15:25 Bellewstown

Thursday 28 September 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 15:26 | Winning time: 1m 43.96s

(6)

Lady Arwen²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 79| D

10/1

9/1, career best when winning 16-runner handicap at Gowran (8f, good) 22 days ago. Raised another 7 lb but hard to dismiss in her current mood.

Form: 032161

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(4)

Eastern Wind^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: James Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 76| D

9/1

Latest win at Leopardstown in July. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at Listowel (7.1f, soft, 14/1) 9 days ago. Likely to be in the shake-up.

Form: 103085

(9)

Perfect Poise¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 77| D

9/2

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap (15/2) at Punchestown (8f, good to soft) 15 days ago, pushed out. Could be more to come from her and major player under Colin Keane.

Form: 583021

(1)

Red Heel¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 73| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Creditable third of 9 in handicap (11/2) at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 565463

(2)

Tea Olive⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Carroll| T: N Meade| OR: 72| BF| D

7/1

Winner at Gowran in April. 2/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good to soft) 70 days ago. Yard in good form.

Form: 212454

(8)

Speckled Meadow⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: Don Browne| OR: 64| D

3/1

11/2, bit below form ninth of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 54 days ago but claims on her Leopardstown second prior to that.

Form: 131-029

(7)

Drop The Dip⁷^{(ex 7)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Gavin Ryan| T: T Gibney| OR: 59| D

4/1

9/1, career best when winning 15-runner handicap at Listowel (8f, soft) 7 days ago, kept up to work. Carries penalty. Respected.

Form: 014541

(3)

Little Keilee⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Chris Hayes| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 65

20/1

Last of 11 in handicap at Listowel (7.1f, soft, 9/1) 9 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 940530

Non-Runners

(5)

Mere Accountant¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: J P Murtagh J: Ben Coen

(10)

The Bog Bank¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 6

T: T G McCourt J: Robert Whearty

Forecasts

Speckled Meadow (3/1), Drop The Dip (4/1), Red Heel (4/1), Perfect Poise (9/2), Tea Olive (7/1), Mere Accountant (7/1), Eastern Wind (9/1), Lady Arwen (10/1), The Bog Bank (12/1), Little Keilee (20/1)

PERFECT POISE has gone the right way in handicaps since stepped back up to 1m. She was merely pushed out to see off 13 rivals at Punchestown a couple of weeks ago and could still be ahead of the assessor. Drop The Dip and Lady Arwen are other thriving sorts who are likely to have a say.