18:50 Killarney

Tuesday 14 May 2024

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Irish Examiner Handicap

Off time: 18:50 | Winning time: 1m 50.34s

(1)

Late Night Talking^t⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: O McSweeney⁽³⁾| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 75

20/1

14/1, tenth of 15 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, heavy) 57 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 034-340

(18)

Masoun^b1³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 74

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 10 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, heavy, 9/1) 37 days ago. Yard in good form. Blinkers on 1st time. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 077-8

(17)

Slurricane¹⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Shane Foley| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 74

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (7f, 22/1). Off 6 months. Makes handicap debut. Must find best form.

Form: 557-

(8)

Sinbad My Dad¹⁸¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 73

10/1

Ninth of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (7f, 8/1), merely passing beaten rivals. Off 6 months. Difficult ask.

Form: 846749-

(7)

Sobriety Blue⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 72

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 8 in minor event (11/1) at Dundalk (7f). Off 95 days. Makes handicap debut. Not taken lightly.

Form: 4-44

(11)

Currumbin³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Nathan Crosse| T: John O'Donoghue| OR: 71

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 11 in minor event at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 12/1) 31 days ago, hampered. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 345

(6)

Galician Girl³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 71| D

13/2

Winner at Dundalk in March. 4/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 32 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes turf debut. Not one to write off.

Form: 089-310

(14)

Gushing²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 69

9/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 12 in maiden (5/1) at Gowran (8f, heavy) 21 days ago. Yard in good form. Makes handicap debut. Bred to be much better than she's shown to date.

Form: 48-4

(4)

Signor Ferrari³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 68

12/1

28/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, heavy) 37 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 9-44279

(16)

Mary Bagot⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 66| D

17/2

Winner at Dundalk in March. Shaped as if still in form when 4 lengths seventh of 11 to Galician Girl in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 9/1) 53 days ago, slowly away. Enters calculations.

Form: 06-2217

Non-Runners

(5)

Puturhandstogether²⁰

Weight: 9-13| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(10)

September Leaves¹⁷²

Weight: 9-13| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Keithen Kennedy

(15)

Tachos⁷⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: Non Runner

(2)

Kiki Roberts³²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: Colin Keane

(12)

Zenato³²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: H De Bromhead J: Billy Lee

(13)

Apollo Prince⁵¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: E & P Harty J: Reserve 1

(9)

Jlow⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: C W J Farrell J: Reserve 2

(3)

Nakasero¹⁹⁶

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: M Halford & T Collins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Puturhandstogether (9/4), Masoun (4/1), Gushing (9/2), Slurricane (5/1), Galician Girl (13/2), September Leaves (7/1), Tachos (7/1), Mary Bagot (17/2), Currumbin (9/1), Sinbad My Dad (10/1), Kiki Roberts (10/1), Sobriety Blue (11/1), Signor Ferrari (12/1), Apollo Prince (12/1), Late Night Talking (20/1), Nakasero (20/1), Zenato (20/1), Jlow (33/1)

PUTURHANDSTOGETHER caught the eye at Gowran last time and there could be a lot more to come from this lightly-raced sort, so he's the obvious choice in a race where most have something to prove. Gushing and Sobriety Blue could both up their game now handicapping.