13:40 Galway

Monday 30 October 2023

All12:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:35

www.swordsecurity.com Nursery Handicap

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 1m 37.26s

(11)

Nika Pika^t⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-13| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁵⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 71

14/1

Winner at Navan in August. 9/1, last of 13 in nursery at Naas (8f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 083410

(9)

Barley Cove¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-12| J: James Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 70

11/1

17/2, respectable fourth of 15 in maiden at Navan (5.8f, heavy) 12 days ago, nearest finish. Back up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 058734

(8)

Apollo Prince^b1⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 69

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in minor event at Naas (5.9f, good to soft, 125/1) 46 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Work to do on handicap debut.

Form: 200

(2)

Guest Star^b¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: Colin Keane| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 68

4/1

Back to best, on second start for new yard, when ½-length second of 11 to Dont Do Dramas in nursery at Gowran (7f, heavy) 13 days ago. 4 lb higher now but must enter calculations.

Form: 982802

(3)

Dont Do Dramas¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Lee| T: M Mulvany| OR: 64| D

5/2

Career best when winning 11-runner nursery (7/2) at Gowran (7f, heavy) 13 days ago by ½ length from Guest Star, keeping on well. 7 lb higher now but further improvement may be on the cards.

Form: 09781

(5)

Thia¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: N G McCullagh| T: J S Bolger| OR: 61| BF

6/1

Fared better than of late when 4 lengths fourth of 11 to Dont Do Dramas in nursery at Gowran (7f, heavy) 13 days ago. 1 lb lower now and warrants respect.

Form: 435064

(1)

I've Been Dreaming¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Fahey| OR: 57

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f, 125/1) 17 days ago. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 8980

(10)

Victor's Choice⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Wayne Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 57

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 13 in maiden at Naas (5.9f, good to soft, 200/1) 46 days ago. Likely best watched on handicap debut.

Form: 060

(4)

Dolce Far Niente¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Tom Kiely-Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy| OR: 53

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, 1¾ lengths third of 11 to Dont Do Dramas in nursery at Gowran (7f, heavy) 13 days ago. Claims if buiding on that.

Form: 0003

(6)

Amerigo Vespucci^h,t1²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 52

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, eighth of 11 in nursery at Navan (5.8f, soft, 9/1) 26 days ago. Up in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0878

(7)

Maria Land^h¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 50

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, respectable 5¼ lengths fifth of 11 to Dont Do Dramas in nursery at Gowran (7f, heavy) 13 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: 9985

Forecasts

Dont Do Dramas (5/2), Guest Star (4/1), Dolce Far Niente (5/1), Thia (6/1), Maria Land (10/1), Barley Cove (11/1), Amerigo Vespucci (14/1), Nika Pika (14/1), I've Been Dreaming (20/1), Apollo Prince (22/1), Victor's Choice (40/1)

DONT DO DRAMAS had several of these rivals behind him when scoring at Gowran earlier this month and remains low mileage. He may be able to follow up. Guest Star and Dolce Far Niente should also go well.