16:40 Limerick

Sunday 7 July 2024

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Panoramic Restaurant At Limerick Racecourse Apprentice Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 2m 26.86s

(1)

Mayo For Sam^v¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: C J MacRedmond| T: A McGuinness| OR: 61| BF

10/3

Winner at Navan (10.2f) last month and only narrowly failed to add to that success in Ballinrobe handicap (13f, good) 13 days ago. Leading contender.

Form: 026142

(10)

Struck By Churchil⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: C Horgan⁽⁴⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 56| BF

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 9/2, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Tipperary (12.6f, good to firm) 4 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 988-05

(5)

Hopkins⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: M W Hassett| T: T Doyle| OR: 53

9/1

25/1, respectable eighth of 15 in handicap at Tipperary (12.6f, good to firm) 4 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: 658-008

(11)

Barrogstown Girl⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Neve Bennett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 51

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 16 in maiden (250/1) at Gowran (8f, heavy) 60 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 08-08

(9)

Thatboathassailed⁴⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Paddy Harnett| T: L Comer| OR: 49

16/1

Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 28/1). Off 15 months. Worth monitoring in market on return.

Form: 797/095-

(7)

Easky Maid^b1³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: S P Bird⁽⁷⁾| T: Edward P Mitchell| OR: 47

80/1

Tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16.4f, good, 200/1) 36 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 396/00-0

(3)

Just Another Eagle²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: R Donaghue-Leahy⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 47

9/4

10/1, good eighth of 22 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good to soft) 24 days ago, finishing with running left. Up in trip. Not out of things.

Form: 004-938

(2)

So Diligent^v1³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: W Joyce| T: T G McCourt| OR: 51

6/1

14/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Bellewstown (14.5f, good) 3 days ago. Down in trip. Visor on 1st time. Others preferred.

Form: 77-8208

Non-Runners

(8)

Forlio³⁹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: P W Flynn J: Robert Whearty

(6)

Men Of Dreams¹⁶⁵

Weight: 9-12| Age: 6

T: J F Levins J: Hugh Horgan

(4)

Albatala²¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: Keithen Kennedy

Forecasts

Just Another Eagle (9/4), Struck By Churchil (11/4), Mayo For Sam (10/3), So Diligent (6/1), Albatala (7/1), Forlio (8/1), Hopkins (9/1), Barrogstown Girl (16/1), Thatboathassailed (16/1), Men Of Dreams (20/1), Easky Maid (80/1)

MAYO FOR SAM arrives at the top of her game and can return to winning ways. Struck By Churchil and Albatala rate the principal dangers.