Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 2m 30.63s

(5)

Hasanabad

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: L F Roche| T: D K Weld

9/1

Unraced fifth foal by Nathaniel out of the 1m-1m6f winner Hasanka. Half-brother to the Listed placed 1m winner Hasanour, this colt looks the type to benefit from this initial racecourse experience.

Form:

(6)

Hunting Horn²⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| BF

7/4

Camelot colt who is a half-brother to three winners and the pick of the O'Brien duo by stable jockey Ryan Moore. Always held when beaten 1L by the subsequent Group 3 placed Hazapour at Galway in September, so that form sets the benchmark.

Form: 42-

(2)

King D'Argent¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

20/1

Kendargent gelding who cost €32,000 as a yearling and finished a never nearer 13L sixth to stablemate Bobby Boy on debut here last month (1m). Step up in trip looks worth a try.

Form: 6

(3)

Latrobe¹⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien

9/10

Camelot colt who cost €88,000 as a foal and split the Aidan O'Brien trained pair James Cook and Gardens Of Babylon when finishing a narrow second on debut at Leopardstown in October (1m). Progress anticipated over this longer trip.

Form: 2-

(4)

Epaneema²¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

11/1

Epaulette filly who went down all guns blazing on debut at Tipperary in late August (7f+) beaten by the Aidan O'Brien trained Sizzling. Her next race just nine days later might have come too quickly. Upped in trip.

Form: 28-

Non-Runners

(1)

Gardens of Babylon¹⁷³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: J A Heffernan

Forecasts

Latrobe (9/10), Hunting Horn (7/4), Gardens of Babylon (2/1), Hasanabad (9/1), Epaneema (11/1), King D'Argent (20/1)

Another maiden in which the O'Brien family can be expected too collect. Both Latrobe and Gardens Of Babylon are open to further improvement over this longer trip and showed more than enough ability in filling the minor placings on their respective debuts at Leopardstown in October. However, it is the third Camelot colt HUNTING HORN who is the pick of stable jockey Ryan Moore, and whilst essentially a beaten odds-on favourite at Galway in September, his conqueror Hazapour (a stablemate of the unraced Hasanabad) was beaten less than 4L when placed in the Group 3 Eyrefield Stakes at Leopardstown on his sole subsequent start, so that form sets the benchmark.