Saturday 8 May · Naas, Eire

16:25 Irish Racing Writers Handicap

Distance: 0m 5f 205y
Going: Yielding to Soft
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 40000
Runners: 11

Race preview

NOTORIOUSLY RISKY will certainly welcome the forecast rain as she showed plenty of dash from the front over C&D on testing ground in March. She went down by the minimum margin and ought to go well off a mark of 75. Her stablemate Linda Barrett is another to consider having won at Navan in March. Joseph Murphy thinks a bit of Pale Iris, who drops back in trip after winning over seven furlongs in the Curragh this month. Wood Ranger showed plenty in good company during his juvenile campaign and signed off with a close third in the Birdcatcher over a similar trip at this track. He is a threat to all if fully wound up on his first start of the season. Swiss Ace cannot be ruled out either.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Pale Iris	5-431	Gary Carroll	J G Murphy	9 9	3-1
2	Notoriously Risky	028-2	Chris Hayes	J A Stack	8 10	11-4
3	Wood Ranger	34313-	Nathan Crosse	W McCreery	9 6	11-2
4	Coins Cross	202-	M A Gallagher	E P Harty	9 4	14-1
5	Swiss Ace	150-	Wayne Lordan	A P O'Brien	9 10	11-1
6	Rosie Bassett	21-9	Shane Foley	Mrs J Harrington	9 6	10-1
7	Eloso	735242	D E Sheehy	R O'Brien	8 9	15-2
8	Bell I Am	3513-85	T P Madden	Mrs J Harrington	8 13	20-1
9	Zara Mac	443-8	Leigh Roche	M O'Callaghan	9 4	33-1
10	Linda Barrett	0-13	Andrew Slattery	J A Stack	9 3	15-2
11	Dots De Feetya	04038-0	Mikey Sheehy	D Bunyan & G O'Leary	8 13	40-1
NR	Ferrybank	432-163	Colin Keane	T M Walsh	9 1
NR	Shelly Banks	6220-24	Declan McDonogh	E O'Connell	8 10