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Tuesday 20 August 2024

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Sean Cleary Memorial Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 20:21 | Winning time: 2m 51.49s

(6)

Dakota Chief²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 68

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 40/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.9f, good) 25 days ago. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing. Makes handicap debut. Must find best form.

Form: 75560-

(4)

Wisdomofhindsight^p1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: A Oliver| OR: 68

7/1

18/1, creditable seventh of 15 in handicap at Naas (10.4f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Enters calculations.

Form: 344447

(7)

Secret Rock^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Ben Coen| T: Mrs C O'Leary| OR: 65| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Hood on for 1st time in this code, below form eleventh of 18 in handicap at Galway (12f, good to soft, 14/1) 19 days ago, met some trouble. Latest run best excused and isn't a forlorn hope.

Form: 18-1400

(3)

Avondale¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Lee| T: B Connell| OR: 64

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 4/1, bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Tipperary (12.5f, good to firm) 11 days ago, not clear run. Remains with potential and is worth taking a chance on.

Form: 5/78-28

(1)

Metamorpheus¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: P Nolan| OR: 64

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 25/1, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16f, soft) 18 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 0/785

(14)

Numidia^v³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Killian Leonard| T: P Lawlor| OR: 64| D

20/1

Latest win at Fairyhouse in June. 14/1, fifteenth of 20 in handicap at Navan (10.2f, good to firm) 38 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4-27130

(19)

Tujjaar¹⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Shane Foley| T: R O'Brien| OR: 64

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1 and hooded for 1st time, first run since leaving Richard Hannon when last of 23 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, heavy). Off 155 days. Others have achieved more.

Form: 057V-0

(17)

Forlio^p,t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Leigh Roche| T: P W Flynn| OR: 62

12/1

Creditable sixth of 12 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good to firm, 11/1) 12 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Significantly back up in trip. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces back on.

Form: 55/1006

(13)

Jawhary^v¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 62

20/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2021. Visored for 1st time, creditable sixth of 14 in handicap at Sligo (13.4f, soft, 33/1) 13 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 520996

(9)

Status Green^p⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 61

5/1

Winner at Tipperary in May. 13/2, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Ballinrobe (13f, good) 57 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 9-00213

(16)

King Arthurs Sword^t⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 59

8/1

Sixth of 21 in handicap (14/1) at Leopardstown (9f, good) 40 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Others are more persuasive.

Form: 00410/6

(5)

Patrick Street^p,t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: James Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 57

9/1

Respectable ninth of 17 in handicap (18/1) at Gowran (9.5f, good) 24 days ago. Up in trip. Has a chance on pick of form.

Form: 2076-99

(18)

Bright Start⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: S M Duffy| OR: 54

50/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. Twenty one runs since last win in 2021. Tenth of 15 in handicap at Tipperary (12.6f, good to firm, 22/1) 48 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Denis Hogan. RESERVE.

Form: 600000

(2)

Latinised¹¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Wayne Hassett⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hassett| OR: 50

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Ross O'Sullivan when sixteenth of 18 in handicap at Cork (8f, good to soft, 80/1). Off 116 days. First run for yard after leaving Leonard Paul Flynn. RESERVE.

Form: 800-0

(10)

Figurehead¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: J Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary| OR: 50

28/1

11/1 and blinkers on for 1st time in this code, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20.4f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Fair on the all weather, 7/14 on last Flat run. RESERVE.

Form: 0/73547

Non-Runners

(12)

Lady Christa¹⁹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: S Lavery J: Billy Lee

(15)

Polemon⁶

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Alan Casey

(8)

Highland King⁷⁰

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: Siobhan Rutledge

(11)

Rushford¹⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: T R Hughes J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Metamorpheus (3/1), Lady Christa (7/2), Polemon (9/2), Status Green (5/1), Avondale (6/1), Wisdomofhindsight (7/1), King Arthurs Sword (8/1), Patrick Street (9/1), Forlio (12/1), Secret Rock (12/1), Highland King (12/1), Numidia (20/1), Jawhary (20/1), Tujjaar (20/1), Latinised (25/1), Figurehead (28/1), Rushford (33/1), Bright Start (50/1), Dakota Chief (66/1)

Following a positive reappearance at Dundalk, AVONDALE shaped better than the bare result at Tipperary and he's worth a chance to get back to winning ways. Lady Christa, Polemon and Status Green all arrive in good order and merit respect.