17:50 Naas

Monday 29 April 2024

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Naas Racecourse Centenary Year Handicap

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 1m 15.50s

(14)

Twilight Jet¹⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 97| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 6½ lengths last of 12 to Dun Na Sead in Mercury Stakes (12/1) at Dundalk (5f). Off 6 months. Makes handicap debut. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 0/76180-

(6)

Stag Night³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 95| CD

5/2

C&D winner. 5/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Cork (5f, heavy) 30 days ago. Should go well again under Billy Lee.

Form: 7613-21

(4)

Apache Outlaw³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 94| D

12/1

Latest win at Dundalk in March. Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW, 15/2) 31 days ago.

Form: 6231-17

(3)

Laugh A Minute⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 94| D

10/1

Creditable third of 12 in handicap (7/1) at the Curragh (5f, heavy) 8 days ago, never nearer. One to consider for the Ado McGuinness yard.

Form: 105-733

(2)

Jon Riggens^t¹⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: E Lynam| OR: 90| D

17/2

Creditable 4¾ lengths second of 10 to Stag Night in handicap at this C&D (soft, 5/1). Off 6 months.

Form: 417452-

(13)

Physique²⁷¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Chris Hayes| T: M Fenton| OR: 89

28/1

4/1, below form fifth of 11 in handicap at Goodwood (7f, heavy), faring best of those held up. Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving Paul & Oliver Cole.

Form: 1/83305-

(8)

Something Nice⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 87

40/1

Eleventh of 12 in handicap (33/1) at the Curragh (5f, heavy) on reappearance 8 days ago.

Form: 92540-0

(9)

Mickey The Steel^p,t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 86| D

14/1

Latest win at the Curragh in November. Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, heavy, 10/1) 8 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 115-697

(12)

Tough Talk^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 86| D

11/2

20/1, creditable fifth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, heavy) 9 days ago. Trainer going well. Should go well again.

Form: 12/784-5

(7)

Collective Power³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Sorcha Woods⁽⁷⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 84| D

16/1

Three wins from 17 runs last year. Latest win at Dundalk in February. Creditable length third of 10 to Apache Outlaw in handicap at Dundalk (6f, 5/1) 38 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 77-5413

(15)

Verhoyen^b⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-1| J: D E Sheehy| T: M C Grassick| OR: 84| D

40/1

50/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, heavy) 8 days ago.

Form: 254-700

(5)

Volatile Analyst⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 84| BF| D

18/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. 2/1, last of 7 in handicap at Dundalk (7f) 89 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 6426-27

(11)

Dagoda⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 82| D

11/1

Creditable fourth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, heavy, 25/1) 9 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 81173-4

(10)

Polar Bear^v⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 77| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Below form eleventh of 21 in handicap (11/1) at the Curragh (6f, heavy) 9 days ago. Visor back on.

Form: 2460-50

Non-Runners

(1)

Little Queenie¹⁷⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: P W Flynn J: Robert Whearty

Forecasts

Stag Night (5/2), Tough Talk (11/2), Jon Riggens (17/2), Polar Bear (9/1), Laugh A Minute (10/1), Little Queenie (10/1), Dagoda (11/1), Apache Outlaw (12/1), Twilight Jet (12/1), Mickey The Steel (14/1), Collective Power (16/1), Volatile Analyst (18/1), Physique (28/1), Something Nice (40/1), Verhoyen (40/1)

MICKEY THE STEEL has dipped below the mark he defied at the Curragh last autumn and might be worth chancing after taking a step back in the right direction back at the Curragh recently. Stag Night rates an obvious danger on the back of his Cork success at the end of March. Tough Talk and Laugh A Minute also make the shortlist.