20:25 Down Royal

Friday 28 July 2017

All17:5518:2518:5519:2519:5520:2521:00

Magners Original Apprentice Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 20:26 | Winning time: 2m 24.61s

1^st

(1)

Set To Fire

49-0

5/1

T: J FeaneJ: Sean Davis (4)

Towards rear, ridden and headway under 2f out, 5th 1f out, under pressure and kept on well inside final furlong, led on line op 6/1

2^nd

nse

(7)

Shamar

99-8

20/1

T: R K WatsonJ: K P Moriarty (4)

Rear of mid-division, headway between horses under 2f out and led 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, headed on line

3^rd

(9)

Carrigeen Prince

510-0

8/1

T: G DonnellyJ: D W O'Connor

Rear of mid-division, some headway on outer over 2f out, ridden to go 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 7/1

4^th

(11)

Reinas Queen

49-6

10/1

T: Mrs S DawsonJ: D E Hogan (4)

Mid-division, headway under 3f out, ridden to lead briefly over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, kept on one pace op 12/1

5^th

House Limit

88-4

33/1

T: J LarkinJ: Damien Melia (4)

Tracked leader, headway to dispute lead 3f out, ridden and headed 1 1/2f out, no impression inside final furlong tchd 40/1

6^th

(6)

Princess Harriet

58-4

20/1

T: Nicole McKennaJ: A J Breslin (4)

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, lost place under 3f out, ridden and some headway on inner under 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong op 16/1

7^th

(5)

Kandahari

49-7

10/1

T: J C McConnellJ: R P Downey

Mid-division, ridden 2f out and some headway over 1f out, no impression and kept on one pace inside final furlong op 9/1 tchd 8/1

8^th

(2)

Forcefull

49-1

9/1

T: A KeatleyJ: D E Sheehy (4)

Slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along and some headway on outer 3f out, kept on one pace final furlong tchd 8/1

9^th

(3)

Live Twice

49-12

25/1

T: P D DeeganJ: Killian Leonard

Tracked leaders, mid-division halfway, lost place on inner 3f out, headway under 2f out and short of room 1f out, no impression inside final furlong

10^th

(14)

Alnahar

710-0

16/1

T: N LupiniJ: D M Redmond (2)

Soon led, joined 3f out, ridden 2f out and soon headed, no extra inside final furlong op 20/1

11^th

(12)

Fairy Flute

59-5

5/2f

T: G ElliottJ: Gary Halpin

Always towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace op 9/4

12^th

(4)

Tropic Thunder

49-7

12/1

T: A J MartinJ: O J Orr

Mid-division, ridden and no extra under 2f out, weakened

13^th

(10)

Mzuri

59-1

7/1

T: A McGuinnessJ: C J McGovern (2)

Led early, tracked leaders and 4th halfway, pushed along and lost place over 2f out, no extra, weakened op 8/1

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Non-Runners

(8)

Larksville²⁸³

Weight: 8-4| Age: 4

T: H Rogers J: T P Madden

(13)

No Way Jack²⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: P Martin J: D P Linehan

Pretty Little Liar²⁰

Weight: 8-4| Age: 4

T: D P Dunne J: Reserve 3

Noble Aussie¹⁶

Weight: 8-4| Age: 6

T: P Martin J: Reserve 2

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.20Pl:€2.60, €3.70, €3.90EX:€125.30Trifecta:€1,338.60Tricast:€815.61SF:€110.90

Forecasts

Fairy Flute (5/2), Set To Fire (5/1), Mzuri (7/1), Carrigeen Prince (8/1), Forcefull (9/1), Reinas Queen (10/1), Kandahari (10/1), Tropic Thunder (12/1), No Way Jack (12/1), Noble Aussie (12/1), Alnahar (16/1), Larksville (16/1), Pretty Little Liar (16/1), Shamar (20/1), Princess Harriet (20/1), Live Twice (25/1), House Limit (33/1)

FAIRY FLUTE makes plenty appeal here on third start after joining Gordon Elliott. She's twice run well over the mile and assuming her stamina holds, can once more illustrate the trainer's canny ability to improve a horse. Set To Fire ran a fair race off his increased mark at Killarney and should be involved in the finish while Shamar ran a much better race last time at Ayr and is worth noting in the betting. Forcefull would have claims if able to fin form, but that is far from assured.