16:20 Naas

Sunday 24 March 2024

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King Of Change At Compas Stallions Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 1m 40.33s

(9)

Arizona Desert¹⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Wayne Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 68| D

11/2

Winner at Leicester in October. 6/1, sixth of 7 in nursery at Newcastle (8f). Off 146 days. First run for yard after leaving Dominic Ffrench Davis. Respected.

Form: 336316-

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(2)

Apollo Prince¹⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 66

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, very good fourth of 11 in nursery at Galway (7f, heavy, 22/1), no extra only late on after pulling hard. Off 146 days. Expected to be bang there with headgear discarded.

Form: 2004-

(5)

Dont Do Dramas³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Lee| T: M Mulvany| OR: 62| D

11/2

Winner at Gowran in October. 33/1, possibly needed run when last of 5 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 30 days ago, keeping on without threatening. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 97817-5

(1)

Sylkie^p1⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: J A Stack| OR: 61

4/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Tenth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f, 33/1) 58 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Must bounce back.

Form: 08-0

(6)

Dark Viper^p⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 60

2/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, first run since leaving Richard Hannon when creditable second of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, heavy, 18/1) 6 days ago, no match for winner. Leading player with race fitness on his side.

Form: 48808-2

(8)

Pandion Power⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 59

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in handicap (33/1) at Dundalk (7f) 9 days ago. Stable having good spell but others are easier to fancy on recent efforts.

Form: 400-07

(4)

Chou Chou¹⁹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 57

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 9 in nursery (6/1) at Down Royal (7f, good to firm). Off 6 months. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 0789-

(3)

Gregorina^v²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 57

14/1

Bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 33/1) 23 days ago. Visor back on. Temperament is under suspicion and others make more appeal.

Form: 554-388

(10)

Naisiun¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 53

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifth of 8 in nursery at the Curragh (7f, heavy, 22/1). Off 6 months. More needed.

Form: 7405-

Non-Runners

(7)

Rogerwaswrong⁵¹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: Sean Davis J: Rory Mulligan

Forecasts

Dark Viper (2/1), Sylkie (4/1), Arizona Desert (11/2), Dont Do Dramas (11/2), Apollo Prince (15/2), Chou Chou (17/2), Gregorina (14/1), Naisiun (20/1), Rogerwaswrong (20/1), Pandion Power (33/1)

DARK VIPER ran well in a big-field event at the Curragh on Monday and sets the standard on that effort. Apollo Prince seemed lit up by first-time blinkers on his final outing last season but hinted that there was a bigger effort in him, so merits respect, with stable-switcher Arizona Desert also considered.