14:00 Cork

Saturday 3 April 2021

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CorkRacecourse.ie Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 1m 28.8s

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(5)

Dark Kris¹⁰⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: C D Hayes| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 65

11/2

Bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap (6/1) at Dundalk (7f). Off 106 days.

Form: 520797-

(15)

Eleuthera^t⁴⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Melanie Horsman⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 65| D

22/1

Bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap (18/1) at Dundalk (6f) 45 days ago.

Form: 40986-6

(6)

Clear Quartz^p²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: G M Ryan| T: M Fahey| OR: 64

12/1

Winner at Fairyhouse in October. 50/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (6f) 22 days ago.

Form: 00100-0

(13)

Muraahin^t⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 62

11/1

Respectable sixth of 13 in claimer (11/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 64 days ago, would have benefited from stronger handling. First run for yard after leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell. Others more persuasive.

Form: 732-576

(11)

Patchouli^b1¹³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 62

16/1

25/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (8f). Off 136 days. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 909350-

(18)

Brother In Law^p1⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: K P Cotter| OR: 61

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 17 in handicap (25/1) at Navan (5f, heavy) 7 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 6300

(19)

Chagall¹³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: R C Colgan| T: M Hourigan| OR: 61| BF| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Respectable fourth of 12 in handicap (5/2) at Dundalk (7f), doing too much too soon. Off 131 days. First run for yard after leaving Edward Lynam. Can make presence felt.

Form: 332334-

(3)

Is That Love³^{(ex 6)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 55| D

6/4

Arrives on back of a pair of Dundalk wins (1m/7f) in recent days. Big chance if transferring that sort of form back to turf.

Form: 789-511

(10)

Youceeyouceecee^p¹⁵²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: W J Lee| T: Miss S A Finn| OR: 60| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 5/1, won 18-runner handicap at the Curragh (7f, heavy), possibly helped by way race developed. Off 152 days.

Form: 797231-

(4)

Drombeg Duke¹⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: C P Hoban| T: A Leahy| OR: 55| D

6/1

Latest win at Gowran in October. Creditable third of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, heavy, 6/1). Off 159 days. Player if primed for return.

Form: 603013-

(1)

Vento Del Drago²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: M A Gallagher| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 52

20/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 14 in maiden (66/1) at Dundalk (6f) 29 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 745

(16)

Uno Momento²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: S Foley| T: T Mullins| OR: 50

33/1

Eighteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.3f, heavy, 33/1) 20 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Modest on the Flat, creditable on last Flat outing.

Form: 009087/

(14)

Fortmill Lily^t⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: C T Keane| T: J C McConnell| OR: 48

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Hooded 1st time, 24¾ lengths last of 14 to Is That Love in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 150/1) 8 days ago, lost all chance at start. Hard to fancy on form but has Colin Keane up.

Form: 00-000

(7)

Here She Comes⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: J A Heffernan| T: P McCreery| OR: 45

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20 lengths eleventh of 14 to Is That Love in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 80/1) 8 days ago. Makes turf debut.

Form: 0-000

(9)

Strategic Fortune^p⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: W M Lordan| T: J F O'Shea| OR: 45

50/1

250/1 and blinkered for 1st time, ninth of 11 in claimer at Dundalk (7f) 8 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Others have achieved more.

Form: 06950-9

Non-Runners

(2)

Southwood¹²³

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: Leonard Flynn J: D E Sheehy

(12)

Breaking News⁷

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: J S Bolger J: Reserve 1

(17)

Our Anniversary²¹²

Weight: 8-10| Age: 7

T: Ciaran Murphy J: Reserve 2

(8)

Gregory's Gift¹⁵²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: S Fahey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Is That Love (6/4), Gregory's Gift (5/1), Dark Kris (11/2), Drombeg Duke (6/1), Youceeyouceecee (9/1), Southwood (10/1), Breaking News (10/1), Muraahin (11/1), Clear Quartz (12/1), Patchouli (16/1), Brother In Law (16/1), Vento Del Drago (20/1), Eleuthera (22/1), Chagall (25/1), Uno Momento (33/1), Strategic Fortune (50/1), Our Anniversary (50/1), Here She Comes (80/1), Fortmill Lily (80/1)

IS THAT LOVE is taken to translate recent AW improvement back to the turf and complete a quick hat-trick. Drombeg Duke was in fine form when last seen in the autumn so could play a part if primed for this, while Chagall posted a series of good efforts towards the end of 2020 and should get involved for his new yard if picking up where he left off.