17:15 Tipperary

Thursday 6 July 2017

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Glenvale Stud Irish EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

  • 2YO only  |   7f 100y  |   Good to Firm (Good in places)  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:15  |   Winning time: 1m 39.83s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(2)
Horse silk
Berkeley Square14
Age: 2|  Weight: 9-5| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien
1/5
Brother to a useful winner out of 1000 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen. Improved on promising debut effort when 2½ lengths second of 8 to Theobald in maiden at Leopardstown last time, and has been found a good opportunity to break his duck here.
2
(5)
Horse silk
Button Popper18
Age: 2|  Weight: 9-0| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A Leahy
20/1
Half-sister to a juvenile winner, but no better than poor form in a couple of runs over 5f/6f, and nothing in pedigree to suggest she will do significantly better up in trip.
3
(4)
Horse silk
Pockit Rock It
Age: 2|  Weight: 9-0| J: Shane Foley| T: A Keatley
7/1
Soldier Hollow half-sister to 2m winner Papageno, out of a winner in Switzerland. This trip should suit on debut, and place claims if fully wound up.
4
(3)
Horse silk
Swing Till Dawn11
Age: 2|  Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger
8/1
Dawn Approach filly who showed nothing but greenness on debut at Gowran (7f) 11 days ago. Likely to improve, but needs to find plenty to be competitive.
5
(1)
Horse silk
Taylor Velvet20
Age: 2|  Weight: 9-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: T Cleary
50/1
Cheaply-bought Intense Focus half-sister to 9f-11f winner Rosaspera. Sent off at big odds and soundly beaten on racecourse bow at Fairyhouse (6f) last month, and hard to fancy on that evidence.

Forecasts

Berkeley Square (1/5), Pockit Rock It (7/1), Swing Till Dawn (8/1), Button Popper (20/1), Taylor Velvet (50/1)

Verdict

It's very hard to look past the beautifully-bred BERKELEY SQUARE here, and Aidan O'Brien's colt has by far the best form, and scope for further improvement. He should have no trouble taking care of the fillies, unless newcomer Pockit Rock It turns out to be well above average; Adrian Keatley's charge looks best for the forecast, although Swing Till Dawn is likely to improve for her debut at Gowran, when held back by inexperience.
  1. Berkeley Square
  2. Pockit Rock It
  3. Swing Till Dawn

Prize Money

1st: €9,239.002nd: €2,865.003rd: €1,365.004th: €615.005th: €240.00

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