19:30 Dundalk

Friday 22 September 2023

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Friday Night Lights Are Back At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 2m 34.55s

(3)

Cold Steel¹¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Jake Coen| T: A Oliver| OR: 79| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Thirteenth of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, good, 40/1). Off 118 days. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 411-600

(10)

Dalvey^p,t⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Adam Caffrey| T: J McAuley| OR: 79| C

16/1

Four-time course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2022. Below form sixth of 12 in claimer (4/1) at Sligo (10.5f, good to soft) 44 days ago, left poorly placed.

Form: 978606

(9)

Longclaw^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: J A Powell| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 79

15/2

Winner at Ballinrobe in June. Good second of 11 in handicap (17/2) at Roscommon (11.6f, good to soft) 18 days ago, having run of race. Cheekpieces back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 013272

(1)

In Favour^t⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: M W Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: L Comer| OR: 76| D

50/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 11 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, soft, 66/1) 48 days ago. Opposable.

Form: 07-8570

(11)

S'all Good Man^p⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: C J MacRedmond| T: W T Farrell| OR: 75| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in March. 7/1, good third of 13 in handicap at this C&D 72 days ago. Each-way shout.

Form: 15-1053

(5)

Luke Short¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Robert Whearty| T: N Meade| OR: 74| BF

5/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2020. Ninth of 11 in handicap at Roscommon (11.6f, good to soft, 10/3) 18 days ago, finishing with running left. Makes polytrack debut and he has to be taken seriously.

Form: 5/09-329

(14)

Palace Rock²⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁷⁾| T: Francis Casey| OR: 74| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Creditable second of 14 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft, 9/1). Off 8 months. Fairly useful on the Flat, good on last Flat run. Enters calculations.

Form: 152/862-

(8)

Khadaash²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: C D Fahy⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 72| C

16/1

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. Course winner. Tenth of 13 in handicap (18/1) at Bellewstown (17f, good) 24 days ago. Back down in trip and he has something to find on form.

Form: 33150

(13)

Liberated Light²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽²⁾| T: J & T Kiely| OR: 71| BF

9/2

Winner at Killarney in July. 11/4, bit below form second of 11 in handicap at Epsom (12f, good) 25 days ago. Safely held both previous starts on this surface.

Form: 09-0512

(7)

Rushford¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: C Horgan⁽⁴⁾| T: T R Hughes| OR: 69

66/1

66/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Down Royal (18f, good to firm) 14 days ago. Significantly back down in trip for this polytrack debut.

Form: 1693-60

(2)

Killeemore Lad¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Amy Jo Hayes⁽⁴⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 68

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fair winner at 19f over hurdles. 11/1, good third of 14 in handicap at Clonmel (16.6f, good) 15 days ago. Back down in trip and couldn't rule out.

Form: 0683

(4)

Patience Patience^p,t¹⁶⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: James Ryan| T: J Magnier| OR: 67

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Last of 8 in minor event hurdle (125/1) at Cork (16f, good to soft) 166 days ago. Off 166 days. Poor on last Flat run.

Form: 0346/0-

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Elzaamsan^b,t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Jack Kearney⁽²⁾| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 62

17/2

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap (12/1) at Navan (14f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Down to an attractive mark and not totally discounted.

Form: 339070

Non-Runners

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Influential Lady⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 9

T: J Barcoe J: Paddy Harnett

Forecasts

Palace Rock (3/1), Liberated Light (9/2), Luke Short (5/1), Longclaw (15/2), S'all Good Man (8/1), Elzaamsan (17/2), Cold Steel (17/2), Influential Lady (14/1), Dalvey (16/1), Khadaash (16/1), Killeemore Lad (18/1), In Favour (50/1), Rushford (66/1), Patience Patience (66/1)

Provided he takes to this surface LUKE SHORT could well be the answer. The 6-y-o went close twice in big-field handicaps last month and it's probably best to draw a line through his latest effort at Roscommon where the refitted cheekpieces (discarded here) may not have aided his cause. Palace Rock was runner-up over this C&D on his latest start in this sphere (also second over hurdles during that month) and he will be a threat if fully tuned-up. Longclaw is third choice ahead of Cold Steel.