14:05 Gowran Park

Sunday 24 June 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 1m 27.8s

(13)

Aaron Boy³⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: K Purcell

100/1

Mid- March colt by Roderic O'Connor out of a Namid mare. Missed the start and appeared one pace on debut at Cork last month. Possibly best left for now.

Form: 0

(3)

An Bhfuil Tu Reidh³⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: K Purcell

100/1

May gelding by Most Improved out of a Viking Ruler mare. Slowly in to stride at 100/1 eventually finishing last but one in a 13-runner Cork maiden last month. Looks opposable once again.

Form: 0

(11)

Christmas³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

4/1

Galileo colt is a brother to useful winner up to 1m Black Sea and half-brother to useful winner up to 1m Michaelmas. Received reminders after just 1f on debut at Leopardstown eventually well held. Watching brief here.

Form: 0

(1)

Crockford

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J P O'Brien

7/2

February colt by Camelot out of a Danzig mare related to Royal Ascot winner Hunting Horn. Capable of running a big race on debut.

Form:

(6)

Hillwalker¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary

9/1

Promising debut at the Curragh recently when keeping on late to finish forth of 14 beaten 6L earlier this month. Will need to eek out a little more here.

Form: 4

(10)

Marshall Law

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington

20/1

Mid-March colt by Bated Breath out of a Medicean mare. Stable in flying form and worth a market check on debut.

Form:

(8)

Mr Coldstone⁴⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: J P Murtagh

33/1

Missed the break on debut in a Curragh maiden last month finishing last of five beaten 31L. Three winners in the last 10 runners in the last week for the yard and one to watch in the market.

Form: 5

(7)

Rinty Maginty¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Dylan Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: K Prendergast

20/1

Gelding by Camacho out of a Montjeu mare related to tough sorts Arctic Feeling and Humidor. Slowly in to stride on debut in a Roscommon maiden over 7f, recovering to be beaten 3L. Improvement a possibility.

Form: 8

(2)

Sea The Night¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery

50/1

Gelding by Born To Sea out of a One Cool Cat mare related to multiple winners Whozthecat and Layla's Hero. Last of 15 on a debut to forget at Roscommon earlier this month.

Form: 0

(9)

Yonkers

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

6/4

March colt cost $350,000 as a yearling related to Group 1 Breeders Cup Turf winner Talismatic and sure to be of plenty of interest here.

Form:

(5)

Angelic Light

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: L F Roche| T: M O'Callaghan

20/1

February foal by Dark Angel out of a Zamindar mare cost €56,000 earlier this year. Granddaughter of Group 3 winner Radiance. Worth a check in the market.

Form:

(4)

Cuban Surfer²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J S Bolger

12/1

Failed to build on promising debut when finishing well down the field in a Curragh 6f maiden last month. Needs to improve here.

Form: 30

(14)

Smart Flies⁸⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| BF

12/1

Beaten favourite on debut when finishing a modest fourth of seven at Dundalk on the AW in March. Plenty to prove in this contest.

Form: 4

Non-Runners

(12)

Verbier Flyer⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: D W O'Sullivan J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Yonkers (6/4), Crockford (7/2), Christmas (4/1), Hillwalker (9/1), Smart Flies (12/1), Cuban Surfer (12/1), Rinty Maginty (20/1), Angelic Light (20/1), Marshall Law (20/1), Mr Coldstone (33/1), Sea The Night (50/1), Verbier Flyer (50/1), An Bhfuil Tu Reidh (100/1), Aaron Boy (100/1)

CUBAN SURFER is taken to out-point the Ger Lyons-trained Yonkers, making his debut here. The Jim Bolger-trained daughter of Teofilo appeared not to take to kindly to a quick reappearance at the Curragh last month following a promising debut and can bounce back in the opening contest. Rinty Maginty can battle for the minors with the Aiden O'Brien-trained Christmas.