13:20 Gowran Park
Saturday 16 February 2019
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Sea Moon & Shantou At Burgage Stud Maiden Hurdle
- 4YO only  |  2m  |  Yielding to Soft  |  20 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:22Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 3m 59.0s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Fair form in a couple of Flat maidens, both on testing ground last year. Showed promise on hurdles debut at Limerick on Boxing Day. If he can improve on that then he could take a hand.
Half-brother to a 2m4f hurdle winner. 16-1 and made a respectable debut in a Naas bumper last month. Step up in trip over hurdles should help, so market check probably prudent.
Scored on the Flat over 1m3½f for Aidan O'Brien at Limerick (good) last June. Didn't jump fluently on last month's Punchestown hurdles debut. Needs significant improvement on that, but in good hands, so can't rule that out.
Has shown little in both codes, or in a point-to-point last time. Readily opposed.
OR 85 on the Flat, where he won twice over middle distances last year for Luca Cumani (on good to soft/good to firm). Changed hands for 160,000gns in October and should be capable of a decent hurdles debut for his stellar stable.
Fifth foal. Half-brother to French winners Ultrason (2m4f-2m5f chase), Cannyon (1m5f AQPS Flat/2m4f hurdle) and Valse De Vienne (1m5f AQPS Flat); dam French 2m2f-2m5f chase winner. Lovely pedigree. Market check advised.
Won a Leopardstown maiden (1m, heavy) on debut for Ger Lyons last April. Yet to add to that, but has shown ability over hurdles for this trainer and went close at Limerick last time. Bit more needed, but looks a leading player.
Won a Carlisle novice event (6f, good to firm) in 2017, when trained by Jedd O'Keeffe. Has shown some promise in both runs over hurdles for this trainer. More needed, but could get more competitive.
Not devoid of promise in a bumper and on his hurdles debut, both at Naas last month. Clearly needs to step up on that to be winning, but may finish closer to the action.
Well beaten in a Nottingham novice event for Roger Varian last May and changed hands for 5,000gns in July. Looks one to watch on hurdles/stable debut.
Won three times on the Flat for Hugo Palmer (OR 81), the latest at Catterick (1m4f, good) in October, after which he changed hands for 34,000gns. Makes hurdles/stable debut here, and looks well worth a market check.
€18,000 yearling, €42,000 3yo. 2nd foal. Half-brother to a winner in Morocco. Dam unplaced 6.7f-1m2f in France, half-brother to 1m1f AW 2yo/useful 2m and 3m1f hurdle winner Unanimite. Probably one to watch on debut.
Showed a bit of ability on the Flat, but yet to make the frame in six runs in that code and was 66-1 and well held on his hurdles debut at Limerick in December. Others preferred.
Won twice at up to 7f on the Flat (stays 1m), the latter success for Johnny Murtagh last June. Changed hands for 60,000gns in October, and needs to prove both hurdling ability and stamina on his debut in this sphere. Hooded for the first time.
German Flat winner (1m2f, good) in September, and improved on his hurdles debut when 6½L third at Naas last time. May well be more to come, and he enters calculations here.
Won his first two Flat starts (7f/1m) in 2017 for Mick Channon. Has shown very little in two runs over hurdles since joining this yard, so has plenty to prove at present.
Won a Chester novice event (7f, good to soft) on the Flat in 2017, when with Tom Dascombe. Form was on the slide in that code last year, and hasn't shown much in two starts for this trainer, one in each code. Others preferred.
Two modest efforts either side of a promising run when 1½L fourth in a big field at Cork (2m, soft/heavy) in December. A return to that form would give her claims, but she does have to bounce back.
Yet to show much of note and despite the good form of the yard at present, she has plenty to prove.
Respectable debut effort at Limerick in December, but took a backward step at Fairyhouse last time. Plenty more needed.
Non-Runners
21
Institution20
Weight: 11-7|Â Â Age: 4
T: C Byrnes  J: Reserve 1
NR
22
Flying Mary37
Weight: 11-0|Â Â Age: 4
T: M Brassil  J: Reserve 2
NR
23
Little Saint23
Weight: 11-7|Â Â Age: 4
T: D Hogan  J: Reserve 3
NR
Forecasts
Future Proof (6/4), Star Max (5/2), Ingenuity (7/1), Coolongolook (8/1), Aim For Glory (10/1), Christopher Robin (16/1), Colour Me In (20/1), Sirjack Thomas (25/1), Capilano Bridge (33/1), Morning Skye (33/1), Flash De Clerval (33/1), Zoffalee (66/1), Nathaniel's Dream (66/1), Key Commander (100/1), Rock On Seamie (100/1), Feyan (100/1), Trumps Up (100/1), Kindred (100/1), Lucia's Bob (100/1), Cocoroco (100/1)
An interesting opener. Aim For Glory is going the right way and could get more closely involved, and the same goes for Christopher Robin and Ingenuity. Future Proof should be in the mix, along with Star Mix, while Colour Me In could get involved if back to the form of her penultimate run. There are some potentially useful newcomers here too and the suggestion is to side with one of them, COOLONGOLOOK, who represents top connections and has some decent Flat form to his name. Flash De Clerval and Morning Skye are also worth market checks.
- Coolongolook
- Future Proof
- Aim For Glory
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: €8,316.002nd: €2,579.003rd: €1,229.004th: €554.005th: €216.00
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