Gowran Park Golf Optional Claiming Race

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
13th	1	2	If Not For Grace (G) No show in 2 maidens in June.	08	Leigh Roche L P Cusack	4	64.4kg	151 150/1
10th	2	1	Contrite (F) PT From a good family and has shown a fair level of ability when reaching the frame on 2 of her 3 outings in maidens. Has cheekpieces added to the tongue tie she wore last time. Needs improvement on the…	4-93	Colin Keane D K Weld	3	61.2kg	7 6/1
6th	3	6	Jp's Express (G) P Much improved of late and landed a gamble fitted with first-time cheekpieces in 18-runner handicap at Galway recently. Respectable fifth back there only 2 days later but has a bit to find on these te…	600315	Wesley Joyce M Mulvany	3	61.2kg	8.50 15/2
7th	4	16	Passage Of Power (C) Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 15 in maiden at Fairyhouse (7f, good, 16/1) 35 days ago. Should have more to offer for a top stable.	35	Dylan Browne McMonagle J P O'Brien	3	61.2kg	7 6/1
—	5	18	Star Of Beauty (F) V Remains a maiden after 9 starts but placed 3 times this summer, including in a maiden claimer. Better than she could show over C&D last time and Billy Lee returns to the saddle now.	502236	Billy Lee K J Condon	3	59.9kg	5 4/1 Betfa… 9 Sky B… 9 Paddy… 8.50
5th	6	4	Bill Silvers (G) V Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. Twelfth of 13 in handicap (28/1) at Leopardstown (1m, good to firm) 34 days ago. A first-time visor needs to make a difference.	205P-05	Jamie Orr W Durkan	6	58.5kg	9 8/1
15th	7	9	Macinamillion (G) Fairly useful chase winner for Gavin Cromwell last summer. Ran poorly on the Flat when last seen in October. Has changed stable ahead of this rather belated reappearance.	7310/0-0	Mel Sheridan R Hurley	6	58.5kg	101 100/1
1st	8	15	Minaun View (F) FAV PT Been in fine form in claimers, making all at Bellewstown and Killarney and finishing second at Ballinrobe. Found it harder in handicap company at Galway but enters calculations back in this company.	811271	Patrick McGettigan A McGuinness	4	58.1kg	3 2/1
9th	9	17	Hello Stacia (F) Fair form in a pair of maidens around 1m last month but a bit more will be needed here.	37	Luke McAteer James Dowling	3	57.6kg	29 28/1
4th	10	5	Land Of The Giants (G) His sole win from 24 starts came in 9f Ayr handicap in May. 6/1, fifteenth of 16 in similar event at Naas (7f, good) 9 days ago. Bounce back needed.	373604	Ronan Whelan A McGuinness	4	57.6kg	7.50 13/2
14th	11	7	May Night (G) Twelve runs since last win in 2024 and off since finishing good third of 7 in claimer at Ballinrobe (9.6f, good to soft) last July, his first run for this trainer. A watching brief is the percentage …	750703-	Keithen Kennedy R Hurley	8	57.6kg	101 100/1
2nd	12	10	Mythical Rock (G) V Finally got off the mark at Dundalk in January. Very good second of 14 in handicap (12/1) at Killarney (1m, good) 29 days ago. Visor on first time. Can make presence felt.	762022	Sean Davis C Byrnes	5	57.6kg	6 5/1
11th	13	11	Buttermere Ridge (G) PT Course winner. Blinkered first time, raced too freely when tenth of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Galway (7f, good) 11 days ago. Cheekpieces are back on now.	00-9740	Robbie Colgan O McKiernan	5	57.2kg	21 20/1
—	14	3	Liberate (F) P Cheekpieces on first time, not seen to best effect from wide draw when ninth of 17 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Big player dropped to a claimer.	905592	Chris Hayes D Hogan	4	57.2kg	9 8/1 Paddy… 3.25 Betfa… 3.25 Sky B… 3.25
8th	15	8	Zitkala Sa (F) P Lightly-raced maiden. Sixth of 9 in claimer at Fairyhouse (1¼m, good, 10/3) 35 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Kevin Thomas Coleman. More needed.	66036	Shane Foley E Sheehy	3	56.2kg	67 66/1
12th	16	12	Countertop (G) Modest gelding. 22/1, last of 12 in handicap at Sligo (6f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Back up in trip. Plenty to find.	700-050	Terry Casey M Mulvany	3	54kg	126 125/1
3rd	17	13	Slight Of Foot (G) H Fair form at best in Britain but no impact in 2 outings for current yard, including a course claimer. Hooded first time. RESERVE.	694093	Reese Holohan R P Cody	3	61.2kg	29 28/1
—	18	14	Hastily (M) Won handicap at Cork last summer but has lost her way of late. RESERVE.	09-0009	Reserve 2 Tom McGuinness	7	64.4kg	— Paddy… 91 Betfa… 91 Sky B… 81

Betting forecast: Minaun View (2/1), Star Of Beauty (4/1), Mythical Rock (5/1), Passage Of Power (6/1), Contrite (6/1), Land Of The Giants (13/2), Jp's Express (15/2), Bill Silvers (8/1), Liberate (8/1), Buttermere Ridge (20/1), Slight Of Foot (28/1), Hello Stacia (28/1), Zitkala Sa (66/1), May Night (100/1), Macinamillion (100/1), Countertop (125/1), If Not For Grace (150/1)