17:15 Curragh

Thursday 12 October 2023

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20 Years Taxi4Horses Handicap (47-75)

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 1m 3.61s

(12)

Elda¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Nathan Crosse| T: A Kinirons| OR: 74| D

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Tipperary in August. Twelfth of 16 in handicap (16/1) at this C&D (soft) 19 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 4-5610

(15)

Rathbranchurch⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: W Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 71

5/1

7/1, career best when winning 20-runner handicap at Navan (5.8f, soft) 8 days ago, driven out. Should go well again.

Form: 532821

(4)

Nearly A Gonna³⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: J A Heffernan| T: H D McGuigan| OR: 70

66/1

7/1, below form third of 14 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good to soft). Off 12 months. First run for yard after leaving Tim Easterby. Likely to need the run.

Form: 695713-

(8)

Keke^t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: W J Lee| T: E Lynam| OR: 68| D

11/2

Career best when winning 6-runner minor event at Bellewstown (5f, heavy, 9/4) 15 days ago by ¾ length from Rathbranchurch, pushed out. Makes handicap debut. Solid claims.

Form: 8521

(5)

Linger For Longer^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: A Leahy| OR: 68

22/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. Winner at Cork in July. 12/1, respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at Cork (6f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 230194

(16)

Saturn Seven^t,v¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: K J Condon| OR: 68

12/1

Winner at Limerick in June. 9/1 and visored for 1st time, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Cork (6f, soft) 16 days ago. Struggling for form lately.

Form: 341946

(10)

Mymomentintime⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: L F Roche| T: Miss S A Finn| OR: 66| BF| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Creditable third of 11 in handicap (4/1) at this C&D (soft) 5 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 532943

(9)

Hastily¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Kelly| T: Tom McGuinness| OR: 62| D

80/1

Latest win at Chepstow in August. Seventeenth of 18 in handicap at this course (8f, soft, 40/1) 19 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 284190

(2)

Ballysax Lil' Mick^p1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: D M Simmonson⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 61

28/1

Good fourth of 8 in maiden claimer at Dundalk (6f, 12/1) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Needs to up his game.

Form: 600664

(1)

Pretty Boy Floyd^b¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: S Foley| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 59| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Respectable fourth of 16 in handicap (14/1) at Cork (6f, soft) 16 days ago, first home in group. Blinkers back on. One to be interested in.

Form: 000204

(17)

Conversant^p,t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 55| C| D

16/1

22/1, first run since leaving Denis Hogan when below form 7½ lengths twelfth of 20 to Rathbranchurch in handicap at Navan (5.8f, soft) 8 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Has a bit to prove.

Form: 801500

(3)

Takana¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J Fahey| OR: 52| D

25/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 14/1, fourth of 10 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, heavy) 14 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 00-0934

(13)

Art Of Unity⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: J A Powell⁽⁵⁾| T: M Kelly| OR: 51| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. 8/1, good length third of 20 to Rathbranchurch in handicap at Navan (5.8f, soft) 8 days ago.

Form: 355723

(11)

Stanhope⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 47| D

14/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Creditable sixth of 19 in handicap at this course (6f, soft, 28/1) 5 days ago. On a fair mark if he can build on that.

Form: 030006

Non-Runners

(7)

Maggie McGrath³⁴

Weight: 9-11| Age: 3

T: Daniel Murphy J: O McSweeney

(14)

Sam's Xpress¹³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: K P Cotter J: Conor Stone-Walsh

(6)

Not Too Real Bad⁴⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: T Mullins J: Colin Keane

Forecasts

Mymomentintime (11/4), Art Of Unity (5/1), Rathbranchurch (5/1), Keke (11/2), Pretty Boy Floyd (10/1), Not Too Real Bad (10/1), Saturn Seven (12/1), Elda (14/1), Stanhope (14/1), Conversant (16/1), Maggie McGrath (16/1), Sam's Xpress (20/1), Linger For Longer (22/1), Takana (25/1), Ballysax Lil' Mick (28/1), Nearly A Gonna (66/1), Hastily (80/1)

Having been first home in his group at Cork last time, the well treated PRETTY BOY FLOYD is worth chancing with blinkers refitted. The lightly raced Keke looks a big danger and Mymomentintime is worth considering after a creditable third over C&D last week.