13:35 Leopardstown

Sunday 22 October 2023

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GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 1m 35.95s

(8)

Dragon Of Malta^b,t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Calum Hogan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 78| D

9/1

Latest win at Listowel in September. 10/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, heavy) 22 days ago.

Form: 631515

(4)

Half Nutz¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 73| D

8/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2022. Fifteenth of 19 in handicap (9/1) at the Curragh (6f, soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 227450

(13)

Mogwli^v⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Megan Telford-Kelly⁽¹⁰⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 71

9/1

Latest win at Bellewstown in September. Fourth of 7 in handicap at Gowran (7f, heavy, 5/1) 6 days ago.

Form: 481624

(9)

Coolree³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Leigh Roche| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 70

5/1

Winner at Killarney in July. Respectable third of 15 in handicap at Listowel (8f, soft, 11/1) 31 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 06-3013

(3)

Arch Enemy¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 69

8/1

Latest win at Listowel in June. 10/1, bit below form third of 19 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 15 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 182333

(10)

Rock Etoile^v³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 69

12/1

9/1, fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Listowel (8f, soft) 31 days ago, folding. Others more persuasive.

Form: 54U220

(7)

Hokusai¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 70

10/1

33/1, below form ninth of 19 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 767-209

(2)

Beauty Bella^b⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: A Murray| OR: 68| BF

10/1

Below form sixth of 15 in maiden (11/4) at Naas (7f, soft) 8 days ago. Blinkers back on. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 532426

(1)

Nituna¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 68

8/1

16/1, good second of 19 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, soft) 10 days ago. Player.

Form: 00-8432

(12)

Wild Mountain^p²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Gavin Ryan| T: J J Lambe| OR: 63

50/1

80/1, fourth of 11 in handicap at Down Royal (7f, soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 3P-0004

(14)

Yuzu⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 64

9/2

11/2, below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Gowran (8.3f, heavy) 5 days ago.

Form: 554627

(11)

Pimstrel^p⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: S D Bowen⁽⁵⁾| T: Laura Hourigan| OR: 47| D

14/1

5/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Galway (7.1f, good to soft) 40 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 800-086

Non-Runners

(6)

El Bello⁴⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: P Byrne J: J M Sheridan

(5)

Danesfort⁴⁶

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: J J Murphy J: N G McCullagh

Forecasts

Yuzu (9/2), Coolree (5/1), Nituna (8/1), Arch Enemy (8/1), Half Nutz (8/1), Mogwli (9/1), Dragon Of Malta (9/1), Beauty Bella (10/1), Hokusai (10/1), Rock Etoile (12/1), Pimstrel (14/1), El Bello (16/1), Danesfort (20/1), Wild Mountain (50/1)

COOLREE was surrounded by subsequent winners at Listowel last month so can quickly resume winning ways. Nituna continues to shape well and is next best ahead of Arch Enemy.