20:20 Killarney

Wednesday 16 July 2025

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Muckross Irish Gin Handicap

Off time: 20:22 | Winning time: 3m 19.47s

(1)

Garrybello^t²⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: T Cooper| OR: 69

22/1

Fairly useful jumps winner. Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. 16/1, eleventh of 12 in minor event at Listowel (14f, soft). Off 9 months. Market check advised on handicap debut.

Form: 34/0-

(5)

Atheneum¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Sam Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 68

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 12 in maiden (33/1) at Roscommon (12.1f, good to soft) 15 days ago. May do better now sent handicapping.

Form: 3-75

(9)

Ehteyat^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: J M Sheridan| T: M K Flannery| OR: 68| D

80/1

100/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Limerick (12.3f, good) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Hard to recommend.

Form: 050/869

(10)

Ifitwasme^t⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Coen| T: E McNamara| OR: 64

15/2

Found improvement, back from 5 months off, when readily taking 14-runner handicap at Listowel (16.2f, good, 11/1) 45 days ago. 10 lb higher now but another bold bid is on the cards.

Form: 71640-1

(7)

Disco Boy^h³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: S Foley| T: S Byrne| OR: 63

8/1

Nineteenth of 21 in handicap at Navan (14f, good, 14/1) 39 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 7-40330

(8)

Tuba²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jack Kearney⁽³⁾| T: R O'Brien| OR: 61

14/1

Thirteenth of 15 in handicap (33/1) at Leopardstown (8f, good to firm) 27 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 68-0060

(4)

Surrey Force¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: G M Ryan| T: T Gibney| OR: 59

14/1

18/1, first run since leaving Kevin Philippart De Foy when fourteenth of 16 in handicap at the Curragh (12f, good) 19 days ago. Improvement required.

Form: 53233-0

(2)

Love Sonnet⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Colin Keane| T: J J Murphy| OR: 66| C

15/8

Much improved when making a winning handicap bow at this course (11.2f, good) 3 days ago, driven out. Carries 6 lb penalty for that victory but may have more to offer yet.

Form: 9-701

(11)

Coulstys Way^h¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Robert Whearty⁽³⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 64

3/1

Opened account at Roscommon (12.1f) in May and ran just as well in defeat when good second of 10 in handicap (5/1) at same course (10.3f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Worth a crack at this longer trip and is not taken lightly.

Form: 40-3212

(6)

Randall Poets Lass^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: W Joyce⁽³⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 48| BF

8/1

Eighth of 10 in handicap at Bellewstown (14.5f, good, 4/1) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Claims on best form.

Form: 709-548

Non-Runners

(3)

Lady Kai⁵⁶

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: R O'Sullivan J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Forecasts

Love Sonnet (15/8), Coulstys Way (3/1), Lady Kai (4/1), Ifitwasme (15/2), Randall Poets Lass (8/1), Disco Boy (8/1), Tuba (14/1), Surrey Force (14/1), Atheneum (16/1), Garrybello (22/1), Ehteyat (80/1)

LADY KAI made a sound return at Gowran in May and may well have been targeted at this contest. She gets the nod. Love Sonnet and Coulstys Way rate the principal dangers.