17:05 Curragh

Saturday 19 August 2017

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Paddy Power Betting Shops Maiden

Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 1m 0.69s

(1)

Conversely¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Wayne Lordan| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 74| BF

4/1

Solid enough form in maidens lately, wore first-time tongue (discarded now) over 6f here latest and beaten 3L in fifth of 11. First attempt at the minimum trip now and should threaten.

Form: 642235

(6)

Court Queen²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: J A Stack| OR: 73

10/1

Best effort came in Cork debut over 5f (yielding) in April. Two outings since have been over 6f, not to be discounted back to the minimum trip.

Form: 278

(9)

Daisy's Flyer⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: G M Ryan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: T Collins| OR: 64

12/1

Improved effort dropped to this trip at Tipperary last month on good to firm, beaten 2½L into third. Another step forward puts her in the mix.

Form: 6353

(8)

Focus Of Attention^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R P Downey⁽³⁾| T: E Lynam

33/1

Intense Focus filly cost €50,000 as a yearling, wears tongue strap for debut and could well have a part to play. Market check required.

Form:

(5)

Littlevix¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy

9/4

Caught the eye over 6f here recently in third behind promising Comhghairdeas on second start, likely to improve for that and should be in the firing line over this shorter trip.

Form: 43

(2)

Realt Rua⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 69

5/1

Has run over three different trips in maidens to date, beaten 3L over this C&D in June on yielding to soft ground and off since. Has to have improved to be leading player now.

Form: 394

(4)

Ribbontail Way¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: T Collins| OR: 62

22/1

Has gone well in a couple of turf maidens, though well beaten off in handicaps most recently, first try at this trip and others are more persuasive.

Form: 8-30400

(3)

Slumming Angel^h1,t1⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J A Heffernan| T: E Lynam| OR: 73

12/1

Some promising form in turf/AW maidens over this trip last year, tad disappointing on return at Cork (5f, good to firm) in May and off since. Tongue strap and hooded added now and not ruled out.

Form: 4553-0

(10)

Tookiedoo^t⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: P J Smullen| T: J C Hayden| OR: 71

8/1

Two best efforts (from six) have come at this track, beaten 1¾L into third of 13 over C&D on yielding to soft in June. Can be given a chance on that form and Smullen to steer this time.

Form: 0-97378

(7)

Voge^h¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: O J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: E Lynam

6/1

Had shown promise at Naas (6f, good) late last month on second start but was a total menace here over the same trip since when getting rid of this rider soon after leaving the stalls. Impossible to recommend on the back of that performance.

Form: 52U

Forecasts

Littlevix (9/4), Conversely (4/1), Realt Rua (5/1), Voge (6/1), Tookiedoo (8/1), Court Queen (10/1), Daisy's Flyer (12/1), Slumming Angel (12/1), Ribbontail Way (22/1), Focus Of Attention (33/1)

A wide open finale and the betting ought to prove informative once more. Conversely and Littlevix are both dropping to this trip and have hinted at ability, while Daisy's Flyer improved for the drop to 5f at Tipperary last time and Court Queen, Slumming Angel and Realt Rua have shown their best over this journey and must be considered. Newcomer Focus Of Attention is worth a check but the booking of Smullen to partner TOOKIEDOO is not missed. Her best work has come at this track and over this distance, she's coming back from a short break and shouldn't be far away if building on prior attempt over C&D in June.

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