19:00 Dundalk

Thursday 21 December 2017

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Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 19:01 | Winning time: 1m 12.82s

1^st

(5)

Free To Roam

48-8

5/1

T: A McGuinnessJ: Killian Leonard (5)

Mid-division, headway into 5th 2f out, ridden to lead 1 1/2f out, stayed on well final furlong

2^nd

(6)

Clare Island

310-0

10/3

T: E LynamJ: R P Downey (3)

Dwelt, rear of mid-division, short of room and switched right under 2f out, soon ridden, went 3rd 1f out, 2nd inside final furlong, kept on close home op 5/2

3^rd

(4)

Nam

38-8

10/1

T: T MullinsJ: Nathan Crosse (7)

In rear, pulled hard, headway 2f out, ridden in 5th 1f out, went 3rd close home, kept on well, never nearer op 22/1 tchd 25/1

4^th

(8)

Strategic Force

69-12

11/4f

T: G O'LearyJ: N G McCullagh

Chased leaders, ridden in 3rd 2f out, 2nd 1f out, soon 3rd, no extra and dropped to 4th close home op 9/2

5^th

(1)

Oor Jock

98-11

14/1

T: D P CoakleyJ: Ross Coakley (3)

Rear of mid-division on inner, ridden 2f out, headway into 7th 1f out, kept on without threatening final furlong

6^th

(2)

Baby Power

49-0

8/1

T: G B CaldwellJ: Seamie Heffernan

Mid-division on inner, headway entering straight, ridden in 6th on inner 2f out, no impression final furlong op 10/1

7^th

1 ½

(3)

Madam Bounska

38-8

33/1

T: Mrs D FosterJ: Andrew Slattery (10)

Chased leaders, ridden in 4th 2f out, bumped 1 1/2f out, soon no impression

8^th

(7)

Fashionable Man

38-8

16/1

T: M O'CallaghanJ: Leigh Roche

Towards rear, ridden on outer 2f out, no impression

9^th

(13)

Guiding Star

38-8

20/1

T: P J McKennaJ: M A Gallagher

Mid-division, ridden entering straight, no impression

10^th

1 ½

(14)

Power Of Ten

38-11

9/1

T: R P McNamaraJ: Shane Foley

Disputed lead, took keen hold, headed 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong tchd 10/1

11^th

1 ½

(11)

Red All Star

78-9

6/1

T: G KeaneJ: C P Hoban

Disputed lead, led 3f out, soon ridden, headed 1 1/2f out, weakened tchd 11/2 and 13/2

12^th

(12)

Blue Bounty

68-9

11/1

T: B P GalvinJ: D E Sheehy (5)

Dwelt, mid-division on outer, ridden and weakened straight op 10/1

13^th

(10)

Scobias

58-8

20/1

T: G WebbJ: Ben Coen (7)

Always towards rear, no impression straight, never a factor op 33/1

14^th

3 ½

(9)

Calypso Jo

38-11

16/1

T: D EnglishJ: Rory Cleary

Chased leaders, pushed along when checked under 2f out, no impression, eased over 1f out tchd 14/1

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Non-Runners

Catwilldo²⁷

Weight: 8-8| Age: 7

T: G Donnelly J: Reserve 1

Bluesbreaker⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: D English J: Reserve 2

Maysonette²⁷

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: A Slattery J: Reserve 3

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€8.00Pl:€1.60, €1.70, €10.20EX:€16.00Trifecta:€2,770.50Tricast:€186.76SF:€27.42

Forecasts

Strategic Force (11/4), Clare Island (10/3), Free To Roam (5/1), Red All Star (6/1), Bluesbreaker (13/2), Baby Power (8/1), Power Of Ten (9/1), Nam (10/1), Blue Bounty (11/1), Oor Jock (14/1), Fashionable Man (16/1), Calypso Jo (16/1), Guiding Star (20/1), Scobias (20/1), Maysonette (20/1), Catwilldo (25/1), Madam Bounska (33/1)

No shortage of good candidates here but the lightly raced, clearly improving CLARE ISLAND gets the nod to defy top-weight. Red All Star is closely matched with the selection and with a weight pull in his favour has to rate a big danger. Free To Roam, Baby Power and Blue Bounty are all given chances with that the order of preference for the trio.