20:30
Book Your Christmas Party At Dundalk Stadium Handicap
1m4f, Flat, 3yo+, €12,000, 9 runners
- Going
- POLYTRACK: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Mostly Cloudy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Pillar Of Hope heads our ratings on 93 and gets the nod in a tightly knit nine-runner contest over twelve furlongs at Dundalk. He is only narrowly ahead of Serenity Blue on 92, with Nermal on 91 and Palmezzano on 90 also within a few pounds, so the danger comes from a compact group at the top rather than one standout rival. Still, a pound or more in hand over that trio is enough to make him the one to side with, and the rest of the field look to be a fair way behind on 86 and below. Pillar Of Hope is the selection.
Runners
Sam Coen (5)
Adrian McGuinness 3/28
Fresh from a win last time out, Serenity Blue returns after 21 days with experience of both today's trip and going, and our rating of 92 ranks him second of nine. The main risk is a 140 lb burden against an official mark of 87.
- Sire
- Lope De Vega (IRE)
- Dam
- Moi Meme (GB) by Teofilo
- Owner
- Total Recall Racing Club
- Foaled
- 28 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Lusk, Co Dublin
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 28 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 92, Speed 82
Rory Mulligan (5)
Laura Hourigan 0/0
Unterberg is winless in his last six, with an eighth last time out and a fourth two starts back the best of a modest recent run, so he is hard to fancy off 139 lb. He has run over today's trip and going, and 15 days since his last outing is fine, but our rating of 80 ranks him seventh of nine.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Berg Bahn (IRE) by Big Bad Bob
- Owner
- Novum Racing Club
- Foaled
- 2 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Patrickswell, Co Limerick
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 24%
- Ratings
- Perf 80, Speed 73
19 days
7yo, 9-9, OR 82 032415
J: Robyn Donaghue-Leahy (7) · T: Patrick J Flynn
Robyn Donaghue-Leahy (7)
Patrick J Flynn 2/5
Not Just Any Eagle finished fifth last time out, but he has a win two starts back to his name, having also run over today's trip and going. Fresh enough after 19 days, he carries 135 lb off 82, and our rating of 86 only ranks him fifth of nine.
- Sire
- Free Eagle (IRE)
- Dam
- Not Just Any Girl (IRE) by Dylan Thomas
- Owner
- Mrs Patrick J Flynn
- Foaled
- 24 Feb 2019
- Stable
- Carrick-On-Suir, Co Waterford
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 5 runs (40%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 86, Speed 77
Patrick McGettigan (5)
P Sweeney 0/4
Won two starts back and three starts back, and he's back quickly after a seventh last time out just 12 days ago, with experience of today's trip and going. Our rating of 93 tops the nine-runner field, though 135 lb is a notable burden.
- Sire
- Awtaad (IRE)
- Dam
- Great Hope (IRE) by Halling
- Owner
- P Sweeney
- Foaled
- 10 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Letterkenny, Co Donegal
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 93, Speed 70
Adam Browne-Souza (7)
A. Slattery 5/27
Nermal booms in off a second last time out and a third the run before, just 12 days ago, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Carrying 130 lb off an official mark of 83 is the one worry, though our rating of 91 underlines the threat.
- Sire
- James Garfield (IRE)
- Dam
- Daring Life (IRE) by Cape Cross
- Owner
- Joe Bolger
- Foaled
- 26 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Thurles, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 27 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 91, Speed 73
Paddy Harnett (3)
Noel Meade 1/18
Zoffman was a fourth last time out, and a second two starts back, so he arrives in decent order after 27 days off, and he has run over today's trip. He is yet to win in his last six starts though, and 128 lb looks a stiff ask, even with our rating of 83 sitting above his official 75.
- Sire
- Zoffany (IRE)
- Dam
- Empowermentofwomen (IRE) by Manduro
- Owner
- James Owens Mrs Derville Meade
- Foaled
- 28 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Castletown, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 18 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 83, Speed 83
J M Sheridan
Denis Gerard Hogan 1/18
Palmezzano arrives a last-time-out winner and has run over today's trip and on this going, while our rating of 90 ranks him fourth of nine, so he's a leading danger. The one concern is a 259-day absence, which leaves fitness an open question.
- Sire
- Saxon Warrior (JPN)
- Dam
- Deep Influence (GB) by Kingman
- Owner
- Mary B Hogan
- Foaled
- 27 Jan 2022
- Stable
- Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 18 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 90, Speed 70
Andrew Slattery
A. Slattery 5/27
Sunrush was beaten into seventh last time out, and he's hard to fancy after a 38-day break, with a mixed record of a win two starts back but a fifth and a sixth before that. On the plus side, he has run over today's trip and carries 123 lb off 76, though our figures rank him last of nine.
- Sire
- Teofilo (IRE)
- Dam
- Solar Wave (IRE) by Vocalised
- Owner
- Pat Garvey
- Foaled
- 14 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Thurles, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 27 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 79, Speed 66
Killian Leonard
Noel C. Kelly 1/3
Tribal Moon has been going the wrong way, a seventh last time out and a sixth two starts back, and he is yet to win in his last five. He has run over today's trip and going, and a second four starts back shows some ability, but ranking eighth of nine on our figures makes him hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Teofilo (IRE)
- Dam
- Lunar Maria (GB) by Dubawi
- Owner
- All Play No Work Syndicate
- Foaled
- 18 Feb 2021
- Stable
- Draperstown, Co. Derry
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 3 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 80, Speed 68
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.