Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 1m 27.51s

(5)

Sluice^p1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 86| D

3/1

Lightly-raced winner. 13/2, good fifth of 11 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Trainer going well. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Ought to be in the shake-up.

Form: 15-325

(3)

Drop The Dip²⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 76

17/2

Good fourth of 10 in handicap at Navan (8f, soft, 10/1). Off 8 months but not ruled out.

Form: 454114-

(4)

Indigo Five²²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: J A Heffernan| T: J Feane| OR: 74| BF

3/1

11/4, creditable second of 13 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, heavy). Off 7 months but still not taken lightly.

Form: 654D12-

(2)

Barnhill Rose^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 70| C| D

17/2

Course winner. Tenth of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (7.4f, good, 6/1) 27 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 10-5520

(6)

Red Heel¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: W Joyce⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 68| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. Good second of 14 in handicap (11/1) at Down Royal (7f, good) 16 days ago. Player.

Form: 80-4002

(1)

Elinor Dashwood¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 75

4/1

Good fifth of 13 in handicap (12/1) at the Curragh (6.3f, good to firm) 11 days ago. Can make her presence felt.

Form: 046-405

Forecasts

Sluice (3/1), Indigo Five (3/1), Red Heel (7/2), Elinor Dashwood (4/1), Barnhill Rose (17/2), Drop The Dip (17/2)

RED HEEL signalled she's ready to end a long losing run when a good recent second at Down Royal so this C&D winner looks the way to go here. In-form Elinor Dashwood could emerge as the main danger ahead of the returning Indigo Five and course scorer Barnhill Rose.