Limerick 17 June 2016

Going: Good to Firm (Firm in places)
 
 
Mostly Cloudy

Forecast: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 10.2° - 16.7°
Rainfall: none
Wind: 13.1 mph NW

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17:30 Limerick (IRE) (3YO plus)

Ballyduane Stud Claiming Race

6f 150y

Winner €5,843 - 14 ran

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The form of MO HENRY's three-parts of a length Ayr second was given a big boost when the third won next time (winner also ran well in a competitive York handicap subsequently) and he will prove difficult to beat if reproducing that level of performance. Touch Of Frost, wearing cheekpieces for the first time, posted a solid placed effort in a valuable Naas handicap last month and he is likely to be in the shake-up again, while Aldo Raine holds each-way claims.

2

18:05 Limerick (IRE) (3YO plus)

Croom House Stud Rated Race

6f 150y

Winner €10,147 - 8 ran

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TONY THE GENT stepped up on his debut success when narrowly denied by an Aidan O'Brien inmate over 1m at Navan and, with enough speed to cope with this drop in trip, he rates the one to beat. Footbridge bounced off a similarly fast surface when winning his maiden at Fairyhouse and Dermot Weld's charge looks sure to run another big race, while Gift Wrap, Strait Of Zanzibar, Ishebayorgrey and Markhan make up the ingredients for a cracking event.

3

18:35 Limerick (IRE) (2YO only)

Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Median Auction Fillies Maiden

7f

Winner €9,225 - 7 ran

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Sweetasever looks best of those with experience, but they don't set the bar too high and it could be worth focusing on the newcomers. Lost In Silence, Introibo and Ellery Lane all represent powerful stables who are more than capable of getting one ready first time, but a chance is taken on NOVEMBER TALE. Representing the same connections who went close with Psychedelic Funk in Tuesday's Coventry Stakes, the daughter of Casamento fetched 36,000gns at the Tattersalls Sales in October and a Group 1 entry suggests that she has been showing plenty at home.

4

19:10 Limerick (IRE) (3YO plus)

Grant Thornton Handicap (50-80)

1m

Winner €7,688 - 9 ran

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Ecoeye makes appeal from a handicapping perspective and ran really well when last seen at Sligo, but the best of his form has all come on heavy ground and he faces totally different conditions here. He'll go close if effective on the forecast fast ground but TOTAL DEMOLITION was good value for a two-length success at Leopardstown recently under this pilot and is taken to follow up with trip and ground to suit. Intense Stylist should be suited by the step up in trip and could deliver a good account, alongside Eagle Valley and Beau Satchel.

5

19:45 Limerick (IRE) (3YO plus)

Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden

1m 3f 70y

Winner €8,610 - 9 ran

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It's interesting to see Eavesdrop upped in trip as she appeared to find 1m2f too far last time. She now sports a first-time hood and her second juvenile outing at the Curragh was a promising performance. It's tempting to afford her another chance but FLAGSTAFF is preferred. Dermot Weld's Dansili filly finished well beaten on her sole start at two in Even Song's Leopardstown maiden when seemingly unfancied but looks the sort to improve notably at three. Darkyila and the more exposed Remarkable Lady have claims but Easy In Love, a promising runner-up on her Fairyhouse debut, rates likelier shortlist material.

6

20:15 Limerick (IRE) (3YO plus)

irishinjuredjockeys.com Apprentice Handicap (45-65)

1m 3f 70y

Winner €5,843 - 13 ran

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TEMPO MAC hasn't been seen in this sphere for 726 days but has been in good form over timber in the meantime, most notably when winning at the Punchestown Festival in April, and looks very well handicapped off a mark of 57. Whippers Dream has been in good form of late, winning at Tipperary before a decent effort in defeat at Fairyhouse, and she heads the list of dangers from Loyalty Card.

7

20:50 Limerick (IRE) (3YO plus)

Limerick Racecourse Family Fun Day 3rd July Handicap (50-80)

2m 1f

Winner €7,688 - 11 ran

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NO CASH FLOW could be the one to side with on the basis that he is tried in first-time cheekpieces and has been left on a mark of 60 following a very creditable return to this discipline at Dundalk last time. Finishing fifth on the all-weather over 2m that day, he ran a lot better than his finishing position suggests and can score at the chief expense of the second that day, Zemario, whom he's 3lb better off with at the weights, and Killarney winner Jocular.

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