Timeform Irish SmartPlays: Girl to put on a Sho at Roscommon

Roscommon plays host to racing on Monday.

Timeform's Irish team highlight three bets for this evening's action...

Connacht Council hails from an in-form yard and is the one to beat in the 18:30 following his solid effort at Navan. He will probably be a pretty warm order, though, and the value angle could be Windsor Queen. The form of the handicap in which she was sixth at Gowran has worked out well and she was putting in good late work there, suggesting that this stiffer test may help.

Patrick Prendergast has his string in good order and can strike here with Sho Girl (19:00) who will take plenty of stopping if coping with this step up in trip, having shaped well behind a subsequent Group 3 winner, in the form of Just Pretending, on debut at Navan.

Il Fenomeno contested a Grade 3 contest on his chase debut and has to be high on the list in this less exalted company, while Owega Star will be a danger to all if translating his hurdles form to this sphere. However, the vote goes to Fahamore (20:30) whose hurdles form is pretty solid, too, and he appeals as the type to make his mark in this sphere.

Timeform Irish SmartPlays:
All at Roscommon
Back Windsor Queen in the 18:30
Back Sho Girl in the 19:00
Back Fahamore in the 20:30

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