17:15 Down Royal

Friday 8 September 2017

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Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 17:17 | Winning time: 1m 35.43s

(9)

Patrick Joseph^t1²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Smullen| T: D Marnane

16/1

Out of a high-class Australian sire (Helmet), though hasn't shown much in two runs over 6f at Leopardstown and the Curragh so far. Up in trip with room to improve.

Form: 70

(11)

Vocal Music^p1⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 73| BF

4/1

Not exactly looked progressive in five runs, though did go close in claimer at Tipperary (7½f, soft) latest, more needed sporting first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 43632

(6)

King Rouge⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: P Maher

50/1

Not much promise garnered from debut effort at Navan six days ago over 6f, has to improve dramatically on second start to play forward role.

Form: 0

(1)

Hey Pretty

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Shane Foley| T: J C McConnell

25/1

Society Rock colt cost €12,000 as a yearling, yard without a two-year-old winner this season and probably best watched on debut run.

Form:

(12)

Dancing D Queen

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

10/1

Casamento filly cost €22,000 as a yearling, is closely related to 7f winner Shamlan and merits a market check for stable with 17% strike rate recently.

Form:

(13)

Itschessnotchekers^b1²²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Leigh Roche| T: N Lawlor

33/1

Showed minor promise on debut at the Curragh in May over 6f but that has been dissipated with two poor runs since, failing to beat a rival home in either run (latest over 1m). Blinkers added now.

Form: 896

(8)

Maunganui⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J P Fahey

3/1

Stepped up on debut effort to be second over 1m at Bellewstown recently (Dragon Girl behind) and will surely go close in this if building on that run.

Form: 72

(2)

Air Of Nobility⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: K H Clarke

33/1

Filly has plenty improvement to find based on 6f runs at the Curragh/Leopardstown in early summer, returned now from a 41-day interval.

Form: 70

(7)

Beach Wedding¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Rory Cleary| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 74

6/4

Ran well in maidens during July/August, too free for her own good in Fillies Group 3 at the Curragh over a mile since but that experience invaluable and big player dropped into this class.

Form: 6335

(4)

Triple Sec⁸⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Prendergast

14/1

Has plenty improvement to find after maiden runs over 6f at the Curragh and Roscommon back at the start of the summer over 6f/7f. Back from 88 days off.

Form: 06

(3)

Matter Of Time⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: N G McCullagh| T: J P O'Brien

20/1

Made little impression having been sent off 33/1 in 1m Curragh maiden in July, does represent yard going well but looks up against it on second start.

Form: 0

(10)

Chica Buena

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: Killian Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: B W Duke

33/1

Thewayyouare filly is a half-sister to several winners, including 1m2f winner Sharakti and 1m-1m2f winner Corker Hill. Worth a market check ahead of thus debut run.

Form:

Non-Runners

(5)

Dragon Girl⁹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: C O'Donoghue

Forecasts

Beach Wedding (6/4), Maunganui (3/1), Vocal Music (4/1), Dragon Girl (13/2), Dancing D Queen (10/1), Triple Sec (14/1), Patrick Joseph (16/1), Matter Of Time (20/1), Hey Pretty (25/1), Air Of Nobility (33/1), Chica Buena (33/1), Itschessnotchekers (33/1), King Rouge (50/1)

Beach Wedding unsurprisingly found a Group 3 contest too hot last time, where she also ran a bit freely, but that experience will stand her in good stead and earlier form gives her solid credentials for this. MAUNGANUI showed solid improvement on second run to be runner-up over a mile at Bellewstown recently and, dropped in trip, is fancied to run a big race now. Dragon Girl was not far behind the selection last time and joins newcomer Dancing D Queen in completing the shortlist.