14:10 Cork

Saturday 15 April 2017

All13:4014:1014:4515:2015:5516:2517:00

Most Stylish Easter Sunday Handicap

Off time: 14:12 | Winning time: 1m 49.98s

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(8)

Remember The Days³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 78

10/1

Dundalk AW maiden winner on debut in February but hasn't cut much ice since in two subsequent visits to that track. First start on turf now and, despite the steadier of top weight, cannot be ruled out.

Form: 1442

(4)

Hailstone^h²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: D E Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Prendergast| OR: 76

11/4

Fair form last year on turf as a juvenile before landing maiden claimer on AW during the winter. No problem handling any cut in the ground and should be thereabouts.

Form: 261241

(11)

Lady Derrynane¹⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: T P Madden⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 71

7/1

Ran respectably on each of her last four starts in 2016 and rates a player if fit enough to do herself justice on this seasonal debut.

Form: 82453-1

(2)

Make It Hurrah¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 71

11/4

Won in good style over C&D a couple of weeks ago in testing ground and been raised 8lb for his troubles. Clearly going in the right direction and may be set for a decent season

Form: 775-413

(3)

Richard Strauss⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J A Heffernan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 68

12/1

One of the lesser lights of his already powerful stable and appears regressive on recent evidence. Weakened quickly over 1m2f last time so drop back in trip may help, but not easy to recommend.

Form: 34-5067

(5)

Sweetasever⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Anastasia O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 67

8/1

Bits and pieces of form suggest he may get involved but on the balance of his last few starts doesn't appear to be heading in the right direction. Others make more appeal.

Form: 334905

(12)

Gifted Lady⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: G F Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 66

40/1

Went close in Listowel maiden on very soft ground last term before form tailed off. May have been in need of the outing on return at Leopardstown and not completely out of the reckoning.

Form: 8200-00

(6)

Port Moody²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: N G McCullagh| T: P Tallis| OR: 66

9/1

Came home well at big odds at Naas recently to finish third of 19 in maiden, although a long way behind the front two. Handed feasible mark for handicap debut and interesting if handling the expected better ground.

Form: 058-3

(7)

Ben Gunn^t¹⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S Foley| T: K J Condon| OR: 62

16/1

Has 169 day absence to overcome and balance of from shown last term suggests more is needed to get into the thick of the action on seasonal debut.

Form: 6740-

(10)

Algebra¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: C D Hayes| T: J J Murphy| OR: 60

33/1

Shown very little in four maidens to date and needs to turn over a new leaf to making a winning handicap debut.

Form: 09-008

(9)

Border Prince¹⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: L F Roche| T: J J Murphy| OR: 59

25/1

Begins handicap career off lowly mark but did show a glimmer of promise on second outing on the AW. Any market interest should be worthy of note.

Form: 970-00

(1)

Introibo^t¹²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: R P Cleary| T: B W Duke| OR: 55

40/1

Formerly trained by Jim Bolger. Showed little in three starts last term and last of 13 on first start for new handler at Dundalk in December. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0970-7

Non-Runners

(13)

Boom Or Bush¹³

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: H Rogers J: P J Smullen

Forecasts

Make It Hurrah (11/4), Hailstone (11/4), Boom Or Bush (13/2), Lady Derrynane (7/1), Sweetasever (8/1), Port Moody (9/1), Remember The Days (10/1), Richard Strauss (12/1), Ben Gunn (16/1), Border Prince (25/1), Algebra (33/1), Introibo (40/1), Gifted Lady (40/1)

MAKE IT HURRAH won with a bit to spare over C&D last time and despite an 8lb rise may still be a step ahead of the handicapper for an in-form yard. Port Moody makes his handicap bow off a feasible mark and a reproduction of his last effort would see him go close, while Lady Derrynane has hinted she might be up to wining a race such as this at some point. Gifted Lady is also open to improvement.