16:45 Leopardstown

Sunday 20 October 2024

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Bahrain Turf Club October Handicap (Premier Handicap)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 2m 43.93s

(11)

Taipan^p²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 101

16/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Twenty first of 30 in handicap at the Curragh (16.8f, good to soft, 33/1) 21 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 112-180

(4)

Lips Freedom⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Gary Carroll| T: A Kinirons| OR: 98

12/1

Won 6-runner listed race at Merano (11.9f, good) 66 days ago by 1¾ lengths from Rex of Thunder. First run for yard after leaving Andreas Suborics.

Form: 586352

(1)

Soaring Monarch²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: Alan McIntyre| OR: 93| D

17/2

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Listowel (12f, good to soft, 7/2) 27 days ago by 2¾ lengths from Scholarship. Enters calculations.

Form: 0-83041

(13)

Akecheta¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 89

6/1

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Tipperary in May. Respectable second of 6 in minor event (9/1) at Bellewstown (12.2f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 12232

(12)

Autumn Winter¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 92| D

5/2

Promising sort. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Career best when winning 5-runner handicap (4/6) at Thurles (12.5f, good) 10 days ago, well on top finish. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 52-371

(10)

Scholarship^b³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Nicola Burns⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 85

9/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Respectable third of 6 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, good to soft, 11/4) 3 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Can make presence felt.

Form: 972023

(7)

Oriole^p³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: N Lupini| OR: 84| D

17/2

Latest win at Galway in August. 40/1, respectable fourteenth of 22 in handicap at this course (13f, good) 36 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 80-4510

(14)

Suprise Package³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-9| J: M W Hassett⁽⁵⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 81

33/1

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Useful winner at 21f over hurdles. Last of 22 in handicap at this course (13f, good, 33/1) 36 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 62-710

(5)

Morse²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Leigh Roche| T: C Weld| OR: 80| C

15/2

Course winner. Winner here in April. Good second of 14 in handicap (66/1) at Down Royal (12.8f, soft) 20 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 331002

(6)

Arch Enemy³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Julian Pietropaolo⁽¹⁰⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 72| D

11/1

Latest win at Bellewstown in October. 14/1, creditable seventh of 19 in handicap at the Curragh (14f, good to soft) 3 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 526317

(9)

Sceptred Isle^h¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: G A Kingston| OR: 67| C| D

25/1

Course winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Good 2½ lengths third of 14 to Arch Enemy in handicap (6/1) at Bellewstown (12.3f, soft) 18 days ago. Opposable in this company.

Form: 9-31153

Non-Runners

(8)

Vestigia²⁷

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: S Lavery J: J Cleary

(2)

Masoun⁵⁷

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: J P Murtagh J: Ben Coen

(3)

Polemon³

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Autumn Winter (5/2), Scholarship (9/2), Akecheta (6/1), Masoun (6/1), Morse (15/2), Soaring Monarch (17/2), Oriole (17/2), Arch Enemy (11/1), Lips Freedom (12/1), Vestigia (14/1), Polemon (14/1), Taipan (16/1), Sceptred Isle (25/1), Suprise Package (33/1)

AUTUMN WINTER built on the promise of his Royal Ascot run when a ready winner at Thurles 10 days ago and this low-mileage 3-y-o surely has more to offer still. Soaring Monarch looked better than ever when scoring at Listowel and remains unexposed at this trip, so is next best ahead of thriving 3-y-o Masoun.