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Saturday 23 September 2023

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Ornella Underwriting Ltd Equine And Bloodstock Insurance Apprentice Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 16:19 | Winning time: 1m 46.12s

(6)

Stormy Jenn⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Neve Bennett⁽⁴⁾| T: P Cluskey| OR: 68| D

16/1

15/2 and hooded for 1st time, tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 60 days ago. Creditable effort on latest start in this sphere. One to consider.

Form: 10-7642

(15)

Brewel Hill¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: J Cleary⁽²⁾| T: P McCreery| OR: 66| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. Creditable fourth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good, 8/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 2-97714

(2)

Sorrento Point¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽²⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 69

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 17/2, seventh of 11 in handicap at Roscommon (11.6f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 0-847

(11)

Partisan Hero^p¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: W Joyce⁽²⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 68| D

7/2

10/3, career best when winning 15-runner handicap at Gowran (8f, good) 17 days ago, always holding on. Should go well again.

Form: 0-08331

(18)

Hastily²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: S P Bird⁽⁷⁾| T: Tom McGuinness| OR: 63

40/1

11/2, ninth of 12 in handicap at Chepstow (6.1f, good) 26 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 428419

(4)

Morning Approach¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: C Horgan⁽²⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 63| D

17/2

Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. Respectable fourth of 14 in handicap (11/2) at Punchestown (8f, good to soft) 10 days ago, never nearer. Yard having good spell. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 963724

(9)

Toriangel¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: D A Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: S Lavery| OR: 63| D

12/1

12/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good) 17 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 093070

(20)

Stay Local²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Hugh Horgan⁽²⁾| T: A A Howard| OR: 62

8/1

Career best when winning 17-runner handicap (5/1) at Navan (10f, good to soft) 21 days ago, always holding on. This is tougher.

Form: 32-3981

(17)

Old Peculier⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: C Geerdharry⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey| OR: 61

20/1

5/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good to soft). Off 97 days and probably worth taking on.

Form: 954070

(13)

Essential Part^t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Mr C McConnell⁽⁴⁾| T: P McCreery| OR: 57

100/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 9 in claiming hurdle at Bellewstown (20.4f, good, 66/1) 24 days ago. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Padraig Roche.

Form: 6/07800-

(16)

Magic Charm^b1⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: M W Hassett⁽⁴⁾| T: M Hassett| OR: 53| D

17/2

One win from 26 Flat runs. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Good fourth of 16 in handicap at Naas (10.5f, soft, 25/1) 47 days ago. Back down in trip and blinkers on 1st time. Not taken lightly.

Form: 390054

(1)

Coffeemeanscoffee²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: Tom McGuinness| OR: 52| BF

25/1

Two wins from 5 runs this year, the latest at Ffos Las in July. Tenth of 12 in handicap (6/4) at Chepstow (7.1f, good) 26 days ago.

Form: 9-01150

(5)

Madakasham Jam^h1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Sorcha Woods⁽⁴⁾| T: J Davison| OR: 53

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft, 100/1) 19 days ago. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 6680-0

(3)

Deuteronomy¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: R P Burns| OR: 47

22/1

Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap (28/1) at Punchestown (9f, good to soft) 10 days ago, faring best of those held up. Has work to do.

Form: 007064

(7)

Tall Story^p¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁴⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 47

25/1

Remains a maiden after 28 Flat runs. 25/1, below form eleventh of 25 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to firm) 17 days ago.

Form: 007800

(10)

Tortured Soul¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Jack Kearney⁽²⁾| T: G M Lyons| OR: 51

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 100/1, eighth of 10 in maiden at Gowran (7f, good) 17 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 078

(14)

Bride Tree^p⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: A C Persse⁽²⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 49

40/1

Respectable 6¼ lengths thirteenth of 23 to Goldmoyne in handicap (40/1) at this course (7f, good) 41 days ago.

Form: 0-90480

(19)

Lightupthesky³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: V C Ward| OR: 47

80/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 50/1) 39 days ago. Back down in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 6-45960

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

(8)

Akmaam¹⁰

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: J F Levins J:

(12)

Carlton Banks¹⁹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: J F Levins J:

(21)

Goldmoyne³⁰

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: T Doyle J: Amy Jo Hayes

Forecasts

Brewel Hill (10/3), Partisan Hero (7/2), Stay Local (8/1), Magic Charm (17/2), Morning Approach (17/2), Toriangel (12/1), Sorrento Point (12/1), Goldmoyne (14/1), Akmaam (14/1), Stormy Jenn (16/1), Carlton Banks (16/1), Old Peculier (20/1), Deuteronomy (22/1), Tall Story (25/1), Coffeemeanscoffee (25/1), Tortured Soul (28/1), Bride Tree (40/1), Hastily (40/1), Madakasham Jam (80/1), Lightupthesky (80/1), Essential Part (100/1)

Several to consider in this open-looking handicap. MORNING APPROACH deserves to get her head back in front and is taken to do just that on the back of another decent effort in defeat when fourth at Punchestown 10 days ago. She may have most to fear from Akmaam, who was below par in that Punchestown handicap but has performed with credit on each of his three visits here this season and is on a workable mark. Recent Gowran winner Partisan Hero also enters calculations, along with Stormy Jenn.