14:30 Gowran Park tips
Maiden7fyielding to soft16 runners
What we lean towardsopen race
Too close to split with conviction. Bold Move just shades it from Drumbeat on the size of its price drops.
Maiden over 7f on yielding to soft going. Bold Move and Drumbeat separate by very little. We rate 6 of the 16 declared; the other 10 lack enough recent form for us to judge.
How we rate the field
1
Bold Move
Gavin Ryan / Donnacha Aidan O´Brien
13/1
- Averages a 73% price drop, though on limited recent form.
- Rated 4th of 16 on published form ratings.
12/1 to 20/1: 5.0% win, 18.9% frame (893 tracked)
2
Drumbeat
Wayne Lordan / A P O´Brien
13/4
- Averages a 40% price drop, though on limited recent form.
- Top of the published form ratings in this field of 16 rated.
2/1 to 5/1: 21.0% win, 40.2% frame (739 tracked)
3
Closefield Beau
Nathan Crosse / Daniel McLoughlin
34/1
- Averages a 80% price drop, though on limited recent form.
- Rated 8th of 16 on published form ratings.
- Quick turnaround at 20 days against its usual 54.
20/1 to 50/1: 2.0% win, -43% return over 1,150 tracked. Our weakest band.
Not rated: Capability Brown, Consenza, Dawnmore, Forthethrillofit, How Now, Invincible Mind, Power Through, Snapequus, The Captains Day, Verona Basilica — too little recent form to judge.