14:05 Gowran Park

Saturday 22 September 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:08 | Winning time: 1m 44.13s

(7)

Airgead¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ross Coakley⁽³⁾| T: Mrs P Dobbs

66/1

A €7,000 yearling, Most Improved gelding. Dam 7f/1m winner. Didn't threaten the money on debut at Listowel this month and has plenty improvement to find here.

Form: 8

(1)

Army Recruit¹⁵

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

11/2

Zoffany gelding, cost €16,000 as a yearling. Dam a sister to a winner over further. Narrowly beaten in 7f maiden at Down Royal this month on second start, much respected on that effort.

Form: 42

(2)

Candy Man⁶³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Foley| T: E P Harty

33/1

Beaten 13L when finishing tenth of 13 on debut at the Curragh (7f, good) in July. Absent since and probably best watched at present.

Form: 0

(3)

Circus Maximus²⁷

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

8/13

Galileo colt, and the first foal of Group 2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Duntle. Favourite for strong maiden at the Curragh (7f, yielding) last month and finished fourth. Likely improver.

Form: 5

(4)

Crimson King²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: N G McCullagh| T: C O'Brien

20/1

32,000gns colt by Kingman, bit slow getting away in both starts so far at Naas and the Curragh but should have more to offer.

Form: 94

(5)

Drombeg Duke¹¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C P Hoban| T: A Leahy

40/1

Approve colt is related to useful winner up to 1m½f Drombeg Dream and half-brother to 1m2f winner Arcadian Sea. Must improve on debut effort at Listowel in June now returned from a break.

Form: 7

(15)

Dsoloman

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

100/1

€5,500 yearling, Thewayyouare colt whose dam was a winner at up to 1m1f, probably best watched on debut unless market suggests different.

Form:

(14)

Fassbender²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Robbie Colgan| T: R P McNamara

100/1

By Famous Name cost €15,000 as a yearling. Half-brother to three winners from a dam related to Derby winner Harzand. Unfancied and beaten 25L in last of 14 on debut at the Curragh last month over this trip.

Form: 0

(13)

Flow Of Words

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

20/1

Unraced home-bred son of Vocalised and a half-brother to a number of winners. Market support would be interesting on racecourse debut.

Form:

(9)

Hurricane Cliff

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: H De Bromhead

33/1

A €26,000 yearling, Canford Cliffs colt, half-brother to winner up to 1m Baffonero and worth a market check on debut here for Henry De Bromhead.

Form:

(12)

Il Paradiso

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

8/1

Galileo colt cost $300,000 as a yearling, is a brother to useful 1m3f-1m5f winner Abyssinian. Represents Ballydoyle on debut and could be capable of a strong say.

Form:

(16)

Kid Curry^h1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R P Downey| T: S Lynam

50/1

Pour Moi gelding, half-brother to 1m-1m2½f winner Adieux. Sports a hood on debut here and doesn't look the most likely winner on paper.

Form:

(10)

King's Vow

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

9/1

A €300,000 yearling, this Frankel colt is a half-brother to three winners, including smart winner up to 1m Disegno. Represnts in-form Joseph O'Brien team on first start, noted.

Form:

(8)

Millswyn³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Crosse⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien

25/1

Son of Camelot bought for €77,000 at the sales last year. Half-brother to a couple of useful winners but will have to take a good step forward from this weeks' debut at Naas (7f, good), when beaten more than 15L.

Form: 9

(11)

Spelga^h¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

33/1

Sir Percy colt out of an Aussie Rules mare, well beaten in two starts so far, here over 7f and same trip at Roscommon. Needs to find plenty more for tackling the mile.

Form: 97

Unforgiven⁵⁸

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

33/1

Closely related to top-class juvenile Harbour Watch, and fetched 130,000 gns as a yearling. Yard's juveniles have been profitable to follow this season but quickly backed out things on debut at Leopardstown over this trip in July (First Reserve).

Form: 8

Non-Runners

(6)

I Am Superman²⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: M O'Callaghan J: Gary Halpin

For Everyone⁴⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: R P McNamara J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Circus Maximus (8/13), I Am Superman (9/4), Army Recruit (11/2), Il Paradiso (8/1), King's Vow (9/1), For Everyone (16/1), Flow Of Words (20/1), Crimson King (20/1), Millswyn (25/1), Unforgiven (33/1), Hurricane Cliff (33/1), Candy Man (33/1), Spelga (33/1), Drombeg Duke (40/1), Kid Curry (50/1), Airgead (66/1), Fassbender (100/1), Dsoloman (100/1)

Circus Maximus should improve for his Curragh debut, as many from Ballydoyle tend to, and is respected but he was beaten fairly and squarely by I AM SUPERMAN that day and Michael O'Callaghan's runner is also entitled to come on and uphold the placings now. Army Recruit didn't improve on second start at Down Royal so the dangers may come from the newcomers – with Il Paradiso and King's Vow both likely sorts on paper.