16:35 Thirsk

Monday 30 April 2018

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'Irish Day' At thirskraces Saturday 19th May Maiden Auction Stakes

Off time: 17:04 | Winning time: 1m 15.19s

(10)

Battle Commence²⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara

7/1

Declaration Of War colt who cost €35,000 as a yearling and is from the family of 5f-7f AW winner Rich Again. Finished in the ruck on debut at Nottingham in August 2017 (6f maiden). Gelded.

Form: 5-

(3)

Hop Maddocks³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: T D Barron

17/2

€32,000 yearling by Roderic O'Connor. Hampered at the start on debut at Musselburgh last month (7f heavy) when finishing a well beaten fifth of seven to Queen's Sargent. Progression very much required.

Form: 5

(4)

Dream Catching¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding

11/4

Cost €26,000 as a yearling, this son of Dream Ahead (out of a 5f winner) was beaten just ½L by Golden Iris on debut at Lingfield recently (7f). Dropped in trip for the switch to turf.

Form: 2

(6)

Capla Demon¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Aaron Jones⁽³⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway

20/1

Not overly eye-catching so far, but has looked green enough (reared in the stalls latest). Switches from synthetics to turf, but in truth looks the type for further down the line as opposed to today.

Form: 36

(7)

I Know How¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: P Mulrennan| T: Miss J A Camacho

9/1

Epaulette gelding who was only making tentative first steps as a juvenile last back-end (6f), and can be expected to have strengthened up over the winter months. Handles cut, and sharper track helpful.

Form: 76-

(8)

Scoundrel

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Rachel Richardson⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby

25/1

Unraced eighth foal by Dick Turpin out of a once-raced dam (Royal Punch). Half-brother to five sprint winners including Royal Rascal (6f Listed), Cocktail Charlie (5f) and Another Royal (5f-6f). Trainer also saddles the newcomer Supaulette.

Form:

(9)

Bluella

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: A Mullen| T: Ollie Pears

80/1

Unraced first foal by Equiano out of the solid sprinter Mata Hari Blue (5f to 6f). Interesting to see if she attracts any sustained market support.

Form:

(2)

Supaulette

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby

25/1

Unraced second foal by Epaulette out of a 6f-7f winning dam (Supreme Spirit). Cost €32,000 as a yearling, and her trainer also saddles the newcomer Scoundrel.

Form:

(5)

Ad Valorem Queen¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Jim Crowley| T: W J Knight

5/1

First foal by Dandy Man out of Herful Schnerful (€26,000 yearling). Finished just outside of the frame on debut at Kempton (6f) recently when beaten 2½L by Chagatai. Progression fully expected on turf debut.

Form: 4

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 25p in the pound

Non-Runners

(1)

Rotherhithe¹⁹³

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: R A Fahey J: P Hanagan

Forecasts

Rotherhithe (5/2), Dream Catching (11/4), Ad Valorem Queen (5/1), Battle Commence (7/1), Hop Maddocks (17/2), I Know How (9/1), Capla Demon (20/1), Supaulette (25/1), Scoundrel (25/1), Bluella (80/1)

Possibly not masses of strength in depth, so the market should be monitored for clues with regards a few of these horses; namely the gelded Battle Commence, and the newcomers Scoundrel and Bluella. Ad Valorem Queen clearly out-performed the market expectations on debut at Kempton earlier this month, and assuming she can translate that form back to turf should figure fairly prominently, but we'll opt for the also once-raced DREAM CATCHING. Similar comments apply to the Andrew Balding trained three-year-old who ran a sound race on debut on the Lingfield Park Polytrack (7f).