14:10 Gowran Park

Thursday 9 May 2024

All13:3514:1014:4015:1015:4516:1516:50

Thomastown Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 1m 37.48s

(7)

I Bid You Ajou^h⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 68| BF

9/2

Shalaa gelding. 10/11 and hooded for 1st time, respectable third of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (7f) 55 days ago. Not discounted returned to turf for all he does need to prove his effectiveness on ground this testing.

Form: 03-563

(6)

Au Lait^v¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 64

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, soft, 18/1) 10 days ago, racing off the pace and never involved. That was her first start for 7 months and this ought to reveal more.

Form: 8403-9

(8)

Harry The Rogue¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 64

9/1

Ninth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 8/1) 15 days ago, dropping away final 1f. Others more persuasive.

Form: 35485-9

(5)

Victor's Choice¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Wayne Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 58

9/4

7/1, very good second of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 15 days ago. That was her best effort yet and she's one of the likelier types with a repeat.

Form: 60245-2

(1)

Lorr's Girl^t1²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: R Sweeney| OR: 55

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (8f) 26 days ago. Makes turf debut. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 89-040

(9)

Chou Chou¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Jamie Powell⁽³⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 53

12/1

Fifth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 25/1) 15 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0789-95

(4)

Private Officer¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J F Levins| OR: 53

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, creditable sixth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 15 days ago, plugging on. May sharpen up for that run here.

Form: 0976-6

Non-Runners

(3)

Always Love You⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 3

T: A Murray J: Robert Whearty

(2)

Dark Viper¹⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Shane Foley

(10)

Grand Citadel¹⁸

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: M Fenton J: N G McCullagh

Forecasts

Victor's Choice (9/4), Private Officer (3/1), Dark Viper (10/3), I Bid You Ajou (9/2), Au Lait (13/2), Always Love You (8/1), Harry The Rogue (9/1), Lorr's Girl (11/1), Chou Chou (12/1), Grand Citadel (20/1)

DARK VIPER and Victor's Choice both appeal as being on handy marks judged on recent exploits and rate the pair to focus on, with the former shading the vote to come out on top. I Bid You Ajou can do best of the remainder.