13:00 Curragh

Tuesday 22 October 2024

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Friarstown Stud Handicap

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 1m 16.03s

(5)

Merisi Diamond^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Ms J Morgan| OR: 84| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Roscommon (7.5f, soft, 11/4) 8 days ago, sticking to task. Can give another good account.

Form: 280141

(11)

Jon Riggens^p,t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: E Lynam| OR: 81| CD

3/1

C&D winner. 7/1, creditable fifth of 14 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 485405

(6)

Mile End^b¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Darragh O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 81| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Bellewstown in October. 8/1, shaped as if still in form when ninth of 17 in C&D handicap (good to soft) 17 days ago, hampered.

Form: 600019

(7)

Miss Black Jack¹⁰⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: John O'Donoghue| OR: 81| D

33/1

Can have a line put through latest run at Limerick (6.7f, good) in July, headway when snatched up 2f out. Off 107 days. Has good chance on pick of form if primed after a break.

Form: 219788

(2)

Bid For Chester^t¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 80| C| D

11/1

Course winner. Creditable third of 14 in handicap (20/1) at Naas (7f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 000053

(4)

Dagoda^p1²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Adam Caffrey⁽³⁾| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 76| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 14/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap at this course (7f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Every chance if back to best.

Form: 3-40400

(9)

Salah Belle²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 76| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in June. Creditable fifth of 16 in handicap at this course (7f, good to soft, 22/1) 24 days ago, first home in group.

Form: 817505

(12)

The Organiser¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 73| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 10/1, creditable sixth of 17 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 17 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 6-60706

(3)

Clonmacash¹¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jamie Powell⁽³⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 73| D

125/1

50/1, last of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft). Off 115 days. First run for yard after leaving Miss Natalia Lupini. Something to find on form.

Form: 416-670

(14)

Never Cry Never^b¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Foley| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 70| D

66/1

25/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f) 11 days ago.

Form: 551-070

(13)

The Bear Trap¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: J Geoghegan| OR: 71

12/1

Respectable tenth of 17 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 14/1) 17 days ago, not much room.

Form: 322850

(8)

Mount Ruapehu⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 69| D

11/2

Visored for 1st time, creditable third of 17 in handicap (12/1) at this course (5f, good to soft) 5 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 420773

(1)

Run Forrest Run^b²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: M Fenton| OR: 66| CD

25/1

C&D winner. 9/1 and blinkered for 1st time, won 14-runner handicap at Cork (6f, soft) 21 days ago, always holding on. Should remain competitive up 7 lb.

Form: 030001

(15)

Sakakawea¹⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Billy Lee| T: T M Walsh| OR: 65| D

7/1

11/1, won 10-runner maiden at Sligo (5.7f, good to soft) under Billy Lee in May. Off since but brings an unexposed profile to this handicap debut.

Form: 0-91

(10)

Call Henry⁸¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: W Ross| OR: 59

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, sixteenth of 17 in handicap at Galway (8.4f, soft) 81 days ago. Back down in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 72-680

Forecasts

Jon Riggens (3/1), Merisi Diamond (5/1), Mount Ruapehu (11/2), Sakakawea (7/1), Mile End (10/1), Dagoda (10/1), Bid For Chester (11/1), The Bear Trap (12/1), The Organiser (12/1), Salah Belle (16/1), Run Forrest Run (25/1), Miss Black Jack (33/1), Never Cry Never (66/1), Call Henry (100/1), Clonmacash (125/1)

BID FOR CHESTER gets the nod to build on a back-to-form third at Naas 10 days ago. The Organiser has a reduced mark to work with and showed better signs last time so he's next on the list ahead of last week's Roscommon scorer Merisi Diamond. Unexposed handicap newcomer Sakakawea is another interesting runner.