16:25 Dundalk

Friday 2 February 2024

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Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 16:26 | Winning time: 1m 29.17s

(3)

Signor Ferrari¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁵⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 65

13/2

10/1, 2 lengths fourth of 7 to Aisling Oscar in handicap at this course (8f) 17 days ago. Shouldn't be far away with a repeat.

Form: 85759-4

(9)

Sovereign City^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 62

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1 and blinkered for 1st time, creditable sixth of 10 in handicap at this course (6f) 21 days ago. Not without hope.

Form: 9449-6

(1)

Poppadom¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Amy Jo Hayes⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 61

9/2

Modest maiden who didn't go with much promise switched to all-weather when eighth of 14 in nursery (10/1) at this C&D. Off 119 days.

Form: 055588-

(5)

Still She Blooms²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 60

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 28/1, eighth of 14 in maiden at this course (8f) 21 days ago, not knocked about. Can do better now handicapping.

Form: 00-8

(4)

Mary Bagot¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 59

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden who improved when ½-length second of 7 to Aisling Oscar in handicap at this course (8f, 6/1) 17 days ago. Must enter calculations.

Form: 7006-2

(6)

Maxwell Smart²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: James Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 57

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, first run since leaving W. McCreery when eleventh of 14 in maiden at this course (8f) 21 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 00-0

(7)

Burn The Bridges^v1⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: J A Heffernan| T: J Davison| OR: 52

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 13 in nursery (12/1) at this course (8f) 77 days ago, met some trouble. First run for yard after leaving John Patrick Murtagh. Visor on for 1st time.

Form: 05080-

(2)

Aisling Oscar¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: Craig O'Neill| OR: 51| C

11/8

6/1, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at this course (8f) 17 days ago, by ½ length from Mary Bagot. That was a muddling affair, but he's still respected in his follow-up bid from a 4 lb higher mark.

Form: 0000-1

(8)

Rogerwaswrong¹⁰⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Rory Mulligan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Sean Davis| OR: 47

16/1

Poor maiden who ran below form in a first-time tongue strap when sixth of 11 in nursery at Gowran (7f, heavy) on final outing. Off 108 days. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 066036-

Forecasts

Aisling Oscar (11/8), Poppadom (9/2), Mary Bagot (5/1), Signor Ferrari (13/2), Burn The Bridges (12/1), Sovereign City (14/1), Still She Blooms (16/1), Rogerwaswrong (16/1), Maxwell Smart (16/1)

STILL SHE BLOOMS has finished down the field all 3 starts to date, but she wasn't knocked about on her most recent outing and is bred to be better than the modest opening mark, so she could be worth chancing. Aising Oscar and Mary Bagot are closely matched on form, and they head the opposition.