Gowran Park For Golf Race

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 1m 33.11s

(3)

Sonoran^t¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 89| D

16/1

Thrice-raced winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. 13/2, sixth of 8 in minor event at Roscommon (10.3f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Significantly back down in trip and faces a stiff task on these terms.

Form: 126

(2)

Gleneagle Bay^p,t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Jack Kearney⁽³⁾| T: Stephen Thorne| OR: 97| BF

5/6

Useful gelding. Respectable fourth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good, 7/4) 7 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 2-53024

(4)

Wannabe Royal⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Hassett⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 92| D

4/1

Fairly useful filly. Winner at Limerick in April. 8/1, 9½ lengths seventh of 10 to Red Letter in listed race at Killarney (8.2f, soft) 66 days ago. Possibilities on these terms.

Form: 221757

(6)

Akecheta²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Shane Foley| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 92| D

9/4

Useful mare. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Creditable second of 13 in handicap (13/2) at York (10.2f, good to firm) 29 days ago, running on. Significantly down in trip and she's a key player.

Form: 262042

(1)

Money For Nothing¹⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: S Crawley

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Last of 16 in maiden at this C&D (soft, 80/1) on debut. Off 150 days and it's easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 0

(5)

Romantic War^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wesley Joyce⁽³⁾| T: J G Murray| OR: 39

100/1

150/1, tenth of 15 in handicap at Galway (8.4f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 907900

Forecasts

Gleneagle Bay (5/6), Akecheta (9/4), Wannabe Royal (4/1), Sonoran (16/1), Romantic War (100/1), Money For Nothing (200/1)

AKECHETA thoroughly deserves to get her head back in front and she is taken to do just that, having finished a solid second in a valuable York handicap last month. The clear main danger is Gleneagle Bay, who has posted several fine efforts in big handicaps himself this year. Wannabe Royal is best of the rest.