18:05 Down Royal

Friday 6 September 2024

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Grant Thornton Ulster Cesarewitch Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 18:05 | Winning time: 4m 4.62s

(13)

Astar^h⁹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 80

7/1

11/2, eighth of 10 in handicap at Leopardstown (12.8f, good), left poorly placed. Off 92 days. Significantly up in trip. Booking of Kennedy a plus. Should go well again.

Form: 3210-48

(1)

Squire Danagher^p²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: W J Lee| T: A Oliver| OR: 80

8/1

Latest win at Dundalk in March. Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap (5/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 22 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Place possibilities.

Form: 104035

(7)

Zoffanien¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Adam Caffrey⁽³⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 79| D

4/1

Fairly useful winner at 18f over hurdles. Respectable fourth of 12 in handicap at Killarney (14.4f, good to soft, 10/1) 14 days ago. Up in trip. Has good chance on form.

Form: 5106/34

(8)

Belgoprince^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Colin Keane| T: Mrs C O'Leary| OR: 77

4/1

Good third of 10 in handicap hurdle (7/2) at Wexford (16.7f, good to soft) 28 days ago, faring best of those held up. Fairly useful on the Flat, creditable on last Flat outing. Enters calculations.

Form: 2140-07

(4)

Happy Jacky²²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Fahey| OR: 74| D

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Useful 3m winner over hurdles. 8/1, respectable third of 11 in maiden at Tramore (16f, good) 22 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 337/0-3

(12)

Wisdomofhindsight^p¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Coen| T: A Oliver| OR: 70

11/1

7/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (12.2f, heavy) 17 days ago, no match for winner. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 444472

(2)

L'Un Deux Trois^p,t⁶⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: O McKiernan| OR: 66

16/1

13/2, ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.9f, good to soft) 60 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat run.

Form: 69-5320

(11)

Rio Doce^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: C D Maxwell| T: J A Kinsella| OR: 60

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. Fourth of 5 in minor event at Killarney (16.8f, good to soft, 100/1) 14 days ago, slowly away. Makes handicap debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 0-64

(3)

Charlie Darling⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Robert Whearty⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 54

6/1

Latest win at Tramore in August. Good seventh of 22 in handicap (14/1) at Navan (14f, good) 8 days ago, left with lot to do. Significantly up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 305617

Non-Runners

(10)

Barnacullia¹⁰

Weight: 9-11| Age: 7

T: M Mulvany J: W Joyce

(6)

Leading Lion⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Declan McDonogh

(9)

Rain¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: J Barcoe J: Nathan Crosse

(5)

Sceptred Isle⁴³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 7

T: G A Kingston J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Happy Jacky (11/4), Zoffanien (4/1), Belgoprince (4/1), Sceptred Isle (4/1), Charlie Darling (6/1), Leading Lion (6/1), Astar (7/1), Squire Danagher (8/1), Barnacullia (10/1), Rain (10/1), Wisdomofhindsight (11/1), L'Un Deux Trois (16/1), Rio Doce (100/1)

Preference is for BARNACULLIA, who took a step back in the right direction when fifth at Bellewstown recently and, just 2 lb higher than for his Leopardstown success last summer, he's on a workable mark. Zoffanien has acquitted himself well in handicaps at Galway and Killarney since returned to this sphere and looks sure to be involved once more, while Belgoprince is also shortlisted.