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Saturday 8 May 2021

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Quinns Of Baltinglass & Castletown Press Business Club Handicap (45-75)

Off time: 13:36 | Winning time: 1m 3.13s

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(5)

Earls^b¹⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁵⁾| T: G Donnelly| OR: 75| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in November. 12/1, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (6f), never nearer. Off 148 days. Enters calculations.

Form: 414124-

(21)

Limit Long^t¹⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 70

18/1

28/1, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f), doing too much too soon. Off 141 days. Back down in trip. Returns from a break on a favourable mark.

Form: 079086-

(17)

Mi Esperanza¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: S Foley| T: A Kinsella| OR: 70| D

4/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. Respectable second of 10 in handicap at Tipperary (5f, good to soft, 9/2) 18 days ago, no match for winner. One to consider.

Form: 8223-22

(6)

Trueba^v⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Ms N A Kane⁽⁷⁾| T: E Linehan| OR: 68| C

12/1

Course winner. Below form fifteenth of 28 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft, 8/1) 5 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Visor back on. Merits consideration.

Form: 633-920

(13)

Kuwait Direction^b¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 67| D

50/1

50/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at this course (5.9f, good) 12 days ago. Easily passed over.

Form: 70-0680

(10)

Hodd's Girl⁹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 66| D

14/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win at Dundalk in January. 11/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (5f), running on. Off 92 days. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 4081-12

(15)

Memsie^t⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 62

25/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifteenth of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft, 40/1) 48 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 094-090

(2)

Blue Umbrella^p1⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: L F Roche| T: Miss S J Harty| OR: 60

50/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap (100/1) at the Curragh (5f, soft) 48 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Looks firmly up against it.

Form: 68200-0

(4)

Celtic Manor^p⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Ben Coen| T: G Donnelly| OR: 60| D

13/2

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 14/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, poorly drawn and only tenth of 28 at the Curragh 5 days ago. Likely remains in form, so shouldn't be ruled out.

Form: 00-0650

(9)

No Speed Limit⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: P J McKenna| OR: 60

11/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 6/1, bit below form third of 15 in handicap at Sligo (6f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Becoming well treated.

Form: 942783

(12)

St Cianans Fire^t¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: J C McConnell| OR: 68

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 18 in maiden at Tipperary (5f, good to soft, 66/1) 18 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs to do more.

Form: 87-0

(16)

Pretty Smart¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Wayne Lordan| T: P Martin| OR: 54| BF| D

10/1

Below form seventh of 16 in handicap (7/2) at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 13 days ago, run best excused. Not one to write off.

Form: 5839-57

(1)

Passaggi⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: S G O'Donnell| OR: 51| BF

14/1

Below form ninth of 15 in handicap (10/3) at Sligo (6f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Given a chance by the handicapper since and she's still lightly raced.

Form: 0897-49

(8)

Zegos Surprise¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Chris Hayes| T: M Mulvany| OR: 60| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Winner here in March. 16/1, good third of 16 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 001093

(11)

Calvados⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: James J Doyle| T: J C McConnell| OR: 58

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 125/1, tenth of 23 in maiden at this course (5.9f, heavy) 41 days ago, met some trouble. Makes handicap debut. Trip could suit.

Form: 07-0

(3)

Annabelle Rock²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: N Lupini| OR: 47| D

18/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2019. Fourteenth of 22 in handicap (7/1) at the Curragh (6f, good to firm) 21 days ago.

Form: 0-22090

(7)

Cactus Tree^b¹⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 47

33/1

Remains a maiden after 23 Flat runs. Below form 11½ lengths ninth of 17 to Pretty Boy Floyd in handicap (18/1) at the Curragh (5f, heavy). Off 6 months. Bit to prove.

Form: 476989-

(18)

Niamh Elizabeth¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: M A Gallagher| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 56

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good second of 15 in handicap at Tipperary (5f, good to soft, 50/1) 18 days ago. Claims if she's able to back that up.

Form: 08-502

(20)

Doonard Prince^b²¹

Age: 12| Weight: 8-6| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 45| C| D

28/1

Course winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. Seventeenth of 22 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to firm, 28/1) 21 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 60608-0

Non-Runners

(19)

Pretty Boy Floyd⁴¹

Weight: 10-1| Age: 6

T: Mrs S Dawson J: Colin Keane

(14)

Chocquinto⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Miss H McLoughlin J: Sam Ewing

Forecasts

Mi Esperanza (4/1), Celtic Manor (13/2), Earls (7/1), Zegos Surprise (17/2), Pretty Smart (10/1), No Speed Limit (11/1), Trueba (12/1), Passaggi (14/1), Hodd's Girl (14/1), Pretty Boy Floyd (14/1), Limit Long (18/1), Annabelle Rock (18/1), Chocquinto (20/1), Niamh Elizabeth (22/1), Memsie (25/1), Doonard Prince (28/1), Cactus Tree (33/1), Calvados (50/1), Blue Umbrella (50/1), St Cianans Fire (50/1), Kuwait Direction (50/1)

ZEGOS SURPRISE scored here in March and was back on track when a staying-on third at Navan recently, so she's worth chancing in a wide-open event. Hood's Girl, who's been progressive on AW, is an obvious danger if she can reproduce that form returned to turf, while Mi Esperanza shouldn't be dismissed having been runner-up on both previous outings this term.