18:40 Leopardstown

Thursday 13 June 2019

All17:3518:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:40

'Coolio' Handicap

Off time: 18:41 | Winning time: 1m 43.62s

1^st

(1)

Cnoc An Oir

39-5

8/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: D O'Brien

Waited with towards rear, pushed along straight and switched right to outer, soon headway, stayed on well final furlong to lead near line tchd 9/1

2^nd

(8)

Sky Seven

39-9

12/1

T: M HalfordJ: Ross Coakley

Raced in 8th early, soon 6th, pushed along straight, headway and gained narrow lead well inside final furlong, kept on, headed near line tchd 11/1

3^rd

(3)

Balefire

39-1

9/2j

T: M HalfordJ: Ronan Whelan

Prominent, soon disputed lead, headed inside first 2f, close up, pushed along approaching straight, led 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, soon one pace in 3rd

4^th

1 ¼

(7)

Royal Canford

38-5

16/1

T: W McCreeryJ: Nathan Crosse (7)

Waited with, soon in rear, pushed along straight, headway and not much room 1 1/2f out, kept on without threatening final furlong op 20/1

5^th

nse

(6)

Boston Bruin

39-4

5/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: Shane Foley

Soon raced in 9th, pushed along approaching straight, soon headway, kept on same pace without threatening final furlong op 13/2

6^th

(11)

Sherkali

39-10

7/1

T: D K WeldJ: Ben Coen (5)

Soon raced in 4th, pushed along straight, one pace final furlong op 8/1

7^th

(12)

Excelcius

39-4

10/1

T: G M LyonsJ: Colin Keane

Stumbled slightly early, prominent on outer, led inside first 2f, pushed along approaching straight, headed 1f out, no extra and one pace after tchd 9/1

8^th

1 ½

(2)

Jupiter Road

39-5

9/2j

T: J P O'BrienJ: S M Crosse (5)

Prominent, raced in 5th early, 7th under 3f out, pushed along approaching straight, soon headway, kept on same pace final furlong

9^th

(9)

Parkers Hill

39-2

25/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: N G McCullagh

Led early, soon joined, headed inside first 2f, prominent, pushed along 3f out, no extra and one pace 1f out

10^th

2 ¼

(10)

Gatsby Cap

38-8

8/1

T: J A StackJ: Andrew Slattery (7)

Tracked leaders, soon raced in 5th, pushed along under 3f out, no extra and one pace 1f out

11^th

9 ½

(5)

Western Dawn

39-8

20/1

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Soon raced in 7th, 8th under 3f out, pushed along approaching straight, no impression 1 1/2f out, soon no extra op 14/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Summerset²⁴³

Weight: 8-4| Age: 3

T: J M Oxx J: Killian Leonard

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€10.00Pl:€3.30, €4.30, €2.00EX:€127.00Trifecta:€1,153.80Tricast:€498.37SF:€101.19

Forecasts

Balefire (9/2), Jupiter Road (9/2), Boston Bruin (5/1), Sherkali (7/1), Cnoc An Oir (8/1), Gatsby Cap (8/1), Excelcius (10/1), Sky Seven (12/1), Summerset (14/1), Royal Canford (16/1), Western Dawn (20/1), Parkers Hill (25/1)

A typically competitive Leopardstown handicap in which BALEFIRE is the unknown quantity in this field on handicap debut for Mick Halford. He showed a good attitude when winning at the fourth time of asking recently and starts life in this sphere off a very fair mark. The stables other representative, Sky Seven, is worth another chance now he has been eased a bit in the weights after making a disappointing debut on turf., while similar comments apply to Sherkali who failed to justify market favouritism in a very warm handicap assignment last time, but held a solid profile prior to that below-par effort.

Balefire
Sherkali
Sky Seven

Previous Winners

2018

Bucky Larson

Weight: 9-9 |Age: 3

J: Colin Keane | T: G M Lyons

5/1

Prize Money

1st: €10,472.002nd: €3,247.003rd: €1,547.004th: €697.005th: €272.00