13:22 Curragh

Tuesday 31 October 2023

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Tote.ie Nursery Handicap

Off time: 13:23 | Winning time: 1m 51.29s

(3)

Rapid Mission³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 10-0| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 82

9/4

Lightly-raced maiden. 3/1, good second of 9 in maiden at Tipperary (9f, heavy) 30 days ago, slowly away. Makes handicap debut. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 7832

(1)

Mo Ghille Mar^p1¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: S T McCullagh⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 77

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in minor event at Naas (7f, heavy, 28/1) 16 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 3720

(9)

Ringside Timing⁵⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: K T Brophy⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 76

12/1

28/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Tipperary (9f, good to soft) 58 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Yard saddles a stronger candidate in Expecto.

Form: 753557

(7)

Sinbad My Dad⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 74

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good seventh of 13 in maiden (50/1) at Dundalk (8f) 4 days ago. Makes handicap debut and not without each-way hope.

Form: 8467

(5)

Navajo Scout²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 72

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1, creditable fifth of 16 in maiden at this course (9f, soft) 24 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 6635

(4)

Guest Star^b¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: C Geerdharry⁽⁷⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 68

16/1

4/1, respectable fifth of 11 in nursery at Galway (7f, heavy) 1 day ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 828025

(6)

Tiscommonknowledge⁴⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: M W Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 63

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. Second of 13 in nursery at Naas (8f, good to soft, 20/1) 47 days ago, keeping on well. Solid each-way claims.

Form: 90072

(2)

Expecto^p¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 61| D

15/2

Career best when winning 9-runner nursery (7/1) at Gowran (8.3f, heavy) 15 days ago, sticking to task. 6 lb rise fair and should be in the mix.

Form: 508431

(8)

Highland Bells¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: W Joyce⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 58

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 15/2, good 4¾ lengths fourth of 9 to Expecto in nursery at Gowran (8.3f, heavy) 15 days ago. Clearly has work to do.

Form: 8764

Forecasts

Rapid Mission (9/4), Tiscommonknowledge (10/3), Navajo Scout (13/2), Expecto (15/2), Mo Ghille Mar (17/2), Sinbad My Dad (11/1), Highland Bells (11/1), Ringside Timing (12/1), Guest Star (16/1)

EXPECTO raised her game when digging deep to land a Gowran nursery earlier this month and a 6 lb rise looks fair given that the first two pulled nicely clear of the rest. With similar conditions forecast here, she is taken to follow up. Rapid Mission has shown enough in maidens to suggest that he'll be competitive off this mark now pitched into a nursery, and he is feared most ahead of Tiscommonknowledge.