19:30 Dundalk

Friday 18 December 2020

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Dundalk Stadium Racing Returns Friday 8th January 2021 Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 2m 18.73s

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(11)

Royal Admiral^v²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 65| D

18/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. Creditable second of 14 in claimer at this course (12f, 9/2) 23 days ago. Visor back on.

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(1)

Everyhouronthehour^t³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: T P Madden| T: W Ross| OR: 64| C

9/1

3 wins from 10 runs this year. 11/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this course (8f) 37 days ago, suited by way race developed. Significantly up in trip. Merits consideration.

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(5)

Starlight Red¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: C T Keane| T: G A Kingston| OR: 57

5/1

33/1, first run since leaving Leanne Breen when good third of 14 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago. Booking of Keane a plus. Likely to continue in form.

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(17)

Danehill Quest⁴³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: S Crawley| OR: 54

25/1

One win from 24 Flat runs. Fifteen runs since last win in 2018. 12/1, below form fourteenth of 23 in handicap at Navan (10f, heavy). Off 14 months. First run for yard after leaving Ms Sheila Lavery.

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(15)

Chateau Musar²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: C D Hayes| T: J Geoghegan| OR: 54| CD

4/1

10/3, won 14-runner handicap at this C&D 25 days ago by nose from Quiet Desire. Can give a good account in follow-up bid.

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(2)

One Cool Choice¹²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R P Whelan| T: J P Fahey| OR: 54

40/1

66/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 16 in handicap at Cork (10f, heavy). Off 124 days. Makes polytrack debut. Booking of Whelan a plus. Very hard to make a case for.

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(9)

Alwisaam^t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 51

13/2

Creditable third of 12 in claimer at this course (8f, 50/1) 30 days ago, never nearer. Significantly back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Anthony McCann.

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(12)

Gormanston^h,t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: R C Colgan| T: N Slevin| OR: 50| BF

7/2

Good second of 14 in handicap at this C&D (11/4) 16 days ago, running on. Consistency hard to knock.

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(10)

Quiet Desire^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 50

18/1

Good ¾-length third of 14 to New Vocation in handicap at this C&D (18/1) 16 days ago.

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(7)

Bar Room Bore¹⁰²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: F Birrane| OR: 49

80/1

40/1, below form ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.6f, soft) 102 days ago. Off 102 days.

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(13)

Sleepy Head³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn| OR: 47| CD

11/1

C&D winner. 11/2, creditable third of 14 in handicap at this course (12f) 30 days ago. Can make presence felt.

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(14)

Royal Red Persian^b¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: S Foley| T: M Fahey| OR: 47

13/2

Good ¾-length second of 14 to New Vocation in handicap (17/2) at this C&D 16 days ago.

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(6)

Santorini Sun^t⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: F G Hand| OR: 45

40/1

One win from 29 Flat runs. Twenty eight runs since last win in 2017. Thirteenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (16f, good, 16/1) 81 days ago. Modest on the Flat. RESERVE.

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Non-Runners

(16)

New Vocation¹⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: K H Clarke J: L T McAteer

(8)

Katie's Reign¹⁷⁶

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: Peter Fahey J: L F Roche

(3)

Afric¹⁰¹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: L Comer J: A J Farragher

(4)

Leahman⁷⁷

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: T O'Brien J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Gormanston (7/2), Chateau Musar (4/1), Starlight Red (5/1), Alwisaam (13/2), Royal Red Persian (13/2), New Vocation (7/1), Everyhouronthehour (9/1), Sleepy Head (11/1), Leahman (14/1), Royal Admiral (18/1), Quiet Desire (18/1), Danehill Quest (25/1), Katie's Reign (33/1), Santorini Sun (40/1), One Cool Choice (40/1), Afric (66/1), Bar Room Bore (80/1)

GORMANSTON has been knocking pretty loudly on the door at this venue in recent weeks and with consistency a rare commodity at this sort of level, he rates the percentage call. Chateau Musar opened his account over C&D last month and is an obvious threat, while Alwisaam warrants a market check starting out for a new yard.