16:15 Bellewstown

Wednesday 30 August 2017

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Awards And Gifts Claiming Maiden

Off time: 16:17 | Winning time: 1m 40.69s

(3)

Hit The Silk

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: P J F Murphy

16/1

By Majestic Missile out of a Brief Truce mare. A stallion not renowned for prolific Flat winners, but has produced the likes of Majestic Myles and Rusty Rocket to win.

Form:

(13)

Sobistabo^b1³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: C P Hoban| T: Mrs S Dawson

100/1

Nothing of any consequence in three career starts at Naas over 6f, when well beaten a total of 79L. Hard to see what first-time blinkers bring.

Form: 000

(10)

Olly's Folly^p,h²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: N Cassidy| OR: 54

7/1

Still a maiden after 13 starts and his better efforts have come on the AW, before promiing run at Leopardstown last time out. Hood and cheekpieces restored now.

Form: 735084

(2)

Vanderbilt^p1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 71

10/3

Well beaten and no impression on all three starts this season. Difficult to make a case here, though first-time cheekpieces may assist.

Form: 334-007

(8)

Evies Wish^t1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Colin Keane| T: J C McConnell| OR: 65

11/2

Beaten just under 2L over 5f at the end of last season, but bitterly disappointing in three starts this season over sprint trips. May not have trained-on and one to pass. tackling this sort of trip for the first time with a tongue tie added.

Form: 544-356

(6)

Air Ministry^p1⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J A Heffernan| T: D Hogan| OR: 58

7/2

Five-race maiden for Michael Bell this season and disappointed on a number of starts. First-time cheek pieces fitted for stable debut.

Form: 05855

(4)

Mzuri^b³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Rory Cleary| T: A McGuinness| OR: 54

7/2

Remains a maiden after 28 starts so clearly is one to treat with a little care/caution for win purposes and despite a falling mark others have stronger claims here.

Form: 066550

(1)

Qubtaan^p1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Declan McDonogh| T: D English

66/1

Oasis Dream gelding, weakened and completely tailed off on debut in Dundalk (AW), extended 1m2f maiden, before beating one home in a 16-runner Tipperary claimer last time out. First-time cheekpieces.

Form: 00

(7)

Accladora⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 44

66/1

Well beaten in six starts since joining this yard from Mark Johnston and suffered heaviest defeat last time out. Best watched.

Form: 007000

(11)

Dance Along¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: L F Roche| T: R Brabazon

11/1

Footstepsinthesand filly was last of four over C&D in March, though only beaten 2½L. Had a break, before returning to Dundalk (AW), beaten 24L last time out over 7f.

Form: 40

(5)

Ebbageena²²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: S Foley| T: D English| OR: 41

50/1

Not seen since January in a Dundalk AW 7f handicap, when last of 11, beaten 24L. Two-year-old career was disappointing, not sent off lower than 40/1 on each of her four starts.

Form: 09090-0

Non-Runners

(12)

Nam¹⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: T Mullins J: W J Lee

(9)

Runkerry³⁷⁹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: D M Christie J: R Coakley

(14)

Surewhynot⁶²

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: Miss S J Harty J: P J Smullen

Forecasts

Vanderbilt (10/3), Mzuri (7/2), Air Ministry (7/2), Surewhynot (5/1), Evies Wish (11/2), Olly's Folly (7/1), Dance Along (11/1), Nam (14/1), Hit The Silk (16/1), Runkerry (33/1), Ebbageena (50/1), Accladora (66/1), Qubtaan (66/1), Sobistabo (100/1)

Could be a muddling pace here in the opener. Olly's Folly could set the fractions with Evies Wish, Mzuri and Vanderbuilt in behind. The early pace should be helpful to one that likes to travel in behind the leaders, namely, SUREWHYNOT, who is 4lb lower than original handicap assessment and has a significant jockey booking.