Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery Handicap (Plus 10)

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 1m 50.94s

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Zander⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 97

5/1

Oasis Dream colt, dam a Listed winner and half-sister to 12-time Group winner Famous Name and two more pattern level winners. Off the mark at the third time of asking in a 7f maiden at the Galway festival. Open to plenty of improvement.

Form: 341

(1)

Invincible Karma²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 92

5/4

Invincible Spirit colt cost €300,000 as a yearling. Off the mark at the fourth time of asking in a 7½f maiden on soft ground at Roscommon last month. Could be of interest with more improvement on the cards.

Form: 3261

(6)

Mount Tabora^b⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 87| BF

10/3

Beaten as favourite on all four career starts to date including a 4L defeat at the hands of Zander at the Galway festival when last seen in July over 7f. Needs to improve soon.

Form: 5324

(3)

Highway To Success¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 82| BF

8/1

Built on a promising debut when successful over 7f at Galway latest on yielding ground before disappointing as the favourite over 7f at the Curragh on handicap debut finishing over 8L adrift of the winner Cardini. Will need to improve here.

Form: 817

(4)

Facethepuckout^b,t¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 79

7/1

Excelebration colt, cost €15,000 as a foal. Half-brother to three winners including two as a juvenile. Solid handicapper and likely to be on the premises once again.

Form: 432132

(2)

Cedars Of Lebanon^v1¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-4| J: Chris Hayes| T: P J Prendergast| OR: 78| D

25/1

Distance winner of a Bellewstown maiden before disappointing at Leopardstown and Killarney recently. Opposable on recent form and in first-time visor.

Form: 264144

Forecasts

Invincible Karma (5/4), Mount Tabora (10/3), Zander (5/1), Facethepuckout (7/1), Highway To Success (8/1), Cedars Of Lebanon (25/1)

Certainly a race targeted by trainer Aiden O'Brien but without much sucess bar the win of Cocoon in the 2014 renewal who dead-heated with Ernest Shackleton trained by Jessica Harrington. The handler can land her second Listowel Nursery handicap here with INVINCIBLE KARMA who is coming to hand at the right time following a win at the fourth time of asking in a Roscommon maiden last month. Mount Tabora has had plenty of chances to get off the mark can follow the selection home with potential improver Zander from the Ger Lyons yard in the colours of Prince Khalid Abdullah.