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Thursday 29 May 2025

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House Restaurant Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 8.60s

(16)

Nita¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Sadhbh Tormey⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 73| D

50/1

33/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Roscommon (10.3f, good) on IRE flat debut 10 days ago. More is required.

Form: 91123-8

(4)

Loingseoir^t³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-13| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 69| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 7/1, good second of 12 in handicap at Limerick (8.2f, heavy) 34 days ago. Back up in trip and well in the mix.

Form: 605-582

(5)

Migdam^v²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Jamie Powell| T: A McGuinness| OR: 69| D

7/1

25/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Ballinrobe (12.9f, good) 20 days ago. Back down in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 736984

(14)

Pandion Power¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Yudish Geerdharry⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 67

25/1

8/1, fourteenth of 19 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 13 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 113-030

(3)

Rockbury Lad^t1,p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Sam Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 67

9/1

Unreliable type. Creditable fifth of 19 in handicap (11/1) at Leopardstown (8f, good) 13 days ago. Back up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time. Others remain more persuasive.

Form: 623415

(10)

Solomon Coop¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Orla Tynan⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Tynan| OR: 66

33/1

Winner at Dundalk in February. 40/1, first run since leaving Eamonn O'Connell when below form eleventh of 19 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 13 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 60-1430

(19)

Breathe Again⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: James Ryan| T: S Lavery| OR: 65

13/2

Good third of 17 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, soft, 15/2) 43 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 7305-03

(12)

Alto Sax^b¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽²⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 63| CD

6/1

C&D winner. 22/1, good second of 19 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 13 days ago. Back up in trip. Ought to be in the shake-up.

Form: 9110-02

(8)

Ms Messi²¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Robert Whearty| T: P W Flynn| OR: 63

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, seventh of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (10.7f). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Thomas Dowling. Makes handicap debut. Tough to assess at present.

Form: 787-

(7)

Ranko Express³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Adam Browne-Souza⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 62

13/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. Eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft, 8/1) on NH debut 34 days ago. Fair on the Flat so he's respected.

Form: 639-129

(17)

Step To Somewhere^b⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jack Kearney| T: D K Weld| OR: 61

7/1

17/2, respectable third of 13 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to firm) 51 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 56280-3

(20)

Forlio^t,p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Wesley Joyce| T: P W Flynn| OR: 60

11/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2024. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Roscommon (12.2f, good) 17 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 462-600

(18)

Si Senior^h,t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Julian Pietropaolo⁽⁷⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 59| BF

9/1

3/1, seventh of 12 in handicap at Roscommon (7.4f, good) 10 days ago, unsuited by way race developed. Significantly back up in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 844827

(15)

Takeachancejimmy³⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 9-2| J: Shay Wallace⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin| OR: 58

11/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 12/1, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at Limerick (8.2f, heavy) 34 days ago. Up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 0/000-25

(1)

Paint The Moon³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: J Cleary⁽²⁾| T: K H Clarke| OR: 55

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, eighth of 12 in maiden at Limerick (8.2f, heavy) 34 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Difficult ask.

Form: 508

(6)

Mayo For Sam^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Robyn Donaghue-Leahy⁽⁷⁾| T: M Flannery| OR: 51| D

33/1

Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Cork (10.4f, good, 40/1) 9 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 5866-00

(11)

Barrys Rock^v²⁵⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 8-7| J: Wayne Hassett| T: A Mullins| OR: 46

25/1

Last of 11 in handicap at Navan (10.2f, good, 12/1). Off 8 months. Visor back on. RESERVE.

Form: 003500-

Non-Runners

(2)

Pillar Of Hope⁷⁶

Weight: 9-9| Age: 7

T: P Sweeney J: Patrick McGettigan

(9)

There's No Limit¹⁶⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: C Collins J: Dylan O'Connor

(13)

Kartayaz²⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 8

T: G A Kingston J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Pillar Of Hope (11/2), Alto Sax (6/1), Breathe Again (13/2), Ranko Express (13/2), Migdam (7/1), Loingseoir (7/1), Step To Somewhere (7/1), Si Senior (9/1), Rockbury Lad (9/1), Forlio (11/1), Takeachancejimmy (11/1), Pandion Power (25/1), Barrys Rock (25/1), Ms Messi (25/1), Solomon Coop (33/1), Mayo For Sam (33/1), Nita (50/1), Paint The Moon (66/1), There's No Limit (66/1)

PILLAR OF HOPE is on a losing run but signalled he is ready to strike again when runner-up at Dundalk last time so edges the vote from the handily-weighted Takeachancejimmy. Loingseoir, Migdam and Si Senior all need factoring into this open handicap too.