20:10 Cork

Friday 18 May 2018

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Social Package Apprentice Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 20:12 | Winning time: 2m 12.06s

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(3)

Pari Passu^h¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins| OR: 65

14/1

Winner at Dundalk in February, bit below form there most recently. Likes to get on with things and good pilot on board for those tactics. Up in trip and may bounce back.

Form: 316705

(14)

Look Closer²¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: G P Halpin| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden| OR: 63| C

11/4

Won a couple of times over hurdles last year, overall record on the Flat is patchy and was poor on the AW at Dundalk when last spotted in October.

Form: 61070/0-

(13)

Noble Intention⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: O J Orr| T: A J Martin| OR: 63| BF

12/1

Yet to win a Flat race on turf, but solid effort at Dundalk (1m4f, AW) in March and has to enter calculations from same mark today, worth watching in betting with champion apprentice on.

Form: 20404-3

(4)

Happy Company¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: D M Redmond⁽²⁾| T: P J F Hassett| OR: 60| D

20/1

Winner at Navan in September over this trip, his sole success in 10 attempts on turf so far. 2lb above that mark today and liable to find a couple too strong.

Form: 5312-80

(1)

Ineffable³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: R Coakley| T: R Sweeney| OR: 60| D

12/1

Could be given a squeak on best efforts, but some time since he's been able to showcase those and probably best passed over dropping back from 2m.

Form: 06-0108

(17)

Konig Hall^p,t¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-4| J: G M Ryan⁽⁴⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 55

20/1

Winner over similar trip on good to firm at Limerick in June last year, just 2lb higher here and has run some useful races on the AW, in the mix here.

Form: 424-708

(6)

Ar Eagla Na Heagla¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: R P Downey| T: Francis Casey| OR: 54

7/1

Showed herself to be in good tune when second over hurdles at Sligo early this month, not ruled out back on the Flat after that positive effort.

Form: 90000-2

(12)

Sbraase⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: D W O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 53

8/1

Long losing sequence out to 27 now and dates back to 2015, hard to make case on form and others holding clearer credentials.

Form: 05-4006

(9)

Ted Bach¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: M P O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds| OR: 52

25/1

Has won over hurdles, sent off 100/1 chance in 1m maiden at this track on heavy going recently, makes first foray into Flat handicaps now and market check needed.

Form: 009

(16)

Glib Speech^p³³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: A J Slattery⁽⁴⁾| T: R Sweeney| OR: 48

20/1

22 appearances on the Flat without recording that first win, has the form to challenge at best however. Disappointing last month over C&D on testing going.

Form: 2-24090

(15)

Jindabyne²⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: D P Linehan| T: P J Flynn| OR: 48

20/1

Form line is far from convincing, down the field having gone off 50/1 in Listowel handicap over 7f when last spotted. Back from 247 days off, best watched.

Form: 080000-

(11)

Sheila's Hope^h1²⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: T P Madden| T: J C McConnell| OR: 48

33/1

Casamento filly not devoid of promise in four runs at up to 1m, hood does on and up in journey for seasonal bow.

Form: 0970-

(10)

Aunty Audrey¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: K J Leonard| T: P J Flynn| OR: 46| C

5/1

Winner over extended-mile here in October on soft to heavy, very poor last month over same trip on bottomless ground. Better since on AW at Dundalk, this trip remains a question mark for now.

Form: 3535-08

(18)

Stadius^b,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Ben Coen⁽⁴⁾| T: D P Nagle| OR: 46

25/1

Still waiting on the breakthrough after 17 starts on the Flat, fair effort last time in a claimer at Clonmel but this is tougher and looks vulnerable.

Form: 9-56003

(7)

Beat Of The Sea¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: D E Sheehy⁽²⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 45

20/1

Failed to build on a promising third of nine at Killarney last August in four disappointing displays at the end of the campaign. Some promise again no reappearance at Clonmel but more needed up in trip.

Form: 36800-4

(5)

Lambikin^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Dylan Hogan⁽²⁾| T: C Kidd| OR: 45

40/1

Poor form in a series of dismal performances and hard to see the filly making any significant impact having gone easily in Clonmel claimer recently.

Form: 4040-05

Uno Momento⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: K K Hennessy⁽²⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 64

25/1

Nine-race maiden with plenty of questions to answer even off a light weight and over the trip he has performed well at before (First Reserve).

Form: 40200-9

Military Hill⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: T M Sherry⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 63

12/1

Poor strike rate (1-26) and well held at Tipperary last week, hard to build a case for if gaining a run (Second Reserve).

Form: 332548

Non-Runners

(2)

Lomi's Law⁹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: A McNamara J: K K Hennessy

(8)

Wat Tyler¹⁵

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: D Kinsella J: D M Melia

Forecasts

Look Closer (11/4), Aunty Audrey (5/1), Ar Eagla Na Heagla (7/1), Sbraase (8/1), Lomi's Law (10/1), Ineffable (12/1), Military Hill (12/1), Noble Intention (12/1), Pari Passu (14/1), Happy Company (20/1), Konig Hall (20/1), Beat Of The Sea (20/1), Glib Speech (20/1), Jindabyne (20/1), Uno Momento (25/1), Stadius (25/1), Ted Bach (25/1), Wat Tyler (25/1), Sheila's Hope (33/1), Lambikin (40/1)

KONIG HALL is rated 2lb higher than when scoring on similar ground at Limerick in just last year and is making his first Flat start on turf since. He's run some decent races on the AW in between times and could be able to put up another good showing in a race of this nature back on the turf. Noble Intention commands a second look with Oisin Orr based on his most recent Dundalk effort while Pari Passu is another worth keeping an eye on back up in distance. Lomi's Law and Ar Eagla Na Heagla get themselves on the shortlist too.