16:35 Limerick

Friday 25 April 2025

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Great National South Court Hotel Handicap

Off time: 16:36 | Winning time: 1m 57.11s

(5)

Titanium²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Ben Coen| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 90| D

33/1

Useful gelding. Winner at Leopardstown in October. Eleventh of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft, 20/1) 27 days ago.

Form: 0517-00

(9)

Evening Blossom^t1²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 88| D

7/2

Fairly useful filly. Good seventh of 15 in handicap (9/1) at the Curragh (8f, soft) on reappearance 27 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Should come on for the outing.

Form: 21178-7

(6)

Masoun²⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 88

16/1

Improver for Johnny Murtagh last summer, winning handicaps at Down Royal and the Curragh. Could have even more to come for new trainer Joseph O'Brien.

Form: 722611-

(19)

Mr Rango¹⁰³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: John M Harney| OR: 86| BF

14/1

Fairly useful gelding. One win from 3 runs last year. 200/1, well-beaten last of 6 to Salvator Mundi in Moscow Flyer Novices' Hurdle at Punchestown (16.9f, heavy) 103 days ago. Off 103 days.

Form: 874/314-

(8)

Usuario Amigo¹⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Gary Carroll| T: R O'Brien| OR: 86

28/1

Fairly useful gelding. 1/4, fourth of 5 in juvenile hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, good to soft) 169 days ago, pulling hard. Off 169 days. First run for yard after leaving James Owen. The stable has won this race in recent years. Check the betting.

Form: 425201-

(15)

Lord Church¹⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Ronan Whelan| T: E Mullins| OR: 85| BF| C| D

10/1

Course winner. Good second of 7 in handicap (5/2) at Naas (10.4f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Back down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Mick Halford & Tracey Collins. Intersting new recruit for Emmet Mullins.

Form: 9/11132-

(18)

Merisi Diamond^t⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: W J Lee| T: Ms J Morgan| OR: 85| D

11/1

Useful gelding. Three wins from 9 runs last year. Tenth of 12 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, soft, 15/2) on reappearance 40 days ago. Significantly up in trip. May come on for the run and Billy Lee does the steering.

Form: 14124-0

(13)

Bill Silvers^b1⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: L F Roche| T: W Durkan| OR: 84

18/1

Fairly useful gelding. 50/1, below form fourteenth of 27 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 40 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 46968-0

(16)

Fort Vega²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Colin Keane| T: S Lavery| OR: 84| BF| D

2/1

11/4, creditable third of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) 27 days ago. Capable of having a big say here with Colin Keane retaining the ride.

Form: 104/0-63

(3)

Action Plan^b1²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: S Foley| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 82| D

66/1

Fairly useful gelding. 16/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, seventh of 8 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 212356-

(17)

Mercurial^p³³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Alan Casey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J Nallen| OR: 82

28/1

Fairly useful gelding. Twelfth of 15 in handicap (14/1) at Naas (7f, heavy) on reappearance 33 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 55253-0

(12)

Oriole¹⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁵⁾| T: M Fahey| OR: 82

28/1

Fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy, 10/1). Off 179 days. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Miss Natalia Lupini. Others more persuasive.

Form: 451080-

(1)

Artful Approach^p²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁵⁾| T: Stephen Thorne| OR: 80

4/1

First run since leaving Jack Davison when good second of 17 in handicap (11/2) at Leopardstown (8f, good) 26 days ago, nearest finish. Can make presence felt.

Form: 45134-2

(10)

Bucaneer's Spirit²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J Davison| OR: 80| D

16/1

Respectable tenth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good, 10/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 314-900

(14)

Quatre Bras¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Nathan Crosse| T: R O'Brien| OR: 79

80/1

28/1, last of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, good to soft) 16 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 2354-00

(4)

On A Session²⁵⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: K P Cotter| OR: 77

80/1

Fairly useful gelding. Fourth of 7 in handicap (5/1) at Musselburgh (7.1f, good to firm). Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving David & Nicola Barron. RESERVE.

Form: 526634-

Non-Runners

(11)

Tokenomics¹⁹⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: D Marnane J: Robbie Colgan

(2)

No More Porter²⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 7

T: A McGuinness J: Adam Caffrey

(7)

Killeaney Bear¹⁹³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: A Slattery J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Fort Vega (2/1), Evening Blossom (7/2), Artful Approach (4/1), Tokenomics (13/2), Lord Church (10/1), Merisi Diamond (11/1), Mr Rango (14/1), Bucaneer's Spirit (16/1), Masoun (16/1), Bill Silvers (18/1), No More Porter (25/1), Mercurial (28/1), Usuario Amigo (28/1), Oriole (28/1), Titanium (33/1), Action Plan (66/1), On A Session (80/1), Quatre Bras (80/1)

ARTFUL APPROACH gets the vote to build on his promising reappearance second at Leopardstown. Colin Keane's mount Fort Vega is another who arrives on the back of a good placed effort in a big-field handicap and heads the many dangers. Lord Church and Masoun are other likely types on first start for respective new trainers Emmet Mullins and Joseph O'Brien.