19:15 Roscommon

Tuesday 22 August 2023

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Londis Roscommon Handicap

Off time: 19:15 | Winning time: 1m 36.74s

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Loingseoir^t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: J J G Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 83| C

7/1

Course winner. 20/1, good second of 12 in handicap at Chepstow (7.1f, good) 12 days ago. On the shortlist after that.

Form: 732002

(11)

Brains^b,t³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: D King⁽⁵⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 82

28/1

16/1 and tongue strap on first time, first run since leaving John Butler when bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 36 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal.

Form: 133916

(6)

Coins Cross^b¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: C D Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 81| D

12/1

Below form eleventh of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good, 14/1) 10 days ago.

Form: 1-03250

(8)

Dragon Of Malta^b,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: C T Keane| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 79| D

10/3

4/1, career best when winning 16-runner handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 17 days ago. Raised 9 lb for that cosy success but he has gone close off similar marks before.

Form: 30-6631

(1)

Yermanthere²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Kinirons| OR: 78| D

10/3

11/2, first run since leaving Patrick Foley when below form eighth of 15 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, soft) on reappearance 27 days ago. Back up in trip. May come on for the outing.

Form: 93809-8

(5)

Pinar Del Rio²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: R P Whelan| T: Joe Conlon| OR: 75

15/2

33/1 and visored for 1st time, creditable sixth of 13 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good) 2 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: P/0-4606

(9)

Eloquent Arthur^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 74| D

8/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 28/1, respectable third of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 21 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 586023

(12)

First Gentleman^b1¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 78| BF

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/4, respectable third of 9 in maiden at Tipperary (7.4f, soft) 11 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 33233

(7)

Inablink⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: R P Cleary| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 66

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 17 in maiden at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft, 80/1) 65 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 05-9

(2)

Rerkha⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: W Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 70

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (8f, 14/1) 41 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Unexposed and worth a betting check.

Form: 5-67

(10)

Emorcee^v¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: L T McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 69

15/2

Fair maiden. Visored for 1st time, good second of 9 in handicap (12/1) at Galway (8.3f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 864272

Non-Runners

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Even Flow¹⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: R K Watson J: D E Sheehy

Forecasts

Yermanthere (10/3), Dragon Of Malta (10/3), Loingseoir (7/1), Emorcee (15/2), Pinar Del Rio (15/2), Eloquent Arthur (8/1), Rerkha (11/1), First Gentleman (11/1), Coins Cross (12/1), Brains (28/1), Even Flow (33/1), Inablink (80/1)

ELOQUENT ARTHUR's latest Galway third represents solid form so he gets the nod off the same mark. Colin Keane has got a good tune out of Dragon of Malta recently and even a 9 lb rise for his Galway win is unlikely to prevent another prominent showing. Longseoir and Emorcee are others to consider.