14:20 Curragh

Saturday 19 August 2017

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Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 1m 14.95s

(11)

Bond Street³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 87| BF

11/8

Essentially a bit disappointing in three maidens here over 7f, holds Group 1 entries in the autumn but would need to winning this to have those ambitions intact.

Form: 753

(7)

Castrogiovanni³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien

10/1

Big prices and mostly struggling in trio of maidens over this trip, tough ask here and probably heading for handicaps soon enough.

Form: 004

(15)

Florida's King^t1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C P Hoban| T: A B Joyce

66/1

Epaulette colt is a half-brother to 6f/7f winner Haweeya. Makes debut here and watching brief advised unless market vibes are significant.

Form:

(5)

Kion⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Smullen| T: M O'Callaghan

8/1

Cost connections a princely sum, was beaten over 5L here on debut over 6f, should have more to offer and may improve on second start.

Form: 6

(6)

Namazee

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: W J Lee| T: A Slattery

16/1

$80,000 yearling, Gio Ponti colt, nicely related to some smart US winners, market can steer expectations for debut run.

Form:

(16)

Patrick Joseph³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: D Marnane

33/1

Out of a high-class Australian sire, didn't show a great deal on debut over 6f at Leopardstown and may be a longer-term project.

Form: 7

(2)

Prep³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C R King| T: J P O'Brien

50/1

Out of Intense Focus, has scope to be decent but not shown much in pair of 6f maidens at Bellewstown and Leopardstown so far, has to improve.

Form: 76

(4)

Royal Navy Warship^t²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

8/1

War Front colt out of a Galileo mare, holds a few lofty autumn entries but showed precious little last month on debut over C&D and has work to do now.

Form: 0

(1)

Simmonscourt

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: J J Murphy

50/1

Choisir colt, cost €38.000 as a yearling. Plenty of speed in his pedigree and half-brother to Smoothtalkinrascal and La Casa Tarifa. Trainer has a poor record around here though so perhaps best watched.

Form:

(3)

Way Back Home¹⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: C Roche

50/1

Well beaten on debut over 5f at Naas in March on soft to heavy ground and off since. Market may guide on this return to the track.

Form: 6

(8)

Would You Believe

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

4/1

Dream Ahead gelding has plenty speed in pedigree and bears consideration here on debut for yard with near 20% strike rate with 2yos.

Form:

(9)

Akua

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: O J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: E Lynam

12/1

Kodiac filly cost 55,000 gns as a yearling, pedigree suggests she'll stay a good deal further than this but not dismissed with yard going well lately.

Form:

(14)

Courtney Crimson⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: P Byrne

100/1

Acclamation filly unable to beat a rival home over 5f here six days ago on debut, upped in trip now and doesn't make any appeal.

Form: 0

(12)

Decked¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

50/1

Teofilo filly cost €70,000 but hasn't looked like paying the first instalment back in two run so far, including over C&D 12 days ago, needs to be treated with caution for now.

Form: 80

(13)

Minnie Haha

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington

12/1

Style Vendome filly may want a bit further in time. Represents Harrington team on debut and promising start not ruled out.

Form:

(10)

Powersville⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: N G McCullagh| T: T Mullins

50/1

Sent off 66/1 both starts thus far, latest here over 5f, and never able to threaten. Likely going to have another stiff task on this time up in trip.

Form: 06

(17)

Rockafilly⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: J Nash

66/1

Heavy defeat over 5f on debut around here last week, likely will want further than this in time and best watched at the moment.

Form: 9

Forecasts

Bond Street (11/8), Would You Believe (4/1), Kion (8/1), Royal Navy Warship (8/1), Castrogiovanni (10/1), Minnie Haha (12/1), Akua (12/1), Namazee (16/1), Patrick Joseph (33/1), Powersville (50/1), Way Back Home (50/1), Decked (50/1), Prep (50/1), Simmonscourt (50/1), Rockafilly (66/1), Florida's King (66/1), Courtney Crimson (100/1)

Bond Street looks destined to shape the market here but it would be brave to take a short price on him at this juncture. His latest effort over 7f around here was a bit of a letdown. He's clearly well thought of at Ballydoyle and should have a race like this in his compass however. More interesting is the newcomer WOULD YOU BELIEVE for Ger Lyons, who is operating a 20% strike rate on his 2yos over the previous 12 months. He's bred to be quick and should have a say in this contest. Kion wasn't disgraced on debut here and should improve while Namazee and Akua are newcomer worth paying attention to.