16:15 Down Royal

Saturday 24 June 2017

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Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Ulster Oaks Fillies Handicap

Off time: 16:16 | Winning time: 2m 12.6s

(6)

Cirin Toinne^t⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J S Bolger| OR: 87| D

12/1

Debut winner at Leopardstown (good) over 1m2f last July and contesting Group races in the main since. Well beaten over 7f in a conditions event last time out and others make more appeal in this.

Form: 400-084

(2)

Dragon Fei¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: W J Lee| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 87| D

4/1

Finished fifth in this last year and was the impressive winner of a 1m2f handicap on soft ground at The Curragh earlier this month. Has been raised 9lb for that effort and interesting to see how she fares on the better ground forecast here.

Form: 300-041

(3)

Remarkable Lady^p,t³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 80

11/1

Recorded her second success when winning by 4L over 1m at Navan (good-to-firm) a month ago. Dropping markedly in trip on that occasion and remains to be seen how she'll fare off this 9lb higher mark returning to middle distances today.

Form: 88-7831

(5)

Dancing Doll²¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: O J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 74

6/1

Broke her maiden the fourth time of asking when tackling 1m4f for the first time at Dundalk last November. Making her handicap debut for a shrewd yard here and worth a check in the market today.

Form: 0801-

(7)

Sweet Sounds²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 86

10/1

Winner of her first two starts at two including over 7f at Roscommon (good) last August. Failed to build on a promising third at Naas (good-to-yielding) when finishing well beaten behind Tilly's Chilli last time and has a bit to prove here.

Form: 11-39

(8)

Lady Derrynane²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 85| BF

5/1

Winner over an extended 1m at Cork (good-to-yielding) in April and run two solid races since most notably when beaten 3L into second over 1m2f on good ground next time. Races off a mark 14lb higher than for that success today.

Form: 453-125

(4)

Magen's Moon^h²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: J M Oxx| OR: 82

10/1

Off the mark in an AW maiden over 7f when wearing a hood for the first time at Dundalk in January and ran well to finish second at Killarney (yielding) on her return from a break last month. Well beaten last time however.

Form: 434-128

(1)

Pandagreen^p,t²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 80| D

2/1

Wore first time cheekpieces (retained) when winning over 1m2f at Leopardstown (good-to-firm) last month. Tongue tie worn when runner-up at Navan (good) previously returns today and an interesting runner in this contest.

Form: 4165-21

Non-Runners

(9)

Elm Grove³¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: W McCreery J: Nathan Crosse

Forecasts

Pandagreen (2/1), Dragon Fei (4/1), Lady Derrynane (5/1), Elm Grove (5/1), Dancing Doll (6/1), Magen's Moon (10/1), Sweet Sounds (10/1), Remarkable Lady (11/1), Cirin Toinne (12/1)

Bottom weight PANDAGREEN was a winner in first time cheekpieces last time out and she can record her third career success by taking the Ulster Oaks here. The selection carries bottom weight in this and can see off Dragon Fei who is likely to tackle better ground than she encountered last time out at The Curragh while Dancing Doll who represents a shrewd stable can claim third on her return.