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Friday 21 December 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 1m 26.20s

(14)

Able Dealer

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Foley| T: J J Murphy

40/1

Already gelded son of Approve out of a Selkirk mare. This trip looks a good starting point on debut although draw is far from ideal.

Form:

(6)

Alanari⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ross Coakley⁽³⁾| T: M Halford

14/1

Colt by Canford Cliffs out of a Refuse To Bend mare. Big price and well held on debut here over 1m. Needs to do more.

Form: 9

(8)

Crockford^t¹⁴⁸

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

9/4

Camelot half-brother to French 1000 Guineas third Rahiyah who holds a Derby entry. Well held on two turf starts in the summer and needs to do better.

Form: 35

(2)

Dare To Flare^b⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 68

10/1

Five-race maiden over a variety of trips and well held on both C&D starts so far. Looks opposable in this company.

Form: 00744

(9)

Holy Hymn^t1

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

14/1

Holy Roman Emperor colt that is bred to appreciate artificial surfaces. Cost €15,000 as a yearling and yard have been having a good spell. Market check needed.

Form:

(1)

James' Will

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: O J Orr⁽³⁾| T: D Marnane

33/1

Already gelded son of Heerat out of a Grand Lodge mare. Half-brother to a couple of winners. market check needed on debut.

Form:

(11)

Sky Seven²¹

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

11/10

Colt by Helmut out of a Royal Applause mare. Big price but ran a cracker here over C&D on debut when just going down by a head. Huge shout if able to build on that now.

Form: 2

(12)

Dinard Rose^b⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Rory Cleary| T: N Meade

20/1

€8,500 foal by Champs Elysees is half sister to a 7f-1m4f winner out of a dam who won at two. Only minor improvement on second start here over a mile and needs plenty more.

Form: 05

(7)

Eunoia

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: N G McCullagh| T: T F Shaw

28/1

Poet's Voice filly who's price rose a little from 1,500 gns as a foal to €4,500 as a yearling. May need a little further than this in time and may just need this opening experience.

Form:

(5)

Indiana Grey

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Killian Leonard⁽³⁾| T: P Martin

50/1

Zebedee filly that cost 6,000 gns as a yearling. Dam placed up to 1m2f;sister to useful performer Beshan Bedi out of a half-sister to Indiana Girl who was a good performer for this yard.

Form:

(3)

Lyrical Attraction²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Fahey

33/1

Dandy Man filly out of a Dutch Art mare. Improved on debut effort when not far behind Sky Seven last time. Needs a little more improvement.

Form: 05

(4)

Sea Sister¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: G P Cromwell

50/1

Soon weakened 2f out on debut over C&D earlier this month. Others look open to more improvement and needs to do better.

Form: 8

(10)

Snow Hope

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: C P Hoban| T: A Oliver

25/1

Exceed and Excel filly out of a Dalakhani mare who has a good pedigree. Market check essential on debut and likely type.

Form:

(13)

Sword Of Arakan²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A McGuinness

100/1

Filly by Arakan out of a Jeremy mare. Well held on two career starts here last month and needs to hit form in a big way here.

Form: 90

Non-Runners

Isotope²¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J P O'Brien J: Reserve 1

Out On Friday²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: P Byrne J: Reserve 2

But I Like It¹⁴

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J P O'Brien J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Sky Seven (11/10), Crockford (9/4), Dare To Flare (10/1), Alanari (14/1), Holy Hymn (14/1), But I Like It (16/1), Dinard Rose (20/1), Isotope (20/1), Snow Hope (25/1), Eunoia (28/1), Lyrical Attraction (33/1), James' Will (33/1), Able Dealer (40/1), Indiana Grey (50/1), Sea Sister (50/1), Out On Friday (66/1), Sword Of Arakan (100/1)

SKY SEVEN ran really well to be a close second over C&D on debut and any improvement should see him bang on the premises once again. Crockford should prove better than he managed to show in two starts in the summer and holds a Derby entry. Snow Hope has a nice pedigree and may be best of the newcomers.