Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 2m 8.95s

(3)

Jack Yeats^p1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: D O'Brien| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 91| D

7/2

Won at Naas at his first attempt over this trip but no chance when used as a pacemaker for high-class stablemate Japan (over 1m4f) at Royal Ascot last month; this is a significant ease in grade and the fitting of headgear could bring improvement.

Form: 7-218

(1)

Leo De Fury¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| D

4/5

Won a maiden over 1m2f at The Curragh last month and gave the impression there's more to come. Worth considering in what will be a tactical race.

Form: 1

(2)

Kaftan²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 89

9/4

Showed a good attitude when winning over a mile here in May but couldn't back it up when tried at Limerick over the same trip last time. Stamina to prove against a couple of sturdy individuals.

Form: 4-12

Forecasts

Leo De Fury (4/5), Kaftan (9/4), Jack Yeats (7/2)

JACK YEATS was out of his depth in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot last month but did his job in teeing up the race for his stablemate, Japan, to add a Group 1 success to his name. This is obviously far less competitive and, with the cheekpieces in place to aid his concentration, he is fancied to see off the attentions of Leo De Fury, who could do no more than win on his debut but faced nothing of the calibre of the suggestion on that occasion. Kaftan gets the fillies allowance but needs to prove her stamina over this new trip.