17:10 Dundalk

Wednesday 31 January 2024

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Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 1m 13.48s

(10)

Jered Maddox⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Billy Lee| T: D Marnane| OR: 77| CD

5/2

3-time C&D winner. Latest win at Laytown in September. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (14/1) 47 days ago, never nearer. Likely to be on the premises.

Form: 216474-

(3)

Livingston Range^b,t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Breen| OR: 72| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 12/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 12 days ago. Struggling for form at present.

Form: 10288-0

(6)

Distillate^t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 71| C| D

12/1

Course winner. Three wins from 22 runs last year. Tenth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 12 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 54025-0

(2)

Mount Ruapehu¹³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 69

16/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 16 in handicap (66/1) at the Curragh (5f, soft). Off 130 days. First run for yard after leaving John F. Grogan. Given a chance by handicapper and worth a market check.

Form: 026050-

(8)

Coolcalmncollected¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 65| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Eleventh of 13 in handicap at this C&D (50/1) 12 days ago. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 5000-00

(4)

Irish Rumour^t1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 63| BF

3/1

Creditable ¾-length second of 14 to Havana Notion in handicap (9/4) at this C&D 15 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 49352-2

(9)

Havana Notion⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁵⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 61| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap (10/3) at this course (5f) 5 days ago. Worthy of consideration.

Form: 2723-15

(1)

Wooden Head^b,t⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 60

11/1

Below form sixth of 10 in claimer (8/1) at this C&D 84 days ago. Could get back on track after a short break.

Form: 456046-

(7)

Theriverrunsdeep^p¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: James Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: S G O'Donnell| OR: 58| CD

6/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in December. Good 1½ lengths fourth of 14 to Havana Notion in handicap at this C&D (5/1) 15 days ago. Merits respect.

Form: 56212-4

(5)

American In Paris^b¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 57| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Cork in July. Tenth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (50/1) 15 days ago. Blinkers back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 62180-0

Forecasts

Jered Maddox (5/2), Irish Rumour (3/1), Havana Notion (4/1), Theriverrunsdeep (6/1), Wooden Head (11/1), Distillate (12/1), Mount Ruapehu (16/1), Livingston Range (20/1), Coolcalmncollected (22/1), American In Paris (40/1)

IRISH RUMOUR is going the right way and shaped well again when runner-up to Havana Notion over C&D last time. With a tongue tie on for the first time, she's taken to reverse the form with her old rival in a race that the pair may dominate. Jered Maddox is also considered.