18:40 Leopardstown

Thursday 13 June 2019

All17:3518:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:40

'Coolio' Handicap

  • 3YO only  |   1m  |   Good to Firm (Good in Places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 18:41  |   Winning time: 1m 43.62s
1st
Horse silk
4
(1)
8/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: D O'Brien
Waited with towards rear, pushed along straight and switched right to outer, soon headway, stayed on well final furlong to lead near line tchd 9/1
2nd
Horse silk
hd
2
(8)
12/1
T: M HalfordJ: R Coakley
Raced in 8th early, soon 6th, pushed along straight, headway and gained narrow lead well inside final furlong, kept on, headed near line tchd 11/1
3rd
Horse silk
½
9
(3)
9/2j
T: M HalfordJ: R P Whelan
Prominent, soon disputed lead, headed inside first 2f, close up, pushed along approaching straight, led 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, soon one pace in 3rd
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
11
(7)
16/1
T: W McCreeryJ: N M Crosse (7)
Waited with, soon in rear, pushed along straight, headway and not much room 1 1/2f out, kept on without threatening final furlong op 20/1
5th
Horse silk
nse
6
(6)
5/1
T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: S Foley
Soon raced in 9th, pushed along approaching straight, soon headway, kept on same pace without threatening final furlong op 13/2
6th
Horse silk
½
1
(11)
7/1
T: D K WeldJ: B M Coen (5)
Soon raced in 4th, pushed along straight, one pace final furlong op 8/1
7th
Horse silk
1
7
(12)
10/1
T: G M LyonsJ: C T Keane
Stumbled slightly early, prominent on outer, led inside first 2f, pushed along approaching straight, headed 1f out, no extra and one pace after tchd 9/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ½
5
(2)
9/2j
T: J P O'BrienJ: S M Crosse (5)
Prominent, raced in 5th early, 7th under 3f out, pushed along approaching straight, soon headway, kept on same pace final furlong
9th
Horse silk
hd
8
(9)
25/1
T: J P MurtaghJ: N G McCullagh
Led early, soon joined, headed inside first 2f, prominent, pushed along 3f out, no extra and one pace 1f out
10th
Horse silk
2 ¼
10
(10)
8/1
T: J A StackJ: A J Slattery (7)
Tracked leaders, soon raced in 5th, pushed along under 3f out, no extra and one pace 1f out
11th
Horse silk
9 ½
3
(5)
20/1
T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning
Soon raced in 7th, 8th under 3f out, pushed along approaching straight, no impression 1 1/2f out, soon no extra op 14/1

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Non-Runners

12
(4)
Horse silk
Summerset243
Weight: 8-4|  Age: 3
T: J M Oxx  J: K J Leonard
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€10.00Pl:€3.30, €4.30, €2.00EX:€127.00Trifecta:€1,153.80Tricast:€498.37SF:€101.19

Forecasts

Balefire (9/2), Jupiter Road (9/2), Boston Bruin (5/1), Sherkali (7/1), Cnoc An Oir (8/1), Gatsby Cap (8/1), Excelcius (10/1), Sky Seven (12/1), Summerset (14/1), Royal Canford (16/1), Western Dawn (20/1), Parkers Hill (25/1)

Verdict

A typically competitive Leopardstown handicap in which BALEFIRE is the unknown quantity in this field on handicap debut for Mick Halford. He showed a good attitude when winning at the fourth time of asking recently and starts life in this sphere off a very fair mark. The stables other representative, Sky Seven, is worth another chance now he has been eased a bit in the weights after making a disappointing debut on turf., while similar comments apply to Sherkali who failed to justify market favouritism in a very warm handicap assignment last time, but held a solid profile prior to that below-par effort.
  1. Balefire
  2. Sherkali
  3. Sky Seven

Previous Winners

2018
Bucky Larson
Weight: 9-9  |Age: 3
J: C T Keane  |  T: G M Lyons
5/1

Prize Money

1st: €10,472.002nd: €3,247.003rd: €1,547.004th: €697.005th: €272.00

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