June. Good third of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, soft, 4/1) 21 days ago. Leading claims at these weights.

Form: 021213

(2)

Little Jo^p²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-4| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell| OR: 65

12/1

Latest win at Nottingham in May. 22/1, thirteenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, soft) 21 days ago so needs to bounce back.

Form: 114000

(8)

Theresathought^b⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: J Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary| OR: 48

33/1

Modest filly. 40/1, respectable eighth of 16 in handicap at Bellewstown (14.4f, good to soft) 47 days ago, not clear run. Back down in trip and one to consider.

Form: 00-8848

(4)

Mambo De La Luna⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 62

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, last of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (14f, good) 9 days ago. Back down in trip with plenty to find.

Form: 7860

Non-Runners

(12)

Bigz Belief¹²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: M J Smith J: Jack Kearney

Forecasts

Khafaaq (7/4), Comfort Line (10/3), Magnetic North (5/1), Roderick (9/1), Bal De Rio (10/1), Mambo De La Luna (11/1), Little Jo (12/1), Bigz Belief (20/1), No Trouble (25/1), Theresathought (33/1), Vormir (66/1), Marksetgo (200/1)

KHAFAAQ rates the pick of these weights so looks the way to go on the back of his good recent Galway third. Bal de Rio is feared most reverted to this sphere with Theresathought also one to consider in an open claimer.