18:45 Galway

Tuesday 18 September 2018

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Galway Apprentice Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 2m 53.95s

1^st

(2)

Song Of The Sky

59-10

3/1f

T: J P O'BrienJ: S M Crosse (4)

Held up towards rear, progress 3f out, ridden into 5th 2f out, closer in 4th entering straight, challenged inside final furlong, disputed final 150 yards, edged ahead last 50 yards op 7/2

2^nd

(4)

Faughill

39-4

10/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: T P Madden

Chased leaders, 7th halfway, progress into 4th 3f out, ridden into 2nd 2f out, led 1f out, soon strongly pressed and joined, headed last 50 yards and no extra

3^rd

3 ½

(14)

El Tren

79-4

16/1

T: A A HowardJ: O J Orr

Chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden into 3rd 2f out, closer entering straight, 3rd and kept on same pace inside final furlong op 20/1

4^th

4 ½

(11)

Flindt

39-3

13/2

T: Mrs D A LoveJ: Ben Coen (2)

Driven along to be prominent, led after 1 1/2f, joined 3 1/2f out, ridden to lead 2 1/2f out, headed 1f out, no extra and kept on one pace tchd 6/1

5^th

2 ¾

(13)

Byron Beauty

109-6

33/1

T: H RogersJ: D W O'Connor

Held up in mid-division, ridden into 7th 2f out, no impression in 5th entering straight, kept on one pace op 25/1

6^th

(9)

Teologia

38-13

12/1

T: J S BolgerJ: W T Byrne (4)

Held up in mid-division, ridden and no impression 2f out, stayed on into 6th 1f out, no impression and kept on one pace final furlong

7^th

(5)

Capital Fund

49-2

7/1

T: S LaveryJ: D M Redmond

Towards rear, ridden in rear halfway, under pressure in 12th entering straight, kept on one pace inside final furlong op 9/1

8^th

(16)

Scealai Aonair

49-3

16/1

T: G ElliottJ: Sean Davis

Chased leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to dispute 3 1/2f out, ridden in 3rd 2 1/2f out, no extra entering straight op 14/1

9^th

Big Bad Sal

38-9

20/1

T: H RogersJ: Reserve 1

Mid-division, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace

10^th

1 ½

(10)

Comeragh Haze

39-3

10/1

T: J M OxxJ: Ross Coakley

Mid-division, 8th halfway, ridden and no impression 2f out, no extra entering straight tchd 11/1

11^th

(3)

Glenbank King

109-12

20/1

T: L SmythJ: Andrew Slattery (4)

Dwelt slightly and towards rear, progress to chase leaders after 4f, 6th halfway, ridden and no extra 3f out

12^th

1 ½

(15)

Magic Sea

38-12

20/1

T: Mrs S DawsonJ: D P Linehan

Chased leaders, 2nd halfway, improved to dispute 3 1/2f out, ridden in 2nd 2 1/2f out, no extra 2f out op 25/1

13^th

1 ¾

(7)

Ashqar

39-7

16/1

T: G T LynchJ: R P Downey

Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th 3f out, no extra 2f out

14^th

6 ½

(8)

Belle Free

38-11

16/1

T: J G MurphyJ: Gary Halpin

Chased leaders early, soon mid-division, ridden and no impression 3f out, no extra over 2f out

15^th

2 ¾

(12)

Lustful

38-10

10/1

T: W McCreeryJ: Nathan Crosse (4)

Mid-division, ridden and no extra 3f out

16^th

1 ½

(1)

Aibell

39-7

12/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Alan Persse (4)

Always towards rear, ridden and no impression 3f out op 11/1

17^th

3 ½

Danegeld

69-0

33/1

T: J MorrisonJ: M M O'Connor

Always towards rear, ridden and no impression 3f out, soon no extra

18^th

(6)

Rainbow Pride

610-0

33/1

T: L ComerJ: Killian Leonard

Mid-division, ridden and no extra 4f out, soon towards rear and weakened, completely tailed off

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Non-Runners

Killdunne⁶²⁸

Weight: 9-1| Age: 11

T: J T Gorman J: Reserve 2

(18)

Paddy The Celeb¹⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 12

T: M Halford J: D W O'Connor

(17)

Bobby Jean⁴

Weight: 9-4| Age: 7

T: Miss T L Cogan J: Dylan Hogan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€2.70Pl:€1.30, €1.50, €4.20, €2.30EX:€29.80Trifecta:€874.00Tricast:€453.16SF:€34.56

Forecasts

Song Of The Sky (3/1), Flindt (13/2), Capital Fund (7/1), Faughill (10/1), Comeragh Haze (10/1), Lustful (10/1), Teologia (12/1), Aibell (12/1), Bobby Jean (14/1), El Tren (16/1), Scealai Aonair (16/1), Ashqar (16/1), Belle Free (16/1), Big Bad Sal (20/1), Glenbank King (20/1), Magic Sea (20/1), Killdunne (25/1), Paddy The Celeb (25/1), Byron Beauty (33/1), Danegeld (33/1), Rainbow Pride (33/1)

Not beaten far at the festival here over 1m½f before winning a Navan handicap earlier this month, AIBELL can continue her improvement here taking this race and seeing off the challenge of stablemate, Song Of The Sky, the Jessica Harrington-trained Faughill in first-time cheekpieces and the potentially exciting Belle Free who could out-run her price in this contest.

Aibell
Song Of The Sky
Faughill

Previous Winners

2017

Get Out Of Jail

Weight: 8-8 |Age: 6

J: C J McGovern | T: J C McConnell

6/1

Prize Money

1st: €6,775.002nd: €2,101.003rd: €1,001.004th: €451.005th: €176.00