17:25
SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Fillies Handicap
1m2½f (1m2f149y), Flat, 3yo+, F, €12,000, 11 runners
- Going
- SOFT
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Dry
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Apercu heads our ratings on 88, three pounds ahead of Ankara on 85, and that narrow edge is enough to make her the pick in a wide-open ten-furlong contest on soft ground. Ankara is the chief danger, with Navy Waters and Cherry Hill Girl both within five pounds and capable of turning this around if Apercu fails to handle the conditions. Below that quartet the ratings stay tightly bunched before tailing off, with Letiza and Speckled Meadow rated well adrift, so the winner should come from the top group. Apercu is narrowly preferred and is our selection.
Runners
Shay Wallace (7)
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 10/59
Fit after just 13 days, Ankara was third last time out and has run over today's trip and going before, while her own rating of 85 ranks second of 11 and sits just one pound below her official 86. The risk is a winless record in her last five, and 140 lb from stall nine is a hefty burden.
- Sire
- Siyouni (FR)
- Dam
- Al Anqa (GB) by Galileo
- Owner
- Patrick John O'Brien & Mrs M V Magnier & Mrs Paul Shanahan & Kevin Blake
- Foaled
- 24 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Owning Hill, Co Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 59 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 85, Speed 80
Reese Holohan (5)
A Oliver 2/19
Apercu is yet to win in her last six starts, but a second four starts back shows she has the ability, and she has run over today's trip and going before after 28 days off. Our rating of 88 puts her top of the 11, carrying 139 lb from draw 6.
- Sire
- Elzaam (AUS)
- Dam
- Nutshell (GB) by Dubai Destination
- Owner
- Team Valor International Llc
- Foaled
- 24 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Caledon, Co Tyrone
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 19 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 88, Speed 79
Shane Foley
John Joseph Murphy 0/6
Queen Of The Bogs bounced back from an eighth to run a second and a fourth, though she was unplaced last time out, and she has run over today's trip and returns after 19 days. Carrying 139 lb from stall eight off an official 85, she looks a midfield sort, with our rating of 82 putting her fifth of eleven.
- Sire
- Lope De Vega (IRE)
- Dam
- Nkosikazi (GB) by Cape Cross
- Owner
- Mrs Olivia Hoare
- Foaled
- 1 Jan 2022
- Stable
- Upton, Co Cork
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 6 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 83, Speed 81
W. J. Lee
W. McCreery 1/15
Navy Waters is yet to win in her last six, but she was third three and four starts back, and she's fresh from a run 13 days ago with experience of today's trip and going. Carrying 138 lb from draw 11, the main risk is a sixth last time out.
- Sire
- U S Navy Flag (USA)
- Dam
- Grey Waters (IRE) by Mastercraftsman
- Owner
- Miceal Martin Sammon
- Foaled
- 1 Jan 2021
- Stable
- Rathbride, Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 15 runs (7%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 84, Speed 81
Ben Coen
J. P. Murtagh 6/44
Vanir bounces back to form after a second last time out, though an eighth two starts back and her last win coming four starts back keep her honest; she has run over today's trip and is fresh enough after 13 days. Carrying 135 lb from draw 5, her 82 rating ranks sixth of 11.
- Sire
- Teofilo (IRE)
- Dam
- Shurooq (GB) by Dubawi
- Owner
- Newtown Anner Stud Farm Ltd
- Foaled
- 1 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Coolaghknock Glebe,Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 6 wins from 44 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 82, Speed 69
J M Sheridan
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 10/59
Fratas comes in without a win in her last five, a seventh last time out and a fourth four starts back, though she has run over today's trip and going and returns after 41 days off. Our rating of 80 sits above her official 76, but she needs to arrest a slide from draw 3 under 130 lb.
- Sire
- Fracas (IRE)
- Dam
- Deontas (IRE) by Teofilo
- Owner
- Thoroughbred Racing Syndicatekieran Leavy
- Foaled
- 17 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Owning Hill, Co Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 59 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 80, Speed 76
Donagh O'Connor
Richard John O'Brien 0/3
Morgana Blue won last time out, with a second three starts back, and she looks unexposed on that evidence, though she returns after 321 days off and has plenty to prove on fitness. She carries 130 lb from draw 4, with scope to progress.
- Sire
- Blue Point (IRE)
- Dam
- Moonlight And Gold (GB) by Golden Horn
- Owner
- Frank J Lynch & Maria Lynch & Karl Francis Roche
- Foaled
- 27 Jan 2022
- Stable
- Ballingarry, Co Limerick
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
Andrew Slattery
A. Slattery 9/46
Winning last time out is the big plus for Letiza, with a fourth, a fourth and a second before that, and she has run over today's trip. But she's ranked ninth of eleven on our figures, has been off for 41 days, and carries 129 lb from stall one, so she's hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)
- Dam
- Spanish Berry (IRE) by Lope De Vega
- Owner
- All Stars Racing Syndicate
- Foaled
- 3 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Thurles, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 46 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 72, Speed 71
Colin Keane
Noel Meade 1/28
Stars Will Shine has finished a ninth last time out and a ninth three starts back, with her only win five starts back, and the yard is cold at one winner from 27 lately. She has run on today's going and returns after 20 days, but eighth of eleven on our rating makes her hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Starman (GB)
- Dam
- Vital Body (FR) by Gold Away
- Owner
- Mrs Sabina Kelly
- Foaled
- 3 May 2023
- Stable
- Castletown, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 28 runs (4%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 79, Speed 77
Gavin Ryan
A. Slattery 9/46
Quick back-up after seven days, Cherry Hill Girl has run over today's trip and going before and was third two starts back, while our rating of 83 ranks her fourth of eleven. The risk is a winless record in her last five, with a seventh last time out.
- Sire
- Belardo (IRE)
- Dam
- Gleeful (GB) by Pivotal
- Owner
- W J Ryan
- Foaled
- 1 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Thurles, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 46 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 83, Speed 80
Julian Pietropaolo (7)
Don Browne 0/0
Speckled Meadow is winless in her last six, finishing sixth last time out and no better than fifth in that spell, which makes her hard to fancy after 49 days off. She has run over this trip and on this going, and our rating of 68 still leaves her tenth of eleven.
- Sire
- Footstepsinthesand (GB)
- Dam
- Speedi Mouse (GB) by Alhaarth
- Owner
- Don Browne
- Foaled
- 1 Jan 2017
- Stable
- Carrigtwohill, Co Cork.
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Ratings
- Perf 68, Speed 79
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.