18:00 Dundalk

Friday 22 September 2023

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Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 1m 27.44s

(6)

Charlisse³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Leigh Roche| T: D Cullen| OR: 70| CD

33/1

Twice-raced winner. C&D winner. Last of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (7.2f, good, 22/1) 36 days ago.

Form: 1-0

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(10)

Giuseppe Cassioli⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 70| CD

4/1

C&D winner. 12/1, good second of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 66 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 00-0842

(5)

Jaafel^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: J McAuley| OR: 70| C

9/1

Course winner. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at Laytown (6f, 14/1) 10 days ago, inadequate test. Player back up in trip.

Form: 605494

(8)

Ghumama^b,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Shane Foley| T: J McAuley| OR: 69| C

66/1

Course winner. Twelfth of 13 in handicap (40/1) at Down Royal (10.3f, good to firm) 14 days ago. 10lb higher now. Significantly back down in trip. Blinkers back on.

Form: 588070

(13)

Inishmot Prince²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: James Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 68| C

20/1

5-time course winner. Twentieth of 24 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good, 16/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 373000

(3)

Exquisite Acclaim^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 67| C

9/2

Course winner. One win from 22 Flat runs. Nineteen runs since last win in 2021. Eleventh of 14 in handicap at Punchestown (8f, good to soft, 14/1) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 408380

(2)

Zahee^h,t⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 67| C

40/1

Unreliable type. Course winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. Ninth of 14 in handicap (50/1) at Punchestown (8f, good to soft) 9 days ago, not clear run. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 960079

(7)

Adams Barbour^t¹⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: L Smyth| OR: 65| C

66/1

7-time course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 16/1, thirteenth of 19 in handicap at Navan (5f, good to soft). Off 103 days. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0080-00

(4)

Dromantine^p⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 68| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Punchestown (8f, good to soft) 9 days ago.

Form: 781-200

(1)

Plezantlysurprised^p³¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: C D Maxwell| T: J Magnier| OR: 65| C

20/1

Course winner. 17/2, creditable third of 14 in handicap at this course (6f). Off 10 months. Enters calculations.

Form: 808073-

(17)

Talia⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Billy Lee| T: N Lupini| OR: 68| BF| D

9/4

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Cork in June. Third of 5 in handicap (15/8) at Naas (5.9f, good) 76 days ago. Respected.

Form: 64913

(14)

Emorcee^p1³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Luke McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 66

5/1

Eighth of 11 in handicap at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft, 15/2) 31 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 642728

(11)

Play It Again Zaam^p³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁵⁾| T: J A Kinsella| OR: 65

100/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, eleventh of 12 in juvenile hurdle (80/1) at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good) on NH debut 39 days ago. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 357500

Non-Runners

(9)

Lockdown¹⁰

Weight: 9-10| Age: 5

T: A McCann J: Shane Markey

(16)

Baalbec Beauty¹⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: Miss H McLoughlin J: Reserve 1

(12)

Bellick¹⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 8

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 2

(15)

Hero Of The Hour¹⁴⁴

Weight: 9-4| Age: 6

T: G A Kingston J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Talia (9/4), Giuseppe Cassioli (4/1), Bellick (4/1), Exquisite Acclaim (9/2), Emorcee (5/1), Jaafel (9/1), Dromantine (9/1), Baalbec Beauty (11/1), Lockdown (14/1), Inishmot Prince (20/1), Plezantlysurprised (20/1), Hero Of The Hour (25/1), Charlisse (33/1), Zahee (40/1), Ghumama (66/1), Adams Barbour (66/1), Play It Again Zaam (100/1)

GIUSEPPE CASSIOLI built on the promise of his previous run when runner-up at Killarney and looks ready to strike having been eased another 2 lb. Plezantlysurprised is a threat off his reduced mark if ready to go, with Jaafel and Talia making up the shortlist.