17:15 Dundalk

Saturday 12 July 2025

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Family Funday At Dundalk Friday 15th August Handicap

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 2m 34.91s

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(5)

Moondharrig^p,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: H J Horgan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 71| C

25/1

Course winner who probably needed the run after 12 months off when well held at the Curragh recently and interesting now back on all-weather.

Form: 12159-0

(1)

Eighty Eight^h1¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: S Foley| T: J Feane| OR: 69| C

6/1

Course winner who is operating below best at present, fourteenth of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, good, 25/1) 15 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 473040

(11)

Powerful Hook Head^t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: S T McCullagh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 69

33/1

Failed to stop the slide when well held in 14-runner handicap at Ballinrobe (13f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 5850-0

(3)

Milverton²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: K Thornton| OR: 68

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat who proved too free in a first-time hood when seventh of 13 in handicap at Down Royal (10.4f, good) 21 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 00-67

(8)

Church Mountain^p,t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Nathan Crosse| T: D Hogan| OR: 65| C

33/1

Course winner who is struggling for form at present, finishing ninth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (10.3f, good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 915909

(14)

Storm Eric^t⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: Jamie Flynn| OR: 65| C

33/1

Course winner who failed to build on the promise of last run when ninth of 20 in handicap at Naas (8f, good to soft, 10/1) 75 days ago. 10lb higher on all-weather. Significantly up in trip. Tongue strap refitted.

Form: 125639

(2)

Dancing Steve^v²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 64

13/2

10/1, creditable second of 13 in handicap at Down Royal (10.4f, good) 21 days ago. In the mix with a repeat.

Form: 220-892

(13)

Numidia^v⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: P Lawlor| OR: 62| C| D

18/1

Course winner who again ran creditably when sixth of 17 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, soft) 87 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 541-663

(15)

Hasten Slowly⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: M W Hassett⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 61| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Bellewstown (17.2f, good) 7 days ago. Back up in trip. Fair on the Flat, run best excused on last Flat run.

Form: 80120-0

(9)

Urgent Whisper^h⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Coen| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 68

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, seventh of 16 in maiden at Cork (10.4f, good, 100/1) 67 days ago, not knocked about. Makes handicap debut. Improvement needed.

Form: 7-67

(10)

Nakatomi⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Robert Whearty⁽³⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 67

11/2

10/1, ran below form when sixth of 13 in maiden at Down Royal (10.5f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 280-666

(4)

Quickshot⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Colin Keane| T: A Murray| OR: 67| BF

2/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 7 in handicap at this course (10.7f, 5/2). Off 92 days/gelded. Well worth a try over this longer trip.

Form: 7052

(7)

Enziya^p,t³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: L F Roche| T: R P Cody| OR: 65| D

11/2

Confirmed promise of last run when off the mark in 14-runner handicap at Limerick (11.5f, good, 9/2) 31 days ago, staying on to lead final strides. Should remain competitive up 3 lb.

Form: 0-88731

(12)

Ranting And Raven^b³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Patrick McGettigan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 61

9/1

Not disgraced when 2¾ lengths tenth of 14 to Enziya in handicap (8/1) at Limerick (11.5f, good) 31 days ago.

Form: 007-620

Non-Runners

(6)

Benavente⁸

Weight: 10-1| Age: 7

T: Kevin Coleman J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Quickshot (2/1), Enziya (11/2), Nakatomi (11/2), Eighty Eight (6/1), Dancing Steve (13/2), Ranting And Raven (9/1), Hasten Slowly (16/1), Numidia (18/1), Urgent Whisper (25/1), Moondharrig (25/1), Benavente (25/1), Powerful Hook Head (33/1), Church Mountain (33/1), Storm Eric (33/1), Milverton (50/1)

MOONDHARRIG has run below form on his last 3 turf starts, but looks interesting now returning to all-weather having progressed notably well on this surface in the first half of 2024, so he gets the nod. The lightly-raced Quickshot is well worth a try at this longer trip given how he shaped on his most recent outing here in the spring, while Enziya did quite well under the circumstances at Limerick and seems likely to go well again.