14:15 Listowel

Thursday 21 September 2023

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Thorn Plant Hire Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 14:17 | Winning time: 1m 45.83s

(10)

Rock Etoile^v¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 69| D

9/1

13/2, creditable second of 16 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good) 15 days ago. Should be on the premises.

Form: 754U22

(9)

Coolree⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: L F Roche| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 68| D

11/1

8/1, career best when winning 10-runner maiden at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 65 days ago. Worthy of respect.

Form: 406-301

(8)

Kodiac Prince^p⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: D King⁽⁵⁾| T: T Cleary| OR: 68| D

8/1

Below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Punchestown (8f, good to soft, 14/1) 8 days ago, not clear run. Hard to make a strong case for.

Form: 700008

(17)

Starting Monday^p⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: W J Lee| T: G Scott| OR: 66| D

11/2

Eighteen runs since last win in 2021. Respectable fourth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, soft, 9/2) 51 days ago, never nearer. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 952864

(1)

Run The Jewels²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: S T McCullagh⁽³⁾| T: M McCullagh| OR: 64| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Respectable fifth of 15 in handicap (10/1) at Killarney (8.1f, good) 28 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 1710-75

(2)

Indigo Five^p1¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen| T: J Feane| OR: 62

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, bit below form fifth of 11 in handicap at Roscommon (11.6f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 0-465

(6)

Noble Crusade⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell| OR: 61

50/1

Fifteenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, soft, 50/1) 51 days ago. Others are more persuasive.

Form: 0310-00

(7)

Breezy Zoff^h,t⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 58

8/1

13/2, creditable second of 14 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, good to soft) 76 days ago, running on. Likely to be on the premises.

Form: 092262

(19)

Wrist Art⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: M W Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 56

9/2

5/2, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Punchestown (9f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Stable in good form. On the upgrade recently and should go well again.

Form: 0-50031

(4)

Drop The Dip²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: G M Ryan| T: T Gibney| OR: 59| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Winner here in June. 6/1, respectable fourth of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good) 28 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 801454

(5)

Fleadhfest^t1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Luke McAteer| T: J S Bolger| OR: 59

33/1

40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 18 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 506000

(15)

Medici Pass¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Declan McDonogh| T: Michael W O'Meara| OR: 57

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 12 in handicap (11/2) at Clonmel (9.6f, good) 14 days ago. Can't be ruled out.

Form: 88783

(13)

Drish Melody^b²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: D Commins| OR: 49| D

14/1

Bit below form sixth of 15 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, good, 18/1) 23 days ago. Blinkers back on. Others make more appeal.

Form: 7130-06

(3)

Almost An Angel²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: J Larkin| OR: 47| D

40/1

Unreliable sort. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap (125/1) at this course (7.1f, soft) 2 days ago. Not easy to make a case for. RESERVE.

Form: R000-05

(14)

Talking Tough^p,t²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: S M Duffy| OR: 47

40/1

Two wins from 62 Flat runs. Forty five runs since last win in 2020. Eighth of 11 in handicap (28/1) at this course (7.1f, soft) 2 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 050038

Non-Runners

(11)

Elephant John²

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: E McCarthy J: Ronan Whelan

(12)

Little Keilee²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Ciaran Murphy J: Conor Stone-Walsh

(16)

Purring Along²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: S M Duffy J: Nathan Crosse

(18)

Tynamite²²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 9

T: D Marnane J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Wrist Art (9/2), Starting Monday (11/2), Run The Jewels (6/1), Breezy Zoff (8/1), Kodiac Prince (8/1), Purring Along (8/1), Drop The Dip (9/1), Rock Etoile (9/1), Coolree (11/1), Indigo Five (14/1), Drish Melody (14/1), Little Keilee (14/1), Medici Pass (22/1), Tynamite (25/1), Fleadhfest (33/1), Elephant John (33/1), Almost An Angel (40/1), Talking Tough (40/1), Noble Crusade (50/1)

WRIST ART was strong in the betting and better than ever when scoring readily at Punchestown recently and, with the scope for better still, he's preferred to Breezy Zoff, who ran with credit when last seen 76 days ago. Rock Etoile is another one to consider in an open race.