IE - Dundalk - Race 8

Thoroughbred

17 Runners

10.7f

Handicap

Synthetic

Standard

11.5K

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Verdict

RETRO GAL is less exposed than most in this field and Henry de Bromhead's 3-y-o is fancied to get off the mark. Dancing Steve has dropped in the weights and shaped with more encouragement a Leopardstown last time, with Storm Eric also respected given his course record.

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Horse Stats

#/Silk	Horse#/Horse	Power Rating	High Speed	Win %	Top 3%	Win Prob	Odds
8	Back on track in first-time blinkers when fourth of 12 in handicap at Navan (1¼m, good to firm, 12/1) 35 days ago. Stable in good form. Still unexposed at this trip and should go well again. 1st Pick 8 Retro Gal Jockey: Conor Cusack Trainer: Henry De Bromhead, Ireland J: Conor Cusack T: Henry De Bromhead, Ireland	92	-	-	-	17%	5/1
Analysis Back on track in first-time blinkers when fourth of 12 in handicap at Navan (1¼m, good to firm, 12/1) 35 days ago. Stable in good form. Still unexposed at this trip and should go well again.
1	Winner at Navan last summer and went with more encouragement than he had done for a while when eighth of 22 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good to firm) 9 days ago. Respected if able to build on that. 2nd Pick 1 Dancing Steve (Ire) Jockey: J. J. G. Ryan Trainer: Adrian Mcguinness, Ireland J: J. J. G. Ryan T: Adrian Mcguinness, Ireland	91	-	-	-	12%	8/1
Analysis Winner at Navan last summer and went with more encouragement than he had done for a while when eighth of 22 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good to firm) 9 days ago. Respected if able to build on that.
5	A 3-time course winner who has been running consistently here this year, finishing in the frame on all 6 starts between January and March. No encouragement in a Wexford novice hurdle last week but respected back at Dundalk. 3rd Pick 5 Storm Eric (Ire) Jockey: A. S. Grant Trainer: Jamie Flynn, Ireland J: A. S. Grant T: Jamie Flynn, Ireland	100	-	-	-	10%	9/1
Analysis A 3-time course winner who has been running consistently here this year, finishing in the frame on all 6 starts between January and March. No encouragement in a Wexford novice hurdle last week but respected back at Dundalk.

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