14:15 Down Royal

Saturday 31 August 2019

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Irish EBF Supporting Irish Champions Weekend Maiden

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 2.84s

(10)

Anthonysoprano^b1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: M A Gallagher| T: K P Cotter| OR: 66

8/1

Seven-race maiden who posted a career best at Killarney recently finishing 5½L adrift of Dare To Flare earlier this month. First-time blinkers may bring about required improvement.

Form: 266407

(1)

Jungle Gazelle^v1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Robbie Colgan| T: T G McCourt

100/1

Sent off at big prices in three career starts so far, running accordingly on each occasion and unlikely to be making a significant impact in this contest, despite first-time visor.

Form: 000

(12)

Pulse Of Shanghai⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: J M Ryan| OR: 71

7/2

Failed to come up to required standard in five starts for trainer Jessica Harrington before running a career best on latest and second start for new connections at the Curragh earlier this month. Worthy of a market check.

Form: 4557-94

(5)

Son And Sannie

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: R Brabazon

16/1

Gelding by Es Que Love out of a Rock Of Gibraltar mare. Dam winner of one of her 22 starts but remained a 20-race maiden on turf. Possibly best watched on debut, looking at some of the opposition.

Form:

(11)

Strong Johnson⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: K P Cotter

66/1

By Le Cadre Noir and is a brother to 5f-6f winner Polly Douglas. Well held on both career starts so far, both at the Curragh. Plenty to find on initial offerings.

Form: 00

(4)

Star On A Diamond⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: M J Browne

12/1

Daughter of Dandy Man out of a Dark Angel mare. Looks vulnerable in this company looking at her first couple of efforts at Naas and earlier this month at the Curragh.

Form: 60

(7)

A Delight²³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A J Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: A Fogarty

16/1

Daughter of George Vancouver out of a Cadeaux Genereux mare. Dam, four-race maiden between 7f and 1m. Well held in two career starts in France for trainer, Matthieu Palussiere. Market check on Irish debut.

Form: 6-7

(6)

Cactus Tree^h⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: W J Lee| T: M C Grassick| OR: 60

10/1

Seven-race maiden but the penny appears to be finally dropping following a number of encouraging efforts since May. Worthy of a market check.

Form: 000397

(8)

Cruella Dovil¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S Foley| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 74| BF

11/10

A number of fine place finishes over the summer have resulted in a burgeoning handicap mark with the daughter of Clodivil still to get off the mark. Recent efforts overall have been positive and the filly rates a leading contender here.

Form: 422230

(9)

Midge Maisel^h1⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: O J Orr| T: S Lynam

40/1

Cost 15,000gns as a yearling. Dam 1m6f winner, closely related to useful winners Baghdad and Pippa Greene. Last of nine when racing too keen on debut at Tipperary on debut last month and first-time hood unlikely to spark initial improvement.

Form: 9

(3)

Realtin Fantasy²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Browne| OR: 29

100/1

Well beaten and no impression in a couple of starts this term since returning to action in May. Well held on latest start at Naas earlier this month and still looking no nearer to breakthrough success.

Form: 080-000

(2)

Simply Elusive

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: G M Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann

33/1

Daughter of Elusive Pimpernel out of a Holy Roman Emperor mare. Temperamental dam - refused to race on no less than three occasions - winner of two of her nine Flat starts on turf, winning over 6f. Best watched on racecourse debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Cruella Dovil (11/10), Pulse Of Shanghai (7/2), Anthonysoprano (8/1), Cactus Tree (10/1), Star On A Diamond (12/1), Son And Sannie (16/1), A Delight (16/1), Simply Elusive (33/1), Midge Maisel (40/1), Strong Johnson (66/1), Realtin Fantasy (100/1), Jungle Gazelle (100/1)

The Johnny Murtagh-trained, CRUELLA DOVIL can break from stall eight here to grab the lead, possibly having a few of these in trouble some way out. The three-year-old can get off the mark for connections at the 14th time of asking, building on a number of solid runs over the summer. Clearly better than her last run suggests, the filly can get the better of Pulse Of Shanghai who ran well on stable debut at the Curragh earlier this month and Anthonysoprano who could be a danger in first-time blinkers.