20:30 Curragh

Wednesday 5 June 2024

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Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 1m 16.32s

(8)

Clonmacash²⁰¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-4| J: W Joyce⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lupini| OR: 79| D

28/1

13/2, sixth of 8 in minor event at Dundalk (6f). Off 6 months and mark leaves no margin for error.

Form: 664416-

(14)

Elinor Dashwood²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 76| D

12/1

28/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good) 25 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 1046-40

(12)

Katie Bairdie^p1²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: D S O'Sullivan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 76

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourth of 7 in maiden (11/1) at Limerick (7f, soft) 20 days ago, not knocked about. Cheekpieces on first time and makes handicap debut.

Form: 8-354

(5)

The Bear Trap¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: J Geoghegan| OR: 75| BF

10/3

Unreliable type. Good second of 16 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to soft, 3/1) 15 days ago. Getting better with each recent run but he remains a maiden.

Form: 72-6322

(10)

Salah Belle³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 74| D

16/1

Winner at Dundalk on debut in December. 9/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at this course (7f, soft) 30 days ago but unexposed so can bounce back.

Form: 1-8

(7)

Blame Thechampagne¹⁸⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 70

40/1

Tenth of 14 in maiden (22/1) at Dundalk (6f). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Mrs J. Harrington and worth a market check.

Form: 565770-

(4)

She's Smart⁵^{(ex 7)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 63

11/1

14/1, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Down Royal (5f, good) 5 days ago, despite being slowly away. Carries penalty. Back up in trip and she has to be taken seriously.

Form: 6-00661

(2)

Avatar Jet³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Fahey| OR: 68

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Richard Brabazon when sixteenth of 21 in handicap at Navan (5f, good to soft, 16/1) 39 days ago. Back up in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 666-0

(11)

Barley Cove³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: E Lynam| OR: 66

8/1

Respectable third of 12 in handicap (14/1) at Naas (5.9f, soft) 37 days ago, faring best of those held up. Of interest on the back of that.

Form: 87348-3

(6)

Byzantine Empress¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 66

9/2

Good third of 16 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to soft, 14/1) 15 days ago. That was a sound return to action.

Form: 32625-3

(9)

Fivecromwellplace^b1⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Nathan Crosse| T: P F McEnery| OR: 66

16/1

Winning reappearance at Dundalk in March. Good third of 11 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 9/1) 75 days ago. Back down in trip. Blinkers on first time.

Form: 000-13

(3)

Rosato¹⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: N G McCullagh| T: C Weld| OR: 65

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 4 lengths eleventh of 14 to Salah Belle in maiden at Dundalk (6f, 20/1), not knocked about. Off 166 days. Makes handicap debut and could be open to progress.

Form: 040-

(1)

Dark Viper^p⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 61| BF

4/1

Bit below form sixth of 27 in handicap (16/5) at this course (6f, heavy) 45 days ago. Yard in good form. Merits consideration on Naas run prior to that.

Form: 808-226

Non-Runners

(13)

Layoftheland⁶

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: Sean Davis J: Colin Keane

Forecasts

The Bear Trap (10/3), Dark Viper (4/1), Byzantine Empress (9/2), Layoftheland (6/1), Avatar Jet (8/1), Barley Cove (8/1), She's Smart (11/1), Elinor Dashwood (12/1), Salah Belle (16/1), Fivecromwellplace (16/1), Clonmacash (28/1), Katie Bairdie (28/1), Rosato (33/1), Blame Thechampagne (40/1)

SHE'S SMART bounced back from a quiet spell when successful at Down Royal on Friday and with this step back up in trip sure to suit, she may well be up to defying a penalty. Layoftheland and Byzantine Express are a couple of live threats.