20:50 Roscommon

Tuesday 10 July 2018

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Four Roads (C & G) Flat Race

Off time: 20:50 | Winning time: 3m 45.9s

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Selected odds by:

Aroundthebridge^p²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: A Leahy

20/1

Best effort so far came when finishing runner-up in a soft ground bumper here in August. Liable to find a couple stronger.

Form: 82499-

Delice Du Chenet²⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: J W Nicholson

16/1

Debutant is a brother to an ordinary winner over hurdles and half-brother to a dual winner for Willie Mullins. Beaten 66L on debut when last seen in October.

Form: 0-

Pilot Station⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: P A Fahy

7/4

Signs of a return to the form of his Leopardstown bumper in December when finishing 6¼L behind City Island in a Punchestown contest in May. Looks a progressive type and shortlisted here.

Form: UF467-7

Shanroe Bandito^t1¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: J J Lambe

33/1

Poor form in three point-to-point starts before a 20L defeat in a Kilbeggan bumper last month. First time tongue-tie unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed here.

Form: P6-P7

Sweat Equity^t¹⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

66/1

Last of 13 beaten 90L when sent off at 66/1 on bumper debut when last seen in December. Vast improvement needed to figure here.

Form: 0-

Whatsyourstatus

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr C J Orr⁽⁷⁾| T: G O'Loughlin

7/1

Gelding by Ask out of a Exit To Nowhere mare. Dam un-raced half-sister to 2m4f hurdle winner Minella Special. Watching brief on debut.

Form:

Abridgement⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara

66/1

Champs Elysees gelding cost 55,000gns as a yearling. Half-sister to Arc winner Marienbard. Beaten over 3f out on debut at Ballinrobe in May and best avoided here.

Form: 9

Galvin

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Ms L O'Neill⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

9/4

Gold Well gelding out of a Moonax mare. Cost €34,000 as a three-year-old. Half-brother to stout national hunt types Holywell and Johns Spirit. Worth a market check for leading trainer/jockey in this field.

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Gateway To Europe¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: B Nolan

6/1

Gelding by Trans Island out of a Fair Mix mare notable progeny include John O'Shea's multiple hurdle winner Kanpai in 2006. Improved on last run when finishing second of 10 in a Kilbeggan bumper last month. Each way claims.

Form: 60-2

Paranoid^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: P G Kelly

9/1

Gelding by Mahler out of a Overbury mare. Cost €34,000 as a foal. Dam un-raced half sister to Racing Demon. Tongue-tie on debut a concern.

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Forecasts

Pilot Station (7/4), Galvin (9/4), Gateway To Europe (6/1), Whatsyourstatus (7/1), Paranoid (9/1), Delice Du Chenet (16/1), Aroundthebridge (20/1), Shanroe Bandito (33/1), Abridgement (66/1), Sweat Equity (66/1)

Gordon Elliott's gelding GALVIN who cost €34,000 as a three-year-old can get off the mark on debut under Lisa O'Neill in the closing race. The selection could possibly face stiff opposition from potential improver Pilot Station under Patrick Mullins and last time out runner-up, Gateway To Europe, who look the best of the rest. Debutante Paranoid could be worth noting for the future.