13:35 Gowran Park

Monday 14 October 2019

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 13:36 | Winning time: 1m 48.64s

(4)

Arthur's Kingdom⁸⁹

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

11/10

€260,000 yearling. Half-brother to top class 7f to 1m7f winner Joshua Tree who won at 2. Dam won at 1m and 1m1f. Beaten 1L and a nose in first couple of starts. Likely to improve and looks well ahead of a number of these.

Form: 22

(6)

Camogue Wood⁸²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn

100/1

Gelding by Ivawood could never land a blow on debut at Limerick when ninth of 10 in July and finished 16/16 on latest start. Not likely to be of interest to many punters.

Form: 90

(7)

Comfort Line⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany

25/1

Alhebayeb gelding out of a Peintre Celebre mare; inexpensive €6,000 as a yearling; given gentle introduction at navan recently, should improve and interesting that he is turned out again so quickly.

Form: 6

(10)

Ebony Maw

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

7/1

Cost 85,000 euros as a yearling;; fifth foal; half-brother to winners Easy Code and Ascot Dreamer; hard to see him being good enough to beat more experienced rivals on his debut.

Form:

(5)

Greek Gladiator

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

14/1

Related to plenty of winners being the 11th foal of his dam but no stand out relations; entered in a few big races next season; hard to assess on debut and market may provide clues.

Form:

(9)

Ivaquestion¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery

8/1

Has been fairly consistent without ever looking like winning a race on his three starts to date; hard to completely write off but others preferred on balance of form.

Form: 446

(2)

Maker Of Kings³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: G Elliott| OR: 85

3/1

Zoffany colt out of a Galileo mare. Dam was a once raced sister to the smart Lush Lashes. Solid couple of efforts at Down Royal, Roscommon and Listowel since July debut. Likely to run well once again.

Form: 323

(13)

Red Kelly¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Kelly⁽³⁾| T: J P Murtagh

33/1

Colt by Manduro out of a Darshaan mare. Brother to Jollify winner over 1m4f and half-brother to Litigant. Failed to make any impression on debut when well-beaten last month at The Curragh.

Form: 0

(3)

Silvertown¹⁵

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

50/1

Colt by Make Believe out of a Lawman mare. Well held and never nearer on both starts to date and while open to improvement, hard to him winning this.

Form: 95

(1)

Yulong Moneyreef

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

20/1

Cost 85,000 euros as a yearling; related to plenty of winners up to a mile; probably best watched on debut unless market speaks in his favour.

Form:

(11)

Zoheyr^v1¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

12/1

Well-bred colt who ran fair races on both his racecourse appearances at The Curragh and is entitled to improve. Wears a visor for the first time here.

Form: 08

(12)

Sweeping Approach¹⁸

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

50/1

Daughter of New Approach out of a USA bred mare. Closely related to three winners. Dam, five race maiden; showed very little on debut at this track in September and while open to improvement is unlikely to be good enough.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(8)

Nobel Prize⁴⁵

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: Seamie Heffernan

Forecasts

Arthur's Kingdom (11/10), Maker Of Kings (3/1), Ebony Maw (7/1), Ivaquestion (8/1), Nobel Prize (10/1), Zoheyr (12/1), Greek Gladiator (14/1), Yulong Moneyreef (20/1), Comfort Line (25/1), Red Kelly (33/1), Sweeping Approach (50/1), Silvertown (50/1), Camogue Wood (100/1)

ARTHUR'S KINGDOM looks head and shoulders above any of those with racecourse experience and connections will no doubt be disappointing if he can't break his maiden tag at the third time of asking. Maker Of Kings has yet to run a bad race and has been making steady progress, he looks the second best of those who have seen a racecourse while it would be no surprise to see Zoheyr making the necessary progress to get in contention. Both Nobel Prize and Greek Gladiator will have their supporters but these two O'Brien horses may have to play second fiddle at best to the selection.