14:00 Curragh

Sunday 27 August 2017

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Flame Of Tara Irish EBF Stakes (Fillies Group 3)

Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: 1m 39.17s

(7)

Ballet Shoes¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 104| CD

2/7

Has progressed rapidly since debut at Naas in June, landing C&D maiden last month before readily wining 7½f Tipperary Listed race this month. On the upgrade and the one to beat again.

Form: 511

(4)

Beach Wedding¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Rory Cleary| T: J P Murtagh

33/1

Shown some promise in trio of maidens but this looks like a very sharp step up to take and likely to struggle amongst some of these rivals.

Form: 633

(6)

Black Sails⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| C

7/1

Maiden winner over 6f here in May, since struggled in the Albany at Royal Ascot and Group 2 Debutante Stakes here over 7f. Needs to improve but that is not to be ruled out.

Form: 106

(2)

Bye Bye Baby¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

12/1

Galileo filly and a sister to Group 2 winner and Nassau Stakes runner-up Wedding Vow, ran fair race on debut here in a 7f maiden this month, steps up in trip and class now.

Form: 6

(3)

Liquid Amber⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery

10/1

Runner-up in C&D maiden last week on debut, will have learned from that and yard are going well but this is a tough question to be posed.

Form: 2

(5)

Quite Subunctious⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: R Coakley| T: K H Clarke

100/1

Filly out of Rip Van Winkle, she didn't create a lasting impression on debut over 6f on the AW at Dundalk recently and has plenty improvement to find stepping out amongst these rivals.

Form: 7

(1)

Sometimesadiamond⁵⁶

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

14/1

Landed 6f Fairyhouse maiden in June having gone off 20/1, well held here over same trip in Group 3 contest since, now tackles the mile for the first time and has to be considered.

Form: 15

Forecasts

Ballet Shoes (2/7), Black Sails (7/1), Liquid Amber (10/1), Bye Bye Baby (12/1), Sometimesadiamond (14/1), Beach Wedding (33/1), Quite Subunctious (100/1)

BALLET SHOES has looked deeply progressive in three runs so far for Ballydoyle, readily helping herself to a Listed prize at Tipperary this month. She will handle the ground here and is more than capable of this step up in class. Black Sails has been asked a couple of tough questions since winning on debut and joins Sometimesadiamond, winner of a Fairyhouse maiden in June, in having scope for doing plenty better in time. Liquid Amber is perhaps most interesting of the remainder.