20:20 Bellewstown

Thursday 4 July 2024

All16:2516:5517:3018:0018:3519:1019:4520:20

Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker, Crockafotha (Q.R.) Race

Off time: 20:20 | Winning time: 2m 40.10s

(8)

Enniskerry^t³²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr F Maguire| T: B Connell| OR: 98

5/6

Smart winner at 18f in chases. 8/11, won 10-runner minor event at Listowel (13.4f, good) 32 days ago, comfortably. Open to progress and makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 1-1

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(5)

Oranmore²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr M Chaybyn⁽⁷⁾| T: L Comer| OR: 61| C

80/1

Fair gelding. Course winner. One win from 25 Flat runs. Twelfth of 16 in handicap (14/1) at Limerick (17f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Back down in trip. Looks up against it.

Form: 30-8540

(3)

Qasbaz^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 66

22/1

Fair gelding. Good second of 14 in handicap at Limerick (12.5f, good, 20/1) 12 days ago, running on. Needs to do more to make a serious impact.

Form: 53190-2

(7)

Samui^t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr H C Swan⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

4/1

Once-raced winner on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. 7/4 and tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, won 7-runner maiden at Down Royal (10f, good) on Flat debut 34 days ago. This demands more but he's not without hope.

Form: 21

(2)

Benjis Benefit¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Ms T Kingsley⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

14/1

Once-raced maiden on Flat. Fair winner at 17f over hurdles. 40/1, second of 14 in maiden at Leopardstown (15f, good to firm) on Flat debut 14 days ago. Not completely dismissed with more to come.

Form: 2

(4)

Eagle's Way²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr D McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: W Durkan| OR: 97

5/2

Useful gelding. 10/3, first run since leaving Sir Mark Prescott Bt when sixth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.8f, good) on NH debut 26 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Has the best Flat form and is probably the one to beat.

Form: 11/2740-

(1)

Patrick Joseph¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss R Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Broad| OR: 52

100/1

Modest gelding. Remains a maiden after 38 Flat runs. Ninth of 14 in maiden (200/1) at Leopardstown (15f, good to firm) 14 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 89770-9

(6)

Politicise⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr C A Bowman⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 48

100/1

Modest gelding. Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good, 8/1) 55 days ago. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Nigel Slevin. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 79000/0-

(9)

Queenie St Clair^h³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss J Townend| T: E D Delany| OR: 70

33/1

Fair filly. Fifteenth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (14f, soft, 33/1) 39 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 070540

Forecasts

Enniskerry (5/6), Eagle's Way (5/2), Samui (4/1), Benjis Benefit (14/1), Qasbaz (22/1), Queenie St Clair (33/1), Oranmore (80/1), Politicise (100/1), Patrick Joseph (100/1)

EAGLE'S WAY shaped as if better for the run over hurdles on debut for this stable and, if he can recapture something like the form he showed for Sir Mark Prescott, he should have the beating of Enniskerry, who is open to improvement as a Flat performer. Samui is the best of the others.