17:10 Leopardstown

Friday 9 March 2018

All13:2513:5514:2514:5515:3016:0516:3517:10

TRM Excellence In Equine Nutrition (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 4m 37.20s

Barntown

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr J J Codd| T: C W J Farrell

20/1

Unraced son of Jeremy purchased for €22,000 at the sales last June. Half-brother to AW bumper winner Flash The Steel and has a leading jockey in the saddle for today's debut.

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Dancingwith Storms

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

25/1

Unraced son of New Approach cost €12,000 at the horses-in-training sale in the autumn. Half-brother to a couple of Flat winners and an interesting runner on his racecourse debut.

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Eagle Roque²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: P Nolan

12/1

Ran well to finish runner-up in a bumper at Naas (2m, heavy) when making his debut last month. Looks likely to run well again today.

Form: 2

Sizing Pottsie

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss K Harrington⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

11/4

Unraced Kapgarde gelding cost connections €220,000 at the sales in June last year. Dam was a useful performer over jumps in France and he is an interesting runner in this contest.

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The Big Galloper

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

10/3

Unraced son of Mahler bought for €13,000 at the sales as a foal. Half-brother to useful staying chaser What A Moment and worth a check in the market for a yard who have had a couple of winners in this sphere in recent times.

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Whoshotthesheriff

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Ms N Carberry| T: G Elliott

6/5

Unraced Dylan Thomas gelding bought for €100,000 at the sales last year. Half-brother to a number of winners and represents a leading stable on today's debut.

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Another Katie

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Ms L O'Neill⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

20/1

Unraced daughter of Carlotamix and a half-sister to useful hurdler Dani California among others. Looks the stable second string on jockey bookings.

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Non-Runners

Redfield

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Mr P W Mullins

Forecasts

Whoshotthesheriff (6/5), Redfield (7/4), Sizing Pottsie (11/4), The Big Galloper (10/3), Eagle Roque (12/1), Barntown (20/1), Another Katie (20/1), Dancingwith Storms (25/1)

In what looks a potentially decent bumper to end proceedings preference is for Jessica Harrington's charge SIZING POTTSIE who was an expensive purchase at the sales last year and who hails from a stable with a 33% strike-rate (2/6) in recent weeks. Redfield hails from a yard who's runners demand the utmost respect in these contests and he can finish second ahead of Eagle Roque, the only one of these to have raced so far.