17:35 Down Royal

Monday 30 September 2024

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:35

Molson Coors Beverage Company Handicap

Off time: 17:36 | Winning time: 2m 58.94s

(4)

Napper Tandy^p1⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: M J Smith| OR: 80

20/1

25/1, respectable 14¾ lengths third of 8 to Gale Mahler in listed hurdle at Galway (16.5f, good) 62 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Can make presence felt.

Form: 543372/

(12)

Firstman^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: Mrs C O'Leary| OR: 79

66/1

Seventeenth of 22 in handicap at Leopardstown (13f, good, 125/1) 16 days ago. Chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 56-5000

(10)

Sixpack²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 78

7/2

Latest win at Fairyhouse in June. Creditable 5 lengths sixth of 15 to Scatchwah in handicap (6/1) at Roscommon (12.1f, soft) 28 days ago. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 211236

(11)

Morse⁸¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: N G McCullagh| T: C Weld| OR: 77

66/1

Winner at Leopardstown in April. 22/1, last of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good) 81 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 5/33100

(7)

Scatchwah²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 75

5/1

Promising type. Career best when winning 15-runner handicap at Roscommon (12.1f, soft, 12/1) 28 days ago. Big shout.

Form: 5-8721

(14)

Golden Circet²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 74

11/1

Lightly-raced winner. 11/4, career best when winning 6-runner maiden at Clonmel (9.6f, good) 25 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Stable in good form. Needs considering.

Form: 6-3491

(3)

Party Dress³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Crosse| T: W McCreery| OR: 72

22/1

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Good second of 8 in novice hurdle (9/2) at this course (16.9f, good) on NH debut 31 days ago. Stable having good spell. Should go well again.

Form: 07-16

(6)

Rockview Consort²¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: C D Fahy⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 72

33/1

9/4, sixth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f), left poorly placed. Off 7 months. Can give a good account.

Form: 213-726

(2)

Redwood Queen²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Gary Halpin| T: C Byrnes| OR: 70

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. Useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Eighth of 11 in maiden (20/1) at Gowran (14f, good to soft) 27 days ago, left poorly placed. Much respected on her handicap debut.

Form: 568

(13)

Gangster Granny^p1³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 76| D

9/2

Winner at Limerick in June. 13/2, creditable third of 11 in handicap at the Curragh (12f, good) 37 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and in the picture.

Form: 931433

(9)

Ard Na Mara^t¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 75

7/1

Thrice-raced winner. 7/2, won 14-runner maiden at Punchestown (9.2f, good) 13 days ago, driven out. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Not ruled out.

Form: 421

(1)

Sceptred Isle^h⁶⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: G A Kingston| OR: 67| D

20/1

2 wins from 3 runs this year. Career best when winning 14-runner handicap (12/1) at Leopardstown (15f, good to soft) 67 days ago, slowly away. Can make her presence felt once more.

Form: 80/9-311

(5)

Northern Sonas^t³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: A Oliver| OR: 70

14/1

Landed 7-runner handicap at Navan (14f, good, 3/1) 32 days ago, all out. One for the shortlist.

Form: 337771

(8)

Londonofficecallin^t⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Wayne Lordan| T: E McNamara| OR: 61| BF| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Sligo (13.4f, soft, 13/2) 54 days ago, slowly away. Enters calculations if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 00/114-0

Forecasts

Sixpack (7/2), Gangster Granny (9/2), Scatchwah (5/1), Londonofficecallin (11/2), Ard Na Mara (7/1), Golden Circet (11/1), Northern Sonas (14/1), Sceptred Isle (20/1), Napper Tandy (20/1), Party Dress (22/1), Redwood Queen (28/1), Rockview Consort (33/1), Morse (66/1), Firstman (66/1)

Lots with chances but SCATCHWAH still looks ahead of his mark despite being raised 6 lb for his recent Roscommon victory so gets the vote. Redwood Queen appeals as a likely improver now going handicapping so heads the list of dangers with Sceptred Isle, Ard Na Mara, Gangster Granny and Party Dress all in the mix too.