Bennettsbridge Rated Race

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 1m 54.63s

(3)

Malbay Madness⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Conor Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins| OR: 84| D

5/1

Fairly useful gelding. Tailed off on Auteuil hurdle debut last month but scored over 1m on the Flat at Galway prior to that.

Form: 23-2521

(5)

Grey Leader⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 83| C| D

10/3

Lightly-raced winner. Course winner. 2 wins from 4 runs this year. Latest win at Listowel in June. Respectable third of 6 in minor event at Killarney (8.1f, good, 11/2) 53 days ago.

Form: 6113

(6)

Lecale's Approach³³²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Billy Lee| T: N Lupini| D

17/2

Made a winning debut on Dundalk's AW (8f, 12/1) last November. It's taken a while to get her back but she's open to progress.

Form: 1-

(2)

Perfect Poise¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 80| BF| D

2/1

Fairly useful filly. Winner at Punchestown in September. 10/3, good second of 10 in handicap at Navan (8f, soft) 12 days ago, sticking to task. Stable having good spell. Leading contender.

Form: 302122

(4)

Machnamh¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 79

9/4

Fairly useful filly. Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 14/1) 10 days ago, keeping on well. Back down in trip.

Form: 213561

Non-Runners

(1)

Katola⁷⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Perfect Poise (2/1), Machnamh (9/4), Grey Leader (10/3), Katola (7/2), Malbay Madness (5/1), Lecale's Approach (17/2)

PERFECT POISE has been running consistently well in handicaps lately and might prove the answer to this quite useful rated event. Katola should have more to come on the back of her Naas debut success and is second choice ahead of Malbay Madness who ran no sort of race on his hurdle debut in France last month but had been in good nick on the Flat prior to that.