14:25 Leopardstown

Saturday 17 October 2020

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Knockaire Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 1m 31.47s

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(1)

Laughifuwant¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: G F Carroll| T: G Keane| OR: 106| D

5/4

Smart gelding. Good short-head second of 11 to Current Option in Concorde Stakes at Tipperary (7.4f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Yard having good spell so holds good claims.

Form: 233-812

(5)

Nebo^b,t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: L F Roche| T: T Hogan| OR: 99| D

33/1

Useful gelding. Latest win at Cork in July but only eighth of 9 in handicap (40/1) at Limerick (8f, heavy) 7 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 107068

(2)

Free Solo¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 100| C

10/3

Course winner. Very good 1¼ lengths second of 8 to Keats in listed race (11/2) at Cork (8.2f, good) 18 days ago. Much respected.

Form: 31-022

(4)

Irish Admiral⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Manning| T: J Feane| D

10/1

7/2, looked good prospect when winning 14-runner maiden at Dundalk (7f) on debut 63 days ago. This is much more taxing but he's no forlorn hope.

Form: 1

(7)

Prince Of Naples⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R C Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 95| D

33/1

Useful colt. Sixth of 9 in minor event (13/2) at Limerick (7f, heavy) 7 days ago, finding less than looked likely. Faces uphill task here.

Form: 1-37096

(9)

Wonder Elzaam⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L T McAteer| T: Niall Egan| OR: 92

50/1

Fairly useful colt. 80/1, respectable third of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, soft) 6 days ago. Very hard to make a case for in this higher grade, however.

Form: 046403

(3)

Surrounding^t³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: R P Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 102| D

5/1

Useful mare. Rare below-par effort when seventh of 10 to Safe Voyage in Boomerang Stakes here (8f, good) 35 days ago. Sort to bounce back so can make her presence felt.

Form: 446237

(6)

Wilds Dreams³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 97| D

11/1

Useful 7f winner in South America. Off course 8 months before (40/1) tenth of 11 in Group 1 at Leopardstown last month. Not dismissed in this less taxing company.

Form: 10

(10)

Eldama¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld| OR: 94| C

10/1

Course winner. Visored, respectable 6¼l sixth of 11 to Current Option in Concorde Stakes at Tipperary (7.4f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Bit more needed if she's to get back to winning ways.

Form: 1246

Non-Runners

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Real Force¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: G O'Leary J: C D Hayes

Forecasts

Laughifuwant (5/4), Free Solo (10/3), Real Force (4/1), Surrounding (5/1), Irish Admiral (10/1), Eldama (10/1), Wilds Dreams (11/1), Prince Of Naples (33/1), Nebo (33/1), Wonder Elzaam (50/1)

LAUGHIFUWANT is the form pick having gone down only narrowly in Group 3 company at Tipperary last time so is taken to make amends here. Surrounding looks the one to give him most to do although in-form Free Solo and the unexposed Irish Admiral are not discounted either.