Blackwater Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 2m 42.7s

(4)

Arthurian Fame

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

11/4

Camelot colt. Dam ran twice and closely related to useful French 1m winner Mabalane. Represents O'Brien brothers on debut and no shock to see him making a decent fist of things.

Form:

(1)

Bandua

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: D K Weld

4/1

Nicely-bred colt by The Factor, cost $150,000 as a foal, represents Dermot Weld on debut. Yard off to solid start this term and entitled to go well.

Form:

(2)

Giuseppe Garibaldi^t¹⁶⁹

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

1/1

Has an eye-catching pedigree and related to numerous Group race winners. Runner-up in 1m1f Group 3 at Leopardstown in October and that sets a decent standard for this contest.

Form: 72-

(3)

Chilton Foliat¹⁹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery

6/1

Dawn Approach filly is related to numerous winners, up in trip on reappearance for in-form trainer but must improve significantly on pair of autumn maiden efforts to trouble three potentially smart rivals.

Form: 65-

Forecasts

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1/1), Arthurian Fame (11/4), Bandua (4/1), Chilton Foliat (6/1)

GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI finished second in a Leopardstown Group 3 on his second and final outing a two-year-old in October. He may well be an improved proposition now but, in all likelihood, a mere repeat of that run will be good enough to see him home in front. The newcomers Arthurian Fame and Bandua both make appeal on paper and are likely to have races in them very soon.