14:30 Curragh

Friday 11 May 2018

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Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 1m 23.47s

(4)

Lethal Turbo

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C P Hoban| T: M Halford

8/1

A €50,000 yearling, the Lethal Force colt is a half-brother to several winners, including smart 6f-1m1f winner Just A Penny. Halford team in good order now.

Form:

(12)

Champagne Marengo

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: D P Linehan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Murtagh

16/1

Battle of Marengo colt, a half-brother to three winners, including useful 1m winner Hombre Rojo. May come on for debut run.

Form:

(6)

Joza⁴⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Colin Keane| T: A Keatley

11/2

Morpheus colt who cost €22,000 as a yearling. Finished fourth in 5f Naas maiden on debut and can improve over the extra yardage now.

Form: 4

(3)

Scotts Honor

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: P J Prendergast

11/2

Excelebration colt with potential to get much longer trips than this in time, makes debut and expectations may be limited.

Form:

(5)

Usra

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Shane Foley| T: K J Condon

10/1

Requinto filly cost €76,000 as a foal, though changed hands for €46,000 as a yearling. Sister to useful two-year-old 6f winner Broken Stones.

Form:

(10)

Decisive Action

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

20/1

Rip Van Winkle colt acquired for relatively small money in comparison to some of his debut rivals, looks up against it on debut.

Form:

(2)

Love The Vocals

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

8/1

Vocalised colt whose dam was 1m winner, should strip fit and Bolger team amongst winners lately, market check suggested.

Form:

(8)

Tony's Rocket

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Sean Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: A Murray

12/1

Society Rock colt makes debut here, potentially one for longer term and may need the outing this time.

Form:

(13)

Urban Light²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: N G McCullagh| T: J P Murtagh

5/1

Foal by Moohaajim out of an unraced dam (Pandoras Secret), fourth of six in 5f heavy-ground maiden four weeks ago. Should improve.

Form: 4

(11)

Posh Holly

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: Wayne Lordan| T: E Mullins

6/1

Morpheus filly. Half-sister to several winners, though pedigree suggests perhaps a longer trip will be needed in the fullness of time.

Form:

(1)

Engles Rock²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: Chris Hayes| T: M M McNiff| BF

12/1

Excelebration filly (cost €7,000 as a yearling), finished fifth of six in maiden at Naas (5f, heavy) four weeks ago, having been prominent in betting. Learning with her racing, can challenge on third start.

Form: 25

Non-Runners

(7)

Dingle Bay

Weight: 8-11| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: T P Madden

(9)

Spiritual Impulse

Weight: 8-10| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: C O'Donoghue

Forecasts

Urban Light (5/1), Scotts Honor (11/2), Joza (11/2), Posh Holly (6/1), Spiritual Impulse (7/1), Love The Vocals (8/1), Lethal Turbo (8/1), Usra (10/1), Engles Rock (12/1), Tony's Rocket (12/1), Dingle Bay (12/1), Champagne Marengo (16/1), Decisive Action (20/1)

Engles Rock was a bit disappointing last time but should have learned from the run and retains potential while Joza is likely to go well upped in distance from his debut at Naas. Love The Vocals and Dingle Bay are appealing newcomers but more so is the latter's stablemate SPIRITUAL IMPULSE. She's out of a Group-placed sprinter on the continent and looks the pick of the bunch for the resurgent Harrington yard.