16:45 Cork

Sunday 15 April 2018

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Storm Ranger¹⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: D P Linehan| T: P J Flynn| OR: 68| D

12/1

Somewhat out of sorts towards the end of last year, has won over this trip on soft before and 1lb lower than previous winning mark so nothing to prevent a good effort if ready to go.

Form: 157807-

(8)

Our Anniversary¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Ben Coen⁽⁴⁾| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 67| C

4/1

Filly returned to action with career-best when landing apprentice contest over 1m½f here recently on heavy going. Did so with something in hand. Up 7lb and longer trip here.

Form: 44736-1

(6)

British Art^v¹²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽²⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 65| BF

20/1

Couple of wins last year and held form fairly well towards the end of the year, returns from a short break but will have to prove this testing surface is his thing.

Form: 001216-

(10)

Happy Company²⁰⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D M Redmond⁽²⁾| T: P J F Hassett| OR: 62| D

3/1

Winner over this trip at Navan in September (soft to yielding) and just held next time at Galway (1m½f, soft) under 5lb extra. Entitled to be right there on return if fully stoked up.

Form: 755312-

(4)

Theos Well^p¹⁶⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Leonard| T: M Winters| OR: 62| C

16/1

Now 10-years-old, failed to get competitive in six starts last year over jumps / on Flat. Without a win since September 2016, handicap mark has tumbled but hard to say if he'll take advantage.

Form: 10/9005-

(5)

Binary Code¹⁰⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Coakley| T: J J Murphy| OR: 60

14/1

Fair maiden on the Flat, well held in 2m maiden hurdle at Leopardstown in December when last spotted. Needs his best stuff to break through but on a fair mark if producing that.

Form: 373279-

(13)

Lace Bonnet¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: K K Hennessy⁽²⁾| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 54

33/1

Well held in trio of maidens for two yards, including over extended-mile on heavy here last April. Goes handicapping and must up game considerably to be a threat.

Form: 55-8

(14)

Paved With Gold¹¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: R P Downey| T: J J Murphy| OR: 54

16/1

AW winner over a mile at Dundalk back in late 2016, yet to pose a credible threat eight turf starts (unplaced) and plenty to do on seasonal return seemingly.

Form: 800226-

(3)

Scealai Aonair^p²⁰²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: G P Halpin| T: G Elliott| OR: 53

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden for Dermot Weld, returns from six month off and having first start for man of the moment Gordon Elliott. Dropped in the ratings, no shock if new handler finds a race for him to win soon.

Form: 78780-

(9)

Ask Katie^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Dylan Hogan⁽²⁾| T: G Webb| OR: 51| C

10/1

Filly won an apprentice handicap here (1m½f, good) in October 2016, rated just 1lb higher now but was beaten 26L behind Our Anniversary here recently and hard to see that margin turned around over this longer trip.

Form: 60410-6

(2)

Song Of The Sky^t⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: S M Crosse⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 50| BF

5/1

Winner over a mile at Navan on yielding to soft in October 2016, hasn't scored since was prominent in betting on debut for this yard on AW at Dundalk last time. Turf form last year was poor but mark plummeting all the while.

Form: 40009-8

(11)

Glib Speech^p²³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: G Brouder⁽⁴⁾| T: R Sweeney| OR: 49

12/1

Iffraaj gelding still waiting for success after 21 starts, best efforts have come on decent ground and looks unsuited by conditions underfoot on seasonal reappearance.

Form: 02-2409

(12)

Torthai An Ghra⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-4| J: S P Davis⁽²⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 45

25/1

Hasn't happened for the filly in 24 starts to date, the promise of some of the early efforts (in 2014) is long gone and the prospect of a very testing surface is further bad news on form. 5lb wrong on these terms.

Form: 0/0099-4

Non-Runners

(1)

Shes An Art¹³⁵

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: J M Barrett J: Luke McAteer

Forecasts

Happy Company (3/1), Our Anniversary (4/1), Song Of The Sky (5/1), Scealai Aonair (7/1), Ask Katie (10/1), Shes An Art (10/1), Glib Speech (12/1), Storm Ranger (12/1), Binary Code (14/1), Paved With Gold (16/1), Theos Well (16/1), British Art (20/1), Torthai An Ghra (25/1), Lace Bonnet (33/1)

Our Anniversary returned to action with a career-best here recently and despite an extra 7lb burden should go well, with the extra yardage potentially in her favour. The likes of Storm Ranger, Happy Company and Song Of The Sky are handicapped to have their chance, while Gordon Elliott could easily find a race for new recruit Scealai Aonair. It might be worth siding with SHES AN ART, who ran well over similar trip on testing ground at Gowran Park in September under promising apprentice Luke McAteer before the weight told. James Barrett's filly has a decent record fresh and, now rated 7lb lower, can go close in an open heat.