17:30 Clonmel

Thursday 3 May 2018

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St. Patrick's Well Claiming Race

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 2m 26.96s

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(2)

Muzbid¹²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: P J Prendergast| OR: 82

9/4

Won one of his three runs on the Flat at Killarney in May over 1m for trainer-Denis Hogan. Ground a slight worry but sure to go well here.

Form: 415-

(5)

Steelyeyed^p²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: K J Leonard⁽³⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 66| D

8/1

Filly won a 1m2f good-ground claimer at Fairyhouse to score second Flat success last June off a 1lb higher mark. Tends to struggle on this ground.

Form: 56-3070

(6)

Trade Marked^t¹⁶⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: R Coakley⁽³⁾| T: A Leahy| OR: 54| C

7/1

Last seen on the Flat finishing seventh of nine beaten 19L in September 2016. Will need to improve here and ground is a negative.

Form: 001627/

(3)

Elusive In Paris¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden| OR: 68| BF| D

15/8

Solid and consistent on the AW at Dundalk over the years and proved the flame still burned on return to the track following a long lay-off last month finishing second of 10 before finishing runner up behind Sheisdiesel last night. Strong claims.

Form: 3221-22

(7)

Match My Fire^b1⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: S P Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 59

8/1

62-rated handicapper for Michael Dods and the former Ralph Beckett charge looked well below-par on return to the track in March. First time blinkers unlikely to bring about the required improvement.

Form: 5/0020-0

(4)

Stadius^b,t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: C P Hoban| T: D P Nagle| OR: 42

40/1

16-race maiden looked out of sorts on his last start and eased when beaten in a Navan handicap last month. Others look to be progressing at a quicker rate.

Form: 09-5600

(1)

Lambikin^p¹⁰⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: C Kidd| OR: 43

25/1

Poor form in a series of dismal performances and hard to see the filly making any significant impact in this company.

Form: 8/4040-0

(8)

Torthai An Ghra^b¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: L F Roche| T: A McGuinness| OR: 39

11/1

Mare who now drops back in to the 30's following a number of ineffective displays since the turn of the year and looks up against it here.

Form: 0099-46

Forecasts

Elusive In Paris (15/8), Muzbid (9/4), Trade Marked (7/1), Steelyeyed (8/1), Match My Fire (8/1), Torthai An Ghra (11/1), Lambikin (25/1), Stadius (40/1)

The solid and consistent ELUSIVE IN PARIS will look to transfer his AW form to the turf here following a fine return to the track last month following a 341 day lay-off and finishing second of 10 at Dundalk on Wednesday (2nd May). Muzbid on stable debut, won one of his three runs on the Flat at Killarney in May over 1m for trainer-Denis Hogan would not have to improve much to land a blow here.