19:50 Killarney

Wednesday 16 July 2025

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Off time: 19:53 | Winning time: 2m 32.11s

(17)

Ms Messi²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: P W Flynn| OR: 59

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 14 in handicap (66/1) at Ballinrobe (13f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Work to do.

Form: 787-07

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(6)

Tassarolo^p,t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 59| BF

11/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, respectable 7½ lengths fourth of 14 to Celtic Druid in handicap at Bellewstown (12.2f, good, 7/4) 12 days ago. Warrants respect.

Form: 50885-4

(4)

Charlie Brow'n²⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Wayne Lordan| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 56

33/1

16/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f). Off 8 months. Significantly up in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 600400-

(1)

Patrick Street^p,t⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: A Kinirons| OR: 55

11/1

33/1, ninth of 13 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good) 64 days ago. Fair on the Flat, creditable on last Flat run. Not out of things.

Form: 996387-

(2)

Celtic Druid¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Robert Whearty⁽³⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 53

15/2

Confirmed promise of previous run when taking 14-runner handicap at Bellewstown (12.2f, good) 12 days ago, kept up to work. 12 lb higher now but looks sure to go well again.

Form: 0-75931

(18)

Metamorpheus⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Shane Foley| T: R O'Brien| OR: 53

7/2

Respectable third of 11 in handicap (5/1) at Limerick (11.3f, good) 4 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 746783

(8)

Synchronize⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Shay Wallace⁽⁷⁾| T: J Morrison| OR: 53

22/1

Unreliable sort. 9/1, below form sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good) 5 days ago, not knocked about. Modest on the Flat, respectable on last Flat run.

Form: 070/56

(16)

Dolce Far Niente³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Coen| T: J G Murphy| OR: 52| BF

15/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Fairyhouse in June. 4/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, soft) 26 days ago. Worth a try at this longer trip and can't be ruled out.

Form: 890-914

(9)

Skib Gold⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Byrne| OR: 50

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 11 in maiden (300/1) at Gowran (9.4f, good to firm) 44 days ago. Up in trip. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 096

(14)

Men Of Dreams^b1⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Dylan O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: M J O'Connor| OR: 49

50/1

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs. Sixth of 8 in novice chase at Tramore (15.5f, good to soft, 50/1) 47 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Blinkered for 1st time. 6/10 on last Flat outing.

Form: 400/60-6

(7)

Chou Chou¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Killian Leonard| T: E O'Connell| OR: 48

12/1

Off the mark at 21st attempt when narrowly taking 16-runner handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to firm, 40/1) 14 days ago. 6 lb higher now but this longer trip may well suit.

Form: 0-50801

(13)

Deluca Chop⁶⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: S M Duffy| OR: 48| D

25/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 7/1, good third of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f). Off 22 months. Market should prove best guide to claims on return.

Form: 955363/

(11)

La Tulipe Noire²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: Aengus King| OR: 47

33/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. Below form seventh of 13 in handicap (40/1) at Naas (10.4f, good) 21 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: 978497

(3)

Slieve Bearnagh^t⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Luke McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 51

10/3

16/5, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Limerick (11.3f, good) 4 days ago. Stable having good spell. Looks competitive on form. RESERVE.

Form: 3-52365

Non-Runners

(10)

Tartaraghan³

Weight: 10-6| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Keithen Kennedy

(15)

Jawhary²⁵

Weight: 9-10| Age: 7

T: A McGuinness J: Adam Caffrey

(12)

Together Aclaim⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 2

(5)

Ranko Express³

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: A Slattery J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Slieve Bearnagh (10/3), Metamorpheus (7/2), Tartaraghan (9/2), Tassarolo (11/2), Celtic Druid (15/2), Dolce Far Niente (15/2), Ms Messi (9/1), Patrick Street (11/1), Chou Chou (12/1), Ranko Express (12/1), Together Aclaim (12/1), Jawhary (16/1), Synchronize (22/1), Deluca Chop (25/1), Charlie Brow'n (33/1), La Tulipe Noire (33/1), Men Of Dreams (50/1), Skib Gold (100/1)

CELTIC DRUID is unexposed over this sort of trip and can follow up his recent Bellewstown victory. Tartaraghan and Chou Chou head the list of dangers.