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Monday 26 July 2021

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Galwaybayhotel.com & Galmont.com Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 1m 31.24s

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(9)

Royal Pippen^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: J A Heffernan| T: S Donohoe| OR: 79| D

13/2

Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good, 14/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 060544

(8)

Godhead^p,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: G M Ryan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 78| D

13/2

11/1, thirteenth of 15 in handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, good) 19 days ago. Merely ticking over at present but this is a drop in class.

Form: 006470

(14)

Maud Gonne Spirit^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 77| D

18/1

18/1 and cheekpieces on for first time, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 75-8400

(11)

Earls^b⁷⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: B M Coen| T: G Donnelly| OR: 75

50/1

Below form tenth of 19 in handicap (7/1) at Naas (5f, soft) 79 days ago. Significantly back up in trip and expected to step up markedly on that reappearance.

Form: 14124-0

(13)

Mary Salome^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: L T McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: A Kinirons| OR: 75| D

6/1

Latest win at Listowel in June. 5/1, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 021206

(16)

Ola Bonita^p²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 75

14/1

Cheekpieces on for first time, good second of 10 in handicap (25/1) at Roscommon (7.3f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 1048-02

(7)

Fridtjof Nansen^b²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: D P McDonogh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 74

8/1

One win from 39 Flat runs. Twenty one runs since last win in 2019. 9/1, creditable third of 13 in handicap at Limerick (7f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Likely to give it another good shot.

Form: 230823

(5)

Yester¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: S T McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D P Nagle| OR: 74

12/1

Fourth of 14 in maiden (80/1) at Killarney (8.1f, good) 13 days ago. Booking of McCullagh a plus. Fairly treated for handicap debut and he's unexposed.

Form: 664

(17)

Excuzio Joe²⁶²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 73| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 15/2, fourteenth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, heavy). Off 8 months.

Form: 093210-

(2)

High Altitude¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: D McMonagle⁽³⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 73

4/1

Creditable fifth of 14 in handicap (16/1) at Killarney (8.1f, good) 13 days ago. Yard in good form.

Form: 4-90005

(3)

Turbine^p,t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: D King⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 73| D

10/1

Bit below form fourth of 9 in claimer (15/2) at Killarney (8.2f, good) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 18-0004

(15)

Atlas^b¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 72| D

22/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2020. 9/2, eighth of 9 in claimer at Killarney (8.2f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 792248

(10)

War Hero^p1,t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 72| BF| D

33/1

Latest win at Down Royal in June. 11/8, eighth of 10 in claimer at Dundalk (7f) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces reached for.

Form: 702178

(4)

Kodiqueen^p,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J G Murphy| OR: 71

14/1

Latest win at Sligo in June. 15/2, ninth of 10 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 15 days ago. Could easily bounce back.

Form: 030019

(12)

Will Be King^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: C T Keane| T: G O'Leary| OR: 71

18/1

Bit below form eighth of 16 in handicap (33/1) at Leopardstown (8f, good) 18 days ago, unable to sustain effort. RESERVE.

Form: 357-478

Non-Runners

(18)

Coill Na Sionainne³⁰

Weight: 10-1| Age: 5

T: W McCreery J: N M Crosse

(6)

The Mpex Kid⁵⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: Ciaran Murphy J: Reserve 2

(1)

Silverkode⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 7

T: J G Murphy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

High Altitude (4/1), Mary Salome (6/1), Royal Pippen (13/2), Godhead (13/2), Coill Na Sionainne (13/2), Fridtjof Nansen (8/1), Turbine (10/1), Yester (12/1), Excuzio Joe (12/1), Kodiqueen (14/1), Ola Bonita (14/1), Silverkode (16/1), Maud Gonne Spirit (18/1), Will Be King (18/1), Atlas (22/1), War Hero (33/1), The Mpex Kid (33/1), Earls (50/1)

ROYAL PIPPEN has only a novice win to his name, but he shaped well at Killarney a fortnight ago and he could be the answer. Ola Bonita and Fridtj Nansen are a couple of viable threats.