20:25 Leopardstown

Thursday 10 August 2017

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Leopardstown Members Club Maiden

Off time: 20:28 | Winning time: 2m 56.08s

(9)

River Run²⁰¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: W J Lee| T: D Cullen| OR: 68

33/1

Struggling over hurdles and sole Flat run nothing to write home about. Likely to struggle in this company.

Form: 3632/8-

(2)

Abyssinian^b1,t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D O'Brien| T: A P O'Brien

4/5

Improved markedly from his debut to finish runner-up on Killarney, only narrowly beaten and first-time blinkers could eke out a little improvement. The one to beat.

Form: 0-2

(10)

Buckeye¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington

25/1

Shamardal colt out of a Danehill mare who cost 140,000gns as a yearling. Well beaten on debut at the Curragh and likely to do better with that experience under his belt but may be best watched this time.

Form: 9

(4)

Capital Fund⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: S Lavery

9/1

Improved for his Listowel debut to finish fifth of 13 at the Curragh last time out. Will need to improve for the step up in trip to get involved.

Form: 95

(7)

Don Pedro^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: M Halford| OR: 72

12/1

Ran well when finishing third over an extended 1m2f at Dundalk when sporting cheekpieces for the first time last month. Disappointing since though and others hold more appeal.

Form: 037

(1)

Noble Jones^b1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

10/1

Shamardal colt, half-brother to winners over shorter than this. May appreciate a drop back in trip in future races and yard a little below form of late. Wears first-time blinkers for debut.

Form:

(3)

World War^p1⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 86

2/1

Galileo gelding, cost 1,200,000 gns as a yearling. Brother to Hibiscus and dam a disqualified 1,000 Guineas winner. Has been disappointing given his pedigree/price tag but gelding operation might do the trick and sets a decent standard on form

Form: 27-5644

(5)

Yug²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J M Oxx

16/1

Motivator gelding, cost €14,000 as a foal before trading for 24,000 gns as a yearling. Well beaten and green on debut. Looks up against it this time.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

(8)

Chess Grand Master¹⁰

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: C R King

(6)

Grand Armada

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: T Collins J: Ronan Whelan

Forecasts

Abyssinian (4/5), World War (2/1), Chess Grand Master (7/1), Capital Fund (9/1), Noble Jones (10/1), Don Pedro (12/1), Yug (16/1), Grand Armada (16/1), Buckeye (25/1), River Run (33/1)

ABYSSINIAN was only narrowly beaten last time and looks the one to beat in first time blinkers. World War may do better now gelded while Grand Chess Master has run well in a pair of bumpers on two career outings so far.