15:00 Dundalk

Tuesday 14 January 2025

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Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Apprentice Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 1m 41.14s

(4)

Brains^b,t²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Keithen Kennedy| T: R Donohoe| OR: 70| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 33/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at this course (7f) 25 days ago. Blinkers and tongue strap back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 309680-

(11)

Morning Approach³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Jack Kearney| T: W McCreery| OR: 70| CD

4/1

4/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D 39 days ago, driven clear. Expected to be bang there, despite going up 9 lb.

Form: 670341-

(5)

Super Over⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Yudish Geerdharry⁽⁷⁾| T: Sean Davis| OR: 70| CD

50/1

C&D winner. First run since leaving D. P. Coakley when last of 13 in claimer at this C&D (33/1) 62 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 317000-

(9)

Nedita³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Darragh O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Marnane| OR: 67| CD

3/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D (15/2) 39 days ago. More needed up 8 lb but he has to enter calculations all the same.

Form: 490691-

(1)

Star Mind²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: J Cleary| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 67

50/1

Last of 14 in handicap (66/1) at this course (10.7f) 27 days ago. Down in trip and she's probably worth taking on.

Form: 227000-

(2)

Tribal Moon^p,t²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Paddy Harnett| T: Daniel Murphy| OR: 67| CD

11/2

C&D winner in November. Blinkered for 1st time, sixth of 9 in minor event at this C&D (9/2) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and he's opposable.

Form: 980126-

(8)

Rockbury Lad^p⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 66| CD

7/2

Unreliable type. C&D winner. Latest win at Punchestown in September. Bit below form fourth of 14 in handicap (10/3) at this C&D 55 days ago, slowly away. Others make more appeal from a win point of view.

Form: 907164-

(7)

Si Senior^t¹⁰¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Patrick McGettigan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 59

11/1

Bit below form ninth of 25 in handicap (18/1) at the Curragh (8f, good to soft), hampered. Off 101 days and she can make her presence felt.

Form: 5/90089-

(12)

Zahee^h,t⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁴⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 54| CD

16/1

Unreliable sort. 3-time C&D winner. Creditable seventh of 13 in handicap at this C&D (33/1) 4 days ago. Likely to find a few too good once more.

Form: 89700-7

(3)

Saxon Kingdom^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Jimmy Dalton⁽⁷⁾| T: Thomas Dowling| OR: 47

22/1

Fourteenth of 20 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft, 250/1) 14 days ago. Decent third over this C&D on latest start in this sphere but others preferred all the same.

Form: 000053-

Non-Runners

(10)

Trishuli River²⁷

Weight: 10-1| Age: 5

T: S Crawley J: Hugh Horgan

(6)

Man Is King³²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: Thomas Dowling J: Wesley Joyce

Forecasts

Nedita (3/1), Rockbury Lad (7/2), Morning Approach (4/1), Tribal Moon (11/2), Man Is King (11/2), Trishuli River (6/1), Brains (8/1), Si Senior (11/1), Zahee (16/1), Saxon Kingdom (22/1), Star Mind (50/1), Super Over (50/1)

A belated and much-deserved first taste of success could be in the offing for MAN IS KING, who put in another very good shift from the front when going down narrowly over C&D last month. Morning Approach scored in good style here last time and while she isn't an obvious type to follow up, the 7-y-o will be a threat off this 9 lb higher mark if in a similar mood. Nedita, also successful in a C&D handicap on the same card in December, is third choice ahead of Trishuli River.