17:40 Naas

Wednesday 25 July 2018

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Bunoscionn Perform At Naas Handicap

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 1m 0.25s

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(7)

Elegant Drama^b⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 80

8/1

Placed twice following a 6f maiden win at Fairyhouse (good-to-firm) when wearing blinkers (retained since) for the frist time in May. Disappointed last time however but remains of interest down in trip.

Form: 851336

(9)

Focus Of Attention⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 74| D

1/1

Saw off a subsequent winner when victorious over 6f at Fairyhouse (good-to-firm) last week. Raised 9lb for that success and remains open to improvement on just her third start since joining this yard.

Form: 7137-31

(2)

Gottardo^p²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: M P O'Connor⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 77| D

12/1

Placed second in a 6f handicap at Leopardstown (good-to-firm) on his penultimate start. Not beaten far over the same distance subsequently and sole previous success came over this distance.

Form: 157526

(4)

Brave Display^v³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: D M Redmond⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Prendergast| OR: 71| D

16/1

Finished a good third in first time blinkers (replaced with a visor here) in a 5f contest at The Curragh (good-to-firm) last month. Disappointed twice subsequently however.

Form: 170395

(8)

Danz Gift^t¹⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 69| D

20/1

Completed a Dundalk double when winning over 5f in April. Raised 4lb for that victory and is chasing his first turf victory at the 14th time of asking on this occasion.

Form: 7-63311

(1)

Early Call^t¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 72| BF

7/1

Placed three times on turf in the spring but has gone off the boil in recent starts and finished a well beaten 11th on his return to handicaps at Navan (5f, good-to-firm) earlier this month.

Form: 222640

(5)

Rapid Reaction^h¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A J Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: J F Grogan| OR: 72| CD

7/1

Victorious over C&D on good-to-firm ground on her penultimate outing. Held stepping up to 6f here subsequently and the drop back to this trip is in her favour.

Form: 0-24916

(6)

Polly Douglas⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: K P Cotter| OR: 61| C| D

8/1

Some good efforts in big field handicaps earlier this season. Disappointed on her two most recent starts however but is now back down to her last winning now.

Form: 6-44475

(3)

Social Butterfly¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁷⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 61

33/1

Fair form in maiden company last year but well held in similar events this time around and beaten 7L on handicap debut at Navan (5f, good-to-firm) earlier this month.

Form: 44-450

Forecasts

Focus Of Attention (1/1), Rapid Reaction (7/1), Early Call (7/1), Polly Douglas (8/1), Elegant Drama (8/1), Gottardo (12/1), Brave Display (16/1), Danz Gift (20/1), Social Butterfly (33/1)

FOCUS OF ATTENTION has the profile of a progressive individual and she can register her second victory since joining the Joseph O'Brien stable in this opening sprint handicap. The return to 5f shouldn't inconvenience the selection and she can see off previous C&D winner Rapid Reaction. Gottardo has run some decent races in recent times and he is taken to claim third.