14:50 Limerick

Sunday 30 April 2017

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Off time: 14:52 | Winning time: 1m 27.13s

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(2)

Hailstone^v1¹⁵

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

10/3

Signs of ability on turf last year and off the mark on the AW in a maiden claimer at Dundalk last month. Two solid runs on turf since then including over 7f at Naas a month ago and likely to run well in a first time visor here.

Form: 261241

(5)

Little Clarinet²²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: O J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: D Marnane| OR: 73

10/1

Off the mark at the second attempt over 6f at Navan (yielding) in September last year and ran well enough at Naas over the same trip subsequently. Promising young jockey booked for handicap and seasonal debut here.

Form: 914-8

(3)

Fox Dream^p1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁵⁾| T: A Leahy| OR: 72

20/1

Dead-heated in a 7f maiden at Listowel (good) in June last year and placed second twice since. Well beaten on two most recent starts however and wears cheekpieces for the first time here.

Form: 642-268

(6)

Dinky Inty¹⁸³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Anastasia O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 69

25/1

Registered a double at Naas (yielding) and Fairyhouse (soft-to-heavy) over 6f as a two-year-old. Well beaten on yielding ground over 7f in a nursery at Leopardstown on latest run last October however.

Form: 91170-2

(9)

Fascinating Lady¹⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: S B Kelly⁽³⁾| T: Madeleine Tylicki| OR: 66

20/1

Put debut running behind her when finishing fifth and fourth in 7f events at Leopardstown and Dundalk last autumn. Yet to encounter ground faster than yielding on turf and makes her handicap debut here.

Form: 054-

(11)

Richard Strauss¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: P B Beggy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 66

10/1

Maiden after eight outings including in handicap company the last twice. Beaten 6¼L into sixth over an extended 1m at Cork (good-to-yielding) on his latest outing two weeks ago but not written off just yet.

Form: 34-5067

(8)

Loose Chippings²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: N G McCullagh| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 65

9/2

Finished a promising third on debut at Dundalk in December but disappointed there twice subsequently. Beaten just 2L on turf debut at Leopardstown (good-to-yielding) earlier this month off this mark and likely to run well again here.

Form: 3-764

(13)

Magnification⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: K J Condon| OR: 65

14/1

Maiden after 14 outings including a 6L sixth in a maiden claimer at Dundalk last month. Handicap mark is falling but others make more appeal in this contest.

Form: 7233-60

(12)

Sixtysix¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Nathan Crosse⁽¹⁰⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 65

16/1

Beaten 12L behind an impressive winner when fifth over 6f at Naas (soft-to-heavy) on her return to action last month. Disappointed at Cork on yielding ground over the same trip since and returns to 7f (beaten 1L on sole start over this trip at two) here.

Form: 35-350

(10)

Lady Rosebud^h²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: R Coakley⁽³⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 64

7/1

Registered a double at Dundalk over 7f and 1m earlier this year. Shaped as if in need of further when fifth at Leopardstown over 7f on her only subsequent start and interesting to see how she fares in this race.

Form: 74-1159

(14)

Cleona^h¹⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J S Bolger| OR: 63

7/1

Failed to win in nine outings as a juvenile including in first time cheekpieces (absent here) when fifth at Dundalk when last seen in October. Wears a hood for this seasonal debut with a hood fitted for the first time also.

Form: 377365-

(4)

Main Pulse⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: K J Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: G Donnelly| OR: 55

16/1

All five starts so far have come at Dundalk. Finished fifth over 1m off this mark on her most recent appearance last month and makes her turf debut here.

Form: 0-74450

(7)

Cascar Cavcha^b1²²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: S P Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 54

40/1

Well beaten in all five outings at two including in a 5f handicap at Naas (yielding) in a first time visor last September. Gelded since and wears blinkers for the first time racing from out of the handicap here.

Form: 55068-

(1)

Milish^b1,t⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: A J Breslin⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Deegan| OR: 52

16/1

Placed once from seven starts so far. Best effort came when beaten ½L into third over 6f at Dundalk in November. Well beaten twice this year including in tongue tie and cheekpieces last time out and blinkers replace the cheekpieces for her run from 3lb out of the handicap here.

Form: 036-674

Forecasts

Hailstone (10/3), Loose Chippings (9/2), Lady Rosebud (7/1), Cleona (7/1), Richard Strauss (10/1), Little Clarinet (10/1), Magnification (14/1), Milish (16/1), Main Pulse (16/1), Sixtysix (16/1), Fascinating Lady (20/1), Fox Dream (20/1), Dinky Inty (25/1), Cascar Cavcha (40/1)

LOOSE CHIPPINGS finished fourth on his handicap debut over this distance at Leopardstown on her handicap and turf debut earlier this month. The selection hails from Johnny Murtagh's yard and they have a 17% strike-rate recently (2/12) and he can get the better of Hailstone who has plenty of experience and has run well in handicap company the last twice while Lady Rosebud who was seeking a hat-trick when finishing behind the selection last time out is another to note in this.