15:25 Navan
Thursday 9 July 2020
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Gormanlough Apprentice Handicap (50-80)
- 3YO only | 5f 164y | Yielding to Soft | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 1m 15.41s
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1lb higher than when winning at Naas (5f, good) last October, when he was always prominent. Held in all five subsequent starts, but that success was a spike in performance, so can't rule out something similar.
Showed a marked improvement when scoring here over C&D (yielding/soft) last October, when 17lb lower. Backed that up on his return to action at Limerick last month (6½f, good), when he won with a bit in hand. Up 9lb but looks a player.
Showed some promise when with Sheila Lavery last year. Improved on those efforts on her debut for this trainer at the Curragh (6f, good) last month, when 1L third of 17. Up 3lb, but a repeat or better would see her go close.
Debut winner at Fairyhouse (6f, good to firm) 14-months ago, but has gone backwards since then. Little encouragement in his reappearance run on handicap debut at Tipperary last month. 1lb lower here. Can only watch.
Went very close in a Listowel maiden (6½f, soft) on his third juvenile start, but couldn't get to grips with his first couple of nursery starts. Returns from nearly 10-months off and needs to have improved to defy this 3lb lower mark. Hood goes on.
Has been frustrating for followers in finishing second in half of her 10 starts, but remains a maiden. Hasn't bee as good in three runs this season as she was when at her best last year, but still handicapped to be thereabouts again.
Aside from her 5L fourth in a Dundalk maiden (7f, AW) last November, she has produced three other moderate efforts so far. Handicapper appears reluctant to drop her by much (just 2lb this time) and can only watch at present.
Yet to win but still improving based on her latest effort when a short-head second of 11, just being collared on the line, in a Sligo handicap (5½f, good). Up 3lb for that, but a repeat effort would make her tough to beat.
Well treated now on the basis of his best juvenile form over 6f-1m, but neither of his runs this year have offered much encouragement. Blinkers now fitted but has plenty to prove.
Has looked decidedly moderate in all four of her starts and was last of 10 in a Sligo handicap (5½f, good) when last seen. Impossible to make a case for her.
Non-Runners
7
(4)
Mogwli2
Weight: 9-5| Age: 3
T: W McCreery J: Nathan Crosse
NR
Forecasts
Taggalo (13/8), Half Nutz (5/2), Lady Alcazar (11/4), Not Now Zeb (17/2), Mogwli (10/1), Glow Worm (18/1), Quick Quick (18/1), Law Breaker (40/1), Shabra's O B (50/1), Secret Sacrament (66/1), Wish You Well (100/1)
Half Nutz looks likely to be one of the leading contenders here after scoring with a bit in hand last time at Limerick, but another 9lb rise will ask serious questions. He may be vulnerable to the likes of Taggalo and LADY ALCAZAR, and the latter is suggested. Although a maiden, she did everything but win at Sligo and remains on an upward trajectory. Glow Worm and Not Now Zeb are not written off.
- Lady Alcazar
- Taggalo
- Half Nutz
Prize Money
1st: €6,600.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,100.004th: €550.005th: €330.006th: €219.00
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