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Gateway Hotel Race & Stay Apprentice Handicap (47-75)

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 1m 13.25s

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(5)

Tai Sing Yeh^b,t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁴⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 75| CD

6/1

4-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 20 runs this year, latest at Naas in July. 14/1, rare below-par effort when seventh of 10 in handicap at Laytown (7.2f) 17 days ago. Blinkers back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: 421927

(9)

Petit Calvados¹²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: C J MacRedmond| T: Eoghan O'Neill| OR: 74| D

12/1

20/1, shaped encouragingly making her first start outside of France when sixth of 15 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good) 4 months ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 16114-6

(8)

Rocky Dreams^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Adam Caffrey⁽²⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 72| CD

15/2

4-time C&D winner, latest here in July. Ran poorly 9 weeks on when eighth of 10 in handicap at Laytown (6f, 9/1) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Won this corresponding event 12 months ago and no surprise should he feature.

Form: 808818

(4)

Rumbled Again^b³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: P A Harnett⁽²⁾| T: A B Joyce| OR: 73

6/1

Winner at Gowran in May. Again ran below form when eleventh of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good, 25/1) 34 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 315200

(13)

Sam's Xpress^p1⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S T McCullagh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 69| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year, latest here in March. Eleventh of 13 in handicap (18/1) at Cork (5f, heavy) 6 weeks ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 113690

(15)

Inishmot Prince⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: James Ryan⁽²⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 65| CD

15/2

5-time course winner. Fared no better back on all-weather when ninth of 13 in handicap (20/1) at this course (7f) 7 days ago. Mark continues to fall.

Form: 730009

(10)

Lockdown^t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: S R Markey⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 64| D

22/1

20/1, shaped better than the distance beaten suggested when fourth of 7 in minor event at Laytown (7.2f) 17 days ago, held when saddle slipped inside final 1f. Must improve nonetheless.

Form: 78-3504

(3)

Wooden Head^t³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Robert Whearty⁽²⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 63

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1 and blinkered for 1st time, lit up when sixteenth of 17 on handicap debut at the Curragh (6f, good) 34 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 4560

(1)

Might And Mercy^p,t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: M W Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: P J McKenna| OR: 61| C

4/1

Course winner. Eleventh of 17 in handicap at Navan (8f, good to soft, 33/1) 29 days ago, slowly away. Back down in trip. Tongue strap/cheekpieces back on.

Form: 767060

(6)

Hero Of The Hour¹⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Siobhan Rutledge| T: G A Kingston| OR: 58| CD

9/1

3-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 7 runs this year, latest here in March. Eighteenth of 24 in handicap (25/1) at the Curragh (6f, soft) 5 months ago. Could have a say if ready to roll.

Form: 114120

(14)

Havana Notion³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: D E Sheehy| T: J Feane| OR: 58

10/1

Winner at Tipperary in July. 16/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, lit up when last of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good) 34 days ago.

Form: 451080

(12)

Vikki Wall^t⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁴⁾| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 57

40/1

40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, failed to build on previous promise when twelfth of 15 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.9f, good to soft) 85 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 400600

(11)

Ledger^h³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: Paul Traynor| OR: 52

66/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 9 in handicap at Musselburgh (7.2f, good to firm, 25/1) 31 days ago. Hood back on. Uphill task.

Form: 060-007

(17)

Poet's Pride⁷⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: W Joyce⁽⁴⁾| T: D Marnane| OR: 49| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Failed to make an impact when 5½ lengths eighth of 11 to Rocky Dreams in claimer at this course (7f, 40/1) 79 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 928798

Non-Runners

(7)

Bears Hug²

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: J P Dempsey J: Jake Coen

(16)

Kuwait Direction¹²⁰

Weight: 8-7| Age: 6

T: K H Clarke J: Reserve 2

(2)

Theriverrunsdeep⁶²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 7

T: S G O'Donnell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Might And Mercy (4/1), Tai Sing Yeh (6/1), Rumbled Again (6/1), Rocky Dreams (15/2), Inishmot Prince (15/2), Wooden Head (8/1), Hero Of The Hour (9/1), Havana Notion (10/1), Kuwait Direction (10/1), Petit Calvados (12/1), Sam's Xpress (12/1), Bears Hug (14/1), Theriverrunsdeep (16/1), Lockdown (22/1), Poet's Pride (33/1), Vikki Wall (40/1), Ledger (66/1)

An open-looking apprentice event which can go the way of TAI SING YEH, who has the blinkers quickly reinstated after a rare below-par effort recently and partnered by a jockey earning plenty of plaudits at present, James McAuley's veteran can regain the winning thread. Petit Calvados shaped encouragingly making her first start outside of France back in May so she heads up the opposition, ahead of Inishmot Prince and last year's winner Rocky Dreams.

Previous Winners

2022

Rocky Dreams

Weight: 10-2 |Age: 5

J: D King | T: D Hogan

16/5

Prize Money

1st: €6,600.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,099.004th: €550.005th: €330.006th: €220.00

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