17:20 Leopardstown

Sunday 20 October 2024

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Next Fixture Christmas Festival Handicap

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 1m 38.38s

(8)

Speckled Meadow⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: M W Hassett⁽⁵⁾| T: Don Browne| OR: 69| BF| C| D

10/3

Course winner. Latest win here in April. Creditable third of 13 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft, 10/3) 58 days ago, not ideally placed. Merits consideration.

Form: 0-17223

(10)

Summer Snow^t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Colin Keane| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 68| BF| D

8/1

Latest win at Gowran in June. Creditable third of 12 in handicap (5/1) at Listowel (7.1f, good to soft) 26 days ago, suited by way race developed. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 501303

(2)

Selective Power^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 67| D

5/1

Career best when winning 25-runner handicap (12/1) at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 15 days ago, all out. An 8 lb rise demands another career best.

Form: 091231

(9)

Royal Pippen^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: P W Flynn| OR: 65| D

10/3

Eighteen runs since last win in 2021. 14/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 060904

(1)

Eastern Wind^p³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Robert Whearty⁽³⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 64| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Bit below form twelfth of 27 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, good to soft, 12/1) 3 days ago.

Form: 000210

(11)

Cherry Pink^v⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Adam Caffrey⁽³⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 61

16/1

Latest win at Laytown in September. Twelfth of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (7.5f, soft, 11/1) 6 days ago, not clear run. Has work to do.

Form: 612100

(5)

Master Garvey¹⁶⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: L F Roche| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 56| D

50/1

One win from 24 Flat runs. 14/1, seventeenth of 18 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to soft). Off 166 days. Back down in trip.

Form: 5-31780

(6)

Notforalongtime¹⁰⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Laura Hourigan| OR: 54| D

50/1

10/1, thirteenth of 14 in claimer at Dundalk (7f). Off 100 days.

Form: 510800

(3)

Pimstrel^p¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: G A Kingston| OR: 53| D

5/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 10-runner handicap (4/1) at Bellewstown (7.9f, soft) 18 days ago, always holding on. Put back up 6 lb but remains with handicapping scope on peak form.

Form: 70-0231

(7)

Talking Tough^p,t⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Nathan Crosse| T: S M Duffy| OR: 47| D

125/1

Two wins from 69 Flat runs. Fifty two runs since last win in 2020. 100/1, twenty fifth of 28 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, good to firm) 64 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 00-9680

Non-Runners

(12)

Shoot To Kill²⁷

Weight: 9-12| Age: 7

T: Stephen Thorne J: Ronan Whelan

(4)

Nika Pika¹³

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: P Magee J: Sam Coen

Forecasts

Speckled Meadow (10/3), Royal Pippen (10/3), Eastern Wind (4/1), Pimstrel (5/1), Selective Power (5/1), Summer Snow (8/1), Shoot To Kill (10/1), Nika Pika (12/1), Cherry Pink (16/1), Master Garvey (50/1), Notforalongtime (50/1), Talking Tough (125/1)

SHOOT TO KILL might prove the answer to this finale as his penultimate Killarney second off an identical mark looks a solid piece of form. Speckled Meadow was a place behind the selection in third on that occasion and may give him most to do ahead of recent Bellewstown scorer Pimstrel.