17:45 Leopardstown

Thursday 17 July 2025

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Aer Lingus College Football Classic Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 1m 32.21s

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(7)

Free Solo^p,t²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: M W Hassett| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 71| C| D

13/2

Course winner. Latest win at the Curragh in May. 13/2, respectable fourth of 14 in handicap at Down Royal (7f, good) 27 days ago. Solid each-way chance.

Form: 761724

(13)

Kinda Tiny¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: J Kearney| T: T Doyle| OR: 65| D

16/1

Good second of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (7.4f, good to firm, 11/1) 15 days ago. 3 lb nudge for that near-miss is fair enough and she looks competitive on form.

Form: 1264-72

(1)

Zabeir^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: P McGettigan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Kinsella| OR: 65| D

8/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. 20/1, fourth of 15 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.9f, good) 13 days ago. Will need to raise his game in order to take this.

Form: 07200-4

(9)

Clonmacash^v⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: S Coen⁽⁴⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 64| D

7/1

11/1, good third of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, good) 8 days ago. Not without each-way hope on that evidence, but record on turf now stands at 0-16.

Form: 800443

(8)

Pinball Wizard⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁴⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 63| D

12/1

Sixth of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, good, 40/1) 8 days ago and he's hard to warm to.

Form: 74-2006

(3)

Run Forrest Run^b⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: R Whearty| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 63| D

16/1

Bit below form eighth of 23 in handicap at the Curragh (6.3f, good, 18/1) 43 days ago. Wouldn't be without a chance if reproducing the form of his close third on penultimate start at Down Royal, but his profile is rather patchy.

Form: 015-038

(4)

Play It Again Zaam^v²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: D J O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 60

50/1

First run since leaving Mrs Prunella Dobbs when thirteenth of 16 in handicap (66/1) at this course (7.2f, good to firm) 28 days ago. Visor back on and he's opposable on balance.

Form: 17720-0

(5)

Vega's Muse^p1³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K G Kennedy⁽²⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 64| BF

2/1

Good second of 12 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft, 4/1) 3 days ago. Remains a maiden, but she has lower mileage than the majority of these and wouldn't need to find much improvement in first-time cheekpieces here in order to play a major role.

Form: 7-07732

(6)

Electric Beauty⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: W Joyce| T: M Mulvany| OR: 61

14/1

Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 20/1) 5 days ago, but both starts on turf to date have resulted in pretty heavy defeats.

Form: 4-37984

(10)

Pimstrel^p¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 8-12| J: R M Mulligan⁽⁴⁾| T: G A Kingston| OR: 54| CD

25/1

C&D winner. 10/1, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft) 16 days ago, not clear run. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 3119-77

(2)

Saxon Kingdom^p,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: J S Dalton⁽⁷⁾| T: Thomas Dowling| OR: 50

8/1

One win from 24 Flat runs. Successful at Gowran in May. Creditable fourth of 15 in handicap at Bellewstown (8f, good, 15/2) 14 days ago, never nearer. One to consider.

Form: 821034

(11)

Hasiyna¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Jessica O'Gorman⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 48

12/1

11/1, creditable fifth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft) 16 days ago, faring best of those held up. Likely to find one or two too good.

Form: 445045

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(12)

Selective Power²⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: Thomas Coyle J: J J G Ryan

Forecasts

Vega's Muse (2/1), Free Solo (13/2), Clonmacash (7/1), Zabeir (8/1), Saxon Kingdom (8/1), Hasiyna (12/1), Pinball Wizard (12/1), Electric Beauty (14/1), Run Forrest Run (16/1), Kinda Tiny (16/1), Pimstrel (25/1), Selective Power (33/1), Play It Again Zaam (50/1)

If allowed to take her chance three days on from finishing second in a Killarney handicap, VEGA'S MUSE could be the answer with this drop back in trip unikely to be an issue and the addition of cheekpieces another potentially positive factor, having hung left/carried his head awkwardly at Killarney. Saxon Kingdom's strike rate is a bit off-putting, but he's pretty consistent on the whole and is likely to give another good account, while Free Solo and Kinda Tiny also enter calculations.