16:45 Naas

Wednesday 4 October 2017

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naasracecourse.com Nursery Handicap (Plus 10)

Off time: 16:49 | Winning time: 1m 46.01s

(14)

Isaac Wonder⁴⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J M Oxx| OR: 74| D

5/1

Appreciated the extra furlong when getting off the mark over 1m at Killarney last time out. Up 6lb today and this tougher off top weight but remains a leading contender.

Form: 5581

(6)

Natty Dresser¹²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: P J Smullen| T: S Lavery| OR: 74

14/1

Just average form in three starts to date, steps up significantly in trip here for handicap debut but will need to improve to take this.

Form: 755

(2)

Conquest⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: D O'Brien| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 73

9/2

Disappointed in three starts considering quite exceptional pedigree. Well beaten tenth at the Curragh when last seen. Layoff notable and not dismissed on handicap debut.

Form: 560

(7)

Triple Sec⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Prendergast| OR: 72| D

8/1

Built on the promise of her previous run to get off the mark over 7½f at Tipperary latest. 7lb higher this time but extra half furlong will certainly be appreciated.

Form: 0641

(10)

Magic Sea²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 71

10/1

Bumped into some exceptional two-year olds in maidens before scoring at 20/1 on handicap debut last time over 7f. Only won by a nose so 7lb hike in the weights will be tough to overcome.

Form: 0971

(5)

Vicky Cristina¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 69

9/1

Unplaced in three nurseries so far. Steadily falling down the weights but latest 2lb drop for 9½L seventh not enough to recommend her.

Form: 932757

(11)

Prep⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 62

33/1

Well beaten in all three starts. Started over 1m before two races back to 6f. Latest 15th of 17 beaten 18½L at 50/1 is not the sort of form required here.

Form: 760

(12)

Dragon Girl³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 60

9/2

Third in a 1m maiden at Bellewstown latest the pick of three efforts to date. Needs to get away from the stalls quickly and find another chunk of improvement to get off the mark.

Form: 053

(3)

Ellona⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: P D Deegan| OR: 60

14/1

6lb better off for 1¾L third to Triple Sec latest. That was best run to date but the balance of her form is ordinary and it would be a surprise if she is up to this.

Form: 083803

(8)

Scoil Naisiunta^p1⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 60

13/2

5lb better off with Triple Sec for 1¼L second last time out over 7½ at Tipperary. Also ran well in previous nursery when third at Down Royal. so looks to be getting hang of things.

Form: 88032

(4)

Taylor Velvet²²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 56

33/1

Beaten out of sight on heavy ground last twice. Upped to 1m for first time and ground shouldn't be as bad but hard to fancy a horse beaten 61L last time.

Form: 047445

(9)

Footstepsintime¹²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-4| J: Sean Kirrane⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 54

40/1

Beaten 15L plus in three starts over sprint distances in May. Gelded since last run but impossible to recommend under 10lb claimer.

Form: 908

(1)

Ten Bears⁵⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-4| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 52

20/1

Well beaten on debut and hasn't improved much in two subsequent starts at Galway. Needs improvement to figure, especially 2lb out of the handicap.

Form: 060

(13)

You'llfindandsee^p1⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-4| J: Killian Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: T Cooper| OR: 50

40/1

Beaten 13L plus in three starts to date. Makes nursery bow from 4lb out of the handicap with no obvious reason for improvement.

Form: 746

Forecasts

Dragon Girl (9/2), Conquest (9/2), Isaac Wonder (5/1), Scoil Naisiunta (13/2), Triple Sec (8/1), Vicky Cristina (9/1), Magic Sea (10/1), Ellona (14/1), Natty Dresser (14/1), Ten Bears (20/1), Taylor Velvet (33/1), Prep (33/1), You'llfindandsee (40/1), Footstepsintime (40/1)

In an open looking contest CONQUEST is given another opportunity. This full sister to Minding should be among the favourites for next year's classics on breeding alone and while she has shown little so far a layoff is notable. With her pedigree she would already be off to the breeding sheds if Aidan O'Brien didn't think he could win a race with her..Scoil Naisunta can reverse placings with Triple Sec with a 5lb pull at the weights and top weight Isaac Wonder should go well again.