20:50 Naas
Tuesday 20 June 2017
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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden
- 3YO to 4YO | 7f | Good to Firm | 14 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 20:53 | Winning time: 1m 26.51s
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Flat debutant who hails from a yard whose runners are worth a second look, though which is a little bit quiet right now. Pulled up on only outing over hurdles.
Very well beaten in three spaced out maiden runs at Navan over 5f/6f. Impossible to recommend on evidence of those efforts.
Plenty promise shown in AW maidens and returns from a layoff as an interesting contender for this turf debut, going down in trip.
Has already had ten goes in this company, three on turf. Only modest efforts a lot of the time and probably best watched returning from break.
Beaten favourite in Killarney maiden in August over extended mile behind subsequent Epsom Derby winner Wings OF Eagles. Not run for 306 days but of obvious interest despite stable being quiet lately.
Fair start when 4L fourth in 18-runner maiden at Leopardstown this month on debut, should improve on that and go well.
Made debut last month in 7f Gowran Park maiden in soft ground and will have to improve significantly on that effort to have a say when it matters in this.
Wore blinkers when 6½L eighth of 18 in Fairyhouse maiden this month (6f, good). Headgear dispensed with now, needs a bit more than has been shown to date.
Best effort to date came over 7f at Cork last month when second behind Treaty Of Vienna. Another fair run since at Leopardstown in competitive contest. Not out of this by any means.
Sister to Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Jet Setting, though didn't show too much on debut this month at Gowran Park over 7f (soft). More needed.
Two runs at Gowran Park have not offered much, tailed off last time over 1m1f, comes back down in trip in the hopes of improvement.
Well held in two AW maidens last year for previous yard, since joined the Halford team and improved effort on turf debut shouldn't be ruled with yard in decent form.
Best effort in three starts came over 7f at Limerick when attempting to make all, back down in trip here but hard to repeat those tactics from poor draw.
Arcano filly was beaten 7½L on debut over C&D last month, could do better this time. Hood is left off here.
Forecasts
Birds Of Prey (2/1), Cool Colonnade (3/1), Pure Action (7/2), Live Twice (13/2), Tenth Amendment (10/1), Rise Again (16/1), Mr Shelby (18/1), Ribbontail Way (20/1), Its All For Luck (25/1), Pedisnap (25/1), Molecule (50/1), Glenmoore (50/1), Kelley (50/1), Lydia's Joy (66/1)
Given that the horse he finished second to last time out has gone to win the Epsom Derby, it seems safe to assume that it was decent effort by BIRDS OF PREY to get within 2L at Killarney in August. He's been off since and the trainer's been a bit quite lately but that piece of form, while clearly not to be interpreted literally, still gives him every chance of taking a maiden like this on return if he's ready to roll. Cool Colonnade ran a fine race on debut at Fairyhouse and could enter calculations a value alternative while Pure Action is one to note on this first turf outing and the shortlist is competed by Tenth Amendment, who deserves a mention on his penultimate effort at Cork.
- Birds Of Prey
- Pure Action
- Cool Colonnade
Prize Money
1st: €8,932.002nd: €2,769.003rd: €1,320.004th: €594.005th: €232.00
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