19:25 Leopardstown

Thursday 17 July 2025

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Dublin To Bahrain Handicap

Off time: 19:25 | Winning time: 1m 56.35s

(6)

Longbourn^t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-3| J: Shane Foley| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 93| CD

12/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap (16/1) at the Curragh (10f, good) 19 days ago. Now 1 lb lower in the weights compared to when winning this race 12 months ago, so he's dangerous to discount.

Form: 3120-00

(2)

Cheers Again⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: J Cleary⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 79

9/1

Creditable tenth of 19 in handicap (40/1) at the Curragh (10f, good) 54 days ago, not ideally placed. Still, he's likely to find a few too good here, too.

Form: 0-40860

(5)

No More Porter^p,t⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 78

16/1

Respectable eighth of 18 in handicap (25/1) at the Curragh (8f, good) 54 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 563-088

(8)

Shigar^h⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: W Durkan| OR: 78

18/1

28/1, seventeenth of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good) 55 days ago. Nicely treated judged on last season's exploits, but he clearly needs to bounce back in a major way.

Form: 3418-00

(9)

Esherann^p²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 86

5/2

Thrice-raced winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, won 9-runner maiden at Naas (8f, good, 10/3) 22 days ago, digging deep. Yard having good spell. Makes handicap debut. Should progress.

Form: 231

(1)

Molto Amichi²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Colin Keane| T: E Griffin| OR: 77| BF

3/1

8/11, respectable second of 7 in maiden at Ballinrobe (9.7f, good to soft) 24 days ago. The winner of that race has since followed up over hurdles. Rock-solid claims.

Form: 94-2042

(4)

Onemoredance¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 76| D

9/4

Two wins from 5 runs this year. 10/3, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to firm) 15 days ago, driven out. Hit with a 12 lb rise for that, but she needs considering all the same.

Form: 8-81421

Non-Runners

(7)

Dancing Teapot²⁷

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(3)

Comfort Line⁷

Weight: 8-12| Age: 8

T: A McGuinness J: Rory Cleary

Forecasts

Onemoredance (9/4), Esherann (5/2), Molto Amichi (3/1), Dancing Teapot (5/1), Cheers Again (9/1), Longbourn (12/1), No More Porter (16/1), Shigar (18/1), Comfort Line (25/1)

The well-bred ESHERANN maintained his theme of race-by-race progress when making it third time lucky with cheekpieces enlisted (retained here) in a Naas maiden last month. He looks potentially useful and is taken to follow up on this handicap debut. Molto Amichi is next on the list, while Onemoredance has to be considered, despite a hefty hike in the weights on the back of her recent Tipperary success, and last year's winner Longbourn is also shortlisted.