14:15 Limerick

Saturday 22 June 2024

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Regeneron 'Celebrating A Decade In Limerick' Handicap

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 32.03s

(9)

Alpha Cephei^v⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Luke McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 76

18/1

12/1 and visored for 1st time, sixth of 8 in handicap at Cork (5f, good) 8 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 635-396

(8)

Anvika²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Gary Carroll| T: S Lavery| OR: 75

13/2

Seventh of 9 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good, 10/1) 29 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 8921-67

(4)

Emerald Eclipse^p,t²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Wayne Hassett⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 75

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 15 in maiden (7/1) at Fairyhouse (6.1f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Respected back in a handicap.

Form: 2352

(2)

Solomon Coop¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: N Lupini| OR: 74

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Shaped better than result when seventh of 11 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good, 5/1) 16 days ago. Expected to be bang there back at 7f.

Form: 06-237

(1)

Hemight^p1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J M Sheridan| T: J A Stack| OR: 72

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 13 in maiden (14/1) at Tipperary (7.1f, heavy) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 052-3

(3)

I'm Spartacus¹⁷³

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

25/1

Seventh of 10 in handicap (33/1) at Newcastle (6f). Off 173 days. First run for yard after leaving Richard Fahey.

Form: 71734-7

(10)

Exceeding²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 70

16/1

50/1, creditable fifth of 18 in handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 047-595

(5)

Suilleabhain²³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 67

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, eleventh of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (8f). Off 7 months. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0650-

(7)

Byzantine Empress¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Chris Hayes| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 65

11/2

No more than a respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at the Curragh (6.3f, good to firm, 9/2) 17 days ago but player on his Cork third prior to that.

Form: 2625-37

(6)

Thrifty Of Digby¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 65

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 16/1, seventh of 15 in maiden at Fairyhouse (7f, good) 15 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 5-47

Forecasts

Solomon Coop (3/1), Emerald Eclipse (10/3), Byzantine Empress (11/2), Hemight (11/2), Anvika (13/2), Thrifty Of Digby (12/1), Suilleabhain (14/1), Exceeding (16/1), Alpha Cephei (18/1), I'm Spartacus (25/1)

SOLOMON COOP was better than the result on his recent 1m Leopardstown handicap debut and can come good now dropping back to 7f. Joseph O'Brien's Emerald Eclipse is second choice ahead of Byzantine Empress.