17:25 Leopardstown

Friday 17 May 2024

All16:1516:5017:2517:5518:3019:0519:4020:15

GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap (50-70) (Div 1)

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 1m 41.79s

(10)

Beauty Bella^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: J Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 70| D

14/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Dundalk in February. 13/2, respectable fourth of 12 in handicap at Cork (8f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 675-104

(14)

Chestnutter²⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 70| BF| C

12/1

Course winner. Tenth of 14 in claimer at Dundalk (7f, 5/2). Off 6 months.

Form: 113600-

(4)

Ferrybank^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Billy Lee| T: T M Walsh| OR: 69| BF| C| D

13/2

Course winner. 2 wins from 4 runs this year. Latest win at Dundalk in March. Creditable second of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 5/4) 35 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 84-1512

(13)

Roderick^p¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 69| D

22/1

22/1, nineteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 00-6230

(1)

Giuseppe Cassioli²¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 68| D

7/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 18/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f). Off 7 months. Re-joined yard after leaving D.J.Bunyan & G.O'Leary.

Form: 084240-

(3)

Nituna¹⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 68

10/1

Bit below form fourth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (8f, 12/1). Off 154 days.

Form: 322054-

(11)

Rockbury Lad^h⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 68| D

11/1

Unreliable sort. One win from 25 Flat runs. 12/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (7.7f, good to soft) 4 days ago, slowly away. Others have achieved more.

Form: 647-720

(12)

Rock Etoile¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 65| D

10/1

10/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 2204-00

(6)

Nedita³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 69

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 35 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Back down in trip. Makes turf debut.

Form: 65-49

(2)

Feature This^p,t⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: P W Flynn| OR: 55| D

15/2

Latest win at Dundalk in March. Bit below form fifth of 12 in handicap (12/1) at Roscommon (7.7f, good to soft) 4 days ago.

Form: 6-61985

(15)

Apollo Prince⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 66

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable 3¾ lengths fourth of 9 to Naisiun in handicap (15/2) at Naas (7f, heavy) 54 days ago. Respected.

Form: 2004-4

(5)

Roman Palace³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: L Comer| OR: 54| D

28/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Dundalk in January. 22/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap at this course (9f, heavy) 37 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 427-170

(16)

Jlow¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: C W J Farrell| OR: 64

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, last of 12 in handicap at Sligo (10.6f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Back down in trip. Something to find on form.

Form: 0-460

(9)

Naisiun¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 58

15/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Naas in March. Respectable third of 19 in handicap (13/2) at Naas (8f, soft) 18 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 405-103

Non-Runners

(7)

Zahee⁴²

Weight: 9-13| Age: 9

T: J C McConnell J: Keithen Kennedy

(8)

Shining Aitch³⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 7

T: T G McCourt J: James Ryan

Forecasts

Ferrybank (13/2), Giuseppe Cassioli (7/1), Feature This (15/2), Apollo Prince (15/2), Naisiun (15/2), Nedita (15/2), Nituna (10/1), Rock Etoile (10/1), Zahee (10/1), Rockbury Lad (11/1), Chestnutter (12/1), Shining Aitch (12/1), Beauty Bella (14/1), Roderick (22/1), Roman Palace (28/1), Jlow (33/1)

NAISIUN is less exposed than most of these and arrives on the back of a decent third in a big field at Naas. The in-form Ferrybank is next best ahead of Apollo Prince.