19:00 Dundalk

Friday 20 September 2019

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 19:02 | Winning time: 1m 12.93s

(12)

Artics Brat³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: J M Barrett

40/1

Cappella Sansevero colt out of a Monsuieur Bond mare. Dam poor 38-rated handicapper on the Flat, without a win in nine starts. Disappointing on debut at the Curragh in August; open to improvement but others preferred.

Form: 0

(10)

Liquor Scholar^t²³

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

16/1

Price rose from €19,000 as a yearling to 105,000gns at the April Breeze-ups. Never a factor on racecourse debut at Down Royal but improved to finish third last time out at Bellewstown; going in the right direction; chances.

Form: 63

(11)

Monzoon

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: T P Madden⁽³⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

50/1

Bred for a tougher test of stamina; fetched 10,000 euros as a two-year-old; hard to make a case for on debut but worth a check in the market.

Form:

(2)

Royal Bungle²³

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

8/1

Colt by Bungle Inthejungle out of a Windsor Knot mare. Never a factor on racecourse debut at Bellewstown late last month but runners from stable tend to come on for a run so definite possibilities.

Form: 7

(9)

Shabra's O B²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann

33/1

Has run very green and been slow to start on both racecourse appearances to date; difficult to make a case for even if open to improvement.

Form: 58

(7)

Swisstopher^t1⁶⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Hayes

100/1

Has finished stone last on both his racecourse appearances; difficult to suggest he will suddenly improve and play a leading role here.

Form: 08

(1)

Turbo Command²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J Feane

9/2

War Command gelding out of a Mastercraftsmen mare; showed up well for a long way on his debut at Down Royal late last month and should improve for experience; possibilities from useful draw.

Form: 7

(15)

Acquiescent¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J J Murphy

10/1

Nicely-bred filly who improved on her debut run at Galway to be doing her best work in the closing stages last time out at Cork; definite room for improvement and one to note in the betting.

Form: 75

(13)

Believe In Beauty¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: N G McCullagh| T: K J Condon| OR: 75| BF

11/2

Has been running well in defeat on all her four starts and comes into this race with some of the best form on show; not ideally drawn but if she can stay out of trouble and improve again she holds a good chance.

Form: 4224

(3)

Brightest Dawn^t1³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn

80/1

Not particularly well bred and made no show on her debut at Roscommon last month; entitled to improve but hard to assess winning chance.

Form: 7

(16)

Lady Stark¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: James J Doyle| T: F Birrane| OR: 56

100/1

Dandy Man filly out of an In The Wings mare. Cost £26,000 as a two-year-old; slightly improved effort last time out at Listowel having previously finished last on both previous efforts; tough ask from wide draw.

Form: 007

(5)

Pixel Power⁷⁵

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

13/8

Dream Ahead filly. Sister to two-year-old 6f winner Final Frontier. Raced with much promise when finishing second at Limerick in July; long absence a slight concern but has excellent chance of going one better in race with no obvious stars.

Form: 2

(6)

Point Reyes⁵⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 75

15/2

Has been slowly improving with each race without ever really threatening to win; has scope to improve and is well drawn so not without hope.

Form: 967

(4)

Shadhavar^t1¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: G P Halpin| T: J Davison

25/1

Just beat the one home on his debut effort at Navan earlier this month; hard to assess from that one run and obviously open to improvement but probably best watched at present.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(14)

French Secret²

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary J: Andrew Slattery

(8)

Qutey Zee⁴⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: G M Lyons J: Reserve 2

(17)

Leadership Race³²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: G M Lyons J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Pixel Power (13/8), Turbo Command (9/2), Believe In Beauty (11/2), Point Reyes (15/2), Royal Bungle (8/1), Acquiescent (10/1), Liquor Scholar (16/1), Leadership Race (16/1), Qutey Zee (20/1), Shadhavar (25/1), Shabra's O B (33/1), French Secret (33/1), Artics Brat (40/1), Monzoon (50/1), Brightest Dawn (80/1), Lady Stark (100/1), Swisstopher (100/1)

Handily drawn, TURBO COMMAND can be expected to improve on his debut at Down Royal at the end of August where he ran well for a long way before tiring at the business end. He should improve and run a decent race. Pixel Power ran a fine race on his debut at Limerick when finishing as runner-up. He will come on for that race and likely to be one of the leading contenders if fit from a short absence. Liquor Scholar is another open to plenty of improvement and any strong market moves would suggest he is capable of landing this.