Laytown 13 September 2012

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16:40 Laytown (IRE) (4YO plus)

Balmarino Handicap (50-70)

6f

Winner €5,866 - 10 ran

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Form Snapshot

Course form is an obvious advantage here so KATEEVA, who struck over C&D last year, gets the vote. The selection is 10lb above her last winning mark but has performed with credit the last twice and may be capable of a fifth career triumph. Pivotal Rock broke his maiden over 7f here last term but needs to bounce back from some disappointing recent efforts. Cash Or Casualty and Toufan Express are effective on polytrack and have claims if taking to this slower surface.

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17:10 Laytown (IRE) (4YO plus)

Gilna's Cottage Inn Maiden

7f

Winner €5,174 - 10 ran

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PARRAMATTA needs to prove her effectiveness on sand but performed with credit on slow turf when second to Blackstairmountain over 1m4f at Bellewstown last month. Jessica Harrington's charge is dropped markedly in trip, but given she's a half-sister to a 7f winner at Kempton, the move may not be as drastic as it first appears on paper. The same cannot be said for some of her rivals, which include winning chasers Ordinary Man and I Hear A Symphony, for whom the trip looks an obvious concern. Edenshaw, third over this trip on soft ground at the Curragh last month, may emerge as the biggest threat.

3

17:40 Laytown (IRE) (4YO plus)

Neptune Claiming Race

7f

Winner €4,830 - 10 ran

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Form Snapshot

Romeo's On Fire brings winning C&D form to the table after landing a handicap here last year. Recent efforts temper enthusiasm though and the fact his rating has dropped 20lb over the last year reveals plenty about the direction his career has gone. The safest option appears to be RAISE THE RAFTERS, whose Southwell second over this trip in January offers a strong hint he'll handle today's surface if match fit on his return from a 230-day break. Buaiteoir completes the shortlist.

4

18:10 Laytown (IRE) (4YO plus)

Thetote.com New Website (Q.R.) Handicap (50-80)

7f

Winner €6,900 - 10 ran

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HE'S GOT RHYTHM ran away with a C&D contest off 5lb higher in 2010 and although he's lost a bit of his ability in the last two years, his July victory in a Dundalk claimer and 1m handicap fourth at the same venue last month suggest he is still competitively weighted off his present perch. Solent Ridge looked to be coming back to the boil when third at the Curragh earlier in the month and looks the main danger, ahead of the consistent Maundy Money.

5

18:40 Laytown (IRE) (4YO plus)

O'neills Sports Handicap (47-65)

6f

Winner €5,174 - 9 ran

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Horse
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Form Snapshot

The two C&D winners in the field, Mt Weather and Under Review, need to leave behind all recent form to figure and preference is instead for ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, who went down by just a nose over 7f on good to soft ground at Gowran last time and looks capable of defying a 2lb rise if improving for the slight drop in trip. Carmen Tango was beaten by under a length off 2lb lower at Bath when last sighted and is another handicapped to finish on the premises.

6

19:10 Laytown (IRE) (4YO plus)

Hibernia Steel (Q.R.) Race

7f

Winner €5,866 - 10 ran

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Horse
Age / Wt / OR
Jockey / Trainer
Form Snapshot

DUMBARTON has been in disappointing form over timber of late but could improve now back on the level. He earned an official rating of 84 in Britain after landing a 1m Windsor maiden last summer and, rated 4lb lower now, he looks the most likely winner on these terms if the shorter trip doesn't prove too sharp. Invincible Soul weakened in the closing stages in a 1m2f Clonmel claimer latest and looks the main danger now dropped in trip. Recent Leopardstown maiden winner Dream Applause makes most appeal of the remainder.

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