17:25 Cork

Saturday 17 August 2019

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Murphy's Irish Stout Supporting Marymount Hospice Irish EBF Fillies Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 1m 48.5s

(6)

Auma²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

20/1

Decently bred but showed little on debut at Leopardstown for a stable who has been struggling for two-year-old winners this season.

Form: 8

(4)

Elite Craft

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: J P Murtagh

25/1

Hard Spun filly; cost $100,000 as a yearling; first foal; related to some minor stakes winner in the US. Not without a chance and market should shine a light on her chances.

Form:

(10)

Florence Camille

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld

10/1

Quite well bred Galileo filly who is related to some top quality Turf and Dirt performers in the US up to mile.

Form:

(7)

Global Crossing^b1⁵⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: G M Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Bolger

25/1

Stoutly-bred filly; moderate effort on debut in June and entitled to improve but long absence is a slight concern and stable not churning out juvenile winners.

Form: 4

(5)

Lefty Was Right

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: M A Gallagher| T: A Leahy

100/1

Cheaply bought filly who cost just 1,000 euros as a yearling; unlikely to be good enough.

Form:

(8)

Passion

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

12/1

Galileo filly who is a full sister to Irish Derby and St Ledger winner Capri who cost 800,000 guineas as a yearling; stable runners generally need a run but expect this filly to run a big race.

Form:

(1)

Salsa¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: D O'Brien| T: A P O'Brien

4/6

Galileo filly, full sister to four winners including dual Guineas winner Hermosa and dam a Group 2 winner. Will have needed the run when staying on in the closing stages at Goodwood on her debut at the start of the month and looks the one to beat.

Form: 6

(2)

Snow

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

13/2

Another wonderfully bred filly who cost 1.2m guineas as a yearling; also by Galileo, she is a full sister to the very smart Kew Gardens.

Form:

(9)

Unknown Pleasures

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

9/1

Fairly well bred related to numerous middle distance French winners. Market may provide a guide but she would have to something special to beat some of experienced and well bred rivals on her debut.

Form:

(11)

Yaxeni

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

12/1

Cost 8,000 euros as a yearling; related some plenty of classy middle-distance types; hard to see this Maxios filly being good enough on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

(3)

Southwood

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: Leonard Flynn J: Rory Cleary

Forecasts

Salsa (4/6), Snow (13/2), Unknown Pleasures (9/1), Florence Camille (10/1), Yaxeni (12/1), Passion (12/1), Auma (20/1), Elite Craft (25/1), Global Crossing (25/1), Southwood (33/1), Lefty Was Right (100/1)

Plenty of well-bred fillies on show in what looks like being a fascinating contest to watch. Best of the newcomers could be the impeccably-bred Snow who cost 1.2m euros as a yearling and the stable will be full of hope for while Passion fetched a similar eye-watering fee. She is a full sister to the very smart Capri. It could however pay to look to a horse with racecourse experience suggesting SALSA may be capable given the pleasing manner of her run at Goodwood earlier this month.