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Patrick Jupp /
09 June 2011 /
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Dermot Weld has a strong chance in the closing listed event with Notable Graduate

“His Excellency is surely worth another chance after finishing fifth at Roscommon on his handicap debut. Everything went wrong for him that day, poorly placed after a tardy start and forced wide to boot, but he still did enough to suggest he’s well ahead of his mark and can make amends on this more galloping track.”

Leopardstown is the venue for tonight’s Irish action and an interesting card kicks off at 17.55……

Invincible Ash (18:55) had a cracking 2010, her four wins including a couple of listed events, and she carried that smart form over to Dubai early in the year, running several good races in defeat, including when fourth to J J The Jet Plane in a Group 2 on her latest start in March. She has gone well after a short break before, has plenty of speed to make use of her plum draw back up to six furlongs, and can get the better of the up-and-coming three-year-olds Sing Softly and Timeless Call.

The three-year-old handicap over a mile and a quarter an hour later looks an interesting affair. Spin of A Coin and Golden Starlet were both unlucky losers last time and are totally unexposed at this trip, so have to be respected, but His Excellency is surely worth another chance after finishing fifth at Roscommon on his handicap debut. Everything went wrong for him that day, poorly placed after a tardy start and forced wide to boot, but he still did enough to suggest he’s well ahead of his mark and can make amends dropped in trip and on a more galloping track.

Notable Graduate looks a banker in the closing event at 20:55. He’s bred in the purple and starting to live up to his family tree, winning a maiden at Tipperary and minor event at Gowran, both over a mile and a half, in the manner of a smart prospect. This listed race provides him with a good chance to complete the hat-trick enroute to a possible crack at the Irish Derby, especially as most of the opposition are exposed, handicap graduate Haziyna probably the main threat.

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All at Leopardstown

Back Invincible Ash in the 18:55
Back His Excellency in the 19:55
Back Notable Graduate in the 20:55

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