18:50 Gowran Park

Wednesday 24 April 2024

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Irish Injured Jockeys Handicap

Off time: 18:50 | Winning time: 1m 48.45s

(8)

Cardinal Zin²¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 78| BF

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good second of 10 in maiden (7/4) at Listowel (8f, soft), clear of rest. Off 7 months. Makes handicap debut. Worth considering.

Form: 7252-

(10)

Emerald Eclipse^t1⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 76| BF

3/1

Twice-raced maiden. 4/5, third of 8 in minor event at Dundalk (7f) 75 days ago. Pedigree points to better and his opening mark looks fair.

Form: 23

(1)

Basilah Bear¹⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Luke McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 75| D

6/1

Creditable second of 5 in nursery (5/2) at Leopardstown (7.1f, heavy), unsuited by drop in trip. Off 6 months. Vulnerable to race-fit rivals.

Form: 843212-

(7)

Puturhandstogether^h1⁹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: M P Sheehy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 74

17/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 25/1, seventh of 10 in minor event at Dundalk (6f), slowly away. Off 99 days. Trainer going well. Hood on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Likely improver.

Form: 96-7

(4)

Action Plan^p²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S Foley| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 73

22/1

Creditable second of 5 in minor event at Cork (7f, heavy, 12/1) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Not one to rule out.

Form: 7872-02

(9)

Edvard Grieg²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: A Slattery| OR: 70

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 5 in minor event (33/1) at Cork (7f, heavy) 25 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 08-4

(2)

Blue Soul³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 69

5/1

Good second of 11 in handicap (12/1) at Dundalk (8f) 33 days ago. Stable having good spell. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 93-6352

(6)

Arizona Desert³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Egan| T: A Murray| OR: 68

9/1

Winner at Leicester in October. 11/2, first run since leaving Dominic Ffrench Davis when creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at Naas (7f, heavy) 31 days ago. Respected.

Form: 36316-5

(5)

Martinelli¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Declan McDonogh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 68

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good fourth of 14 in handicap (7/1) at Dundalk (6f) 19 days ago, slowly away. Significantly up in trip. Could improve further. So not one to dismiss.

Form: 08-84

Non-Runners

(3)

Ringside Timing¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: Gabriella Hill

Forecasts

Emerald Eclipse (3/1), Cardinal Zin (4/1), Blue Soul (5/1), Basilah Bear (6/1), Puturhandstogether (17/2), Arizona Desert (9/1), Ringside Timing (10/1), Martinelli (12/1), Edvard Grieg (14/1), Action Plan (22/1)

PUTURHANDSTOGETHER has seemingly been brought along with handicaps in mind and, with the scope for better, he's worth taking a chance from an opening mark of 74. His stablemate Emerald Eclipse is a danger on the back of two solid showings and Ringside Timing is worthy of interest back up to a trip that suits.