16:35 Galway

Sunday 27 October 2019

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Merit Medical's Medallion 4-Y-O Fillies (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 3m 49.2s

Beth Horan²³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

5/1

Daughter of Yeats out of a Bob Back mare. Cost £55,000 as a three-year-old. Closely related to The Romford Pele. Likely to be a leading fancy for yard who are eight from 36 runners at this meeting since 2015.

Form: 3-

Champagne Diva¹⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr M J O'Hare| T: N Meade

9/2

€34,000 3-y-o out of a maiden half-sister to top-class performer Champagne Fever. Well beaten 88L on debut when last seen in April. Yard boast a 54% win and place strike rate in the last four years at this meeting.

Form: 0

Ciara's Treasure

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

20/1

Daughter of Fame And Glory out of a Kings Theatre mare. Inexpensive €6,500 as a three-year-old. Half-sister to bumper winner Rio Treasure. Entitled to need the run on debut.

Form:

Global Equity²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: O R Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien

10/3

Daughter of Shirocco out of a Saffron Walden mare. Not fluent at some of her hurdles on debut at Tipperary earlier this month but still managed to come through to finish third of 17. Rates a leading contender.

Form: 3

Hill Of Truth¹⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: C Byrnes

5/1

Robin Des Champs filly out of a Flemensfirth mare. Encouraging second of 10 beaten 9L behind Bigbadandbeautiful in a Clonmel bumper before a pleasing fifth of 11 beaten 4¼L when last seen in June. Notable jockey booking.

Form: 25

Kilashee

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

8/1

Daughter of Oscar out of a Luso mare. Half-sister to decent sorts over hurdles and fences, Kilcarry Bridge and New Kid In Town. Looks a long term prospect.

Form:

Presenting Ana²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

4/1

Running well in defeat before the step up to Listed level was a little ahead of her at Gowran Park earlier this month. Live contender back at this level.

Form: 414229

Tempting Tara^t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss R Dudfield⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

8/1

Daughter of Kayf Tara out of a Zaffaran mare. Cost €12,000 as a three-year-old; bred to be a decent hurdler. Expected to improve on debut on in a Cork maiden hurdle earlier this month on bumper debut.

Form: 5

Forecasts

Global Equity (10/3), Presenting Ana (4/1), Champagne Diva (9/2), Hill Of Truth (5/1), Beth Horan (5/1), Kilashee (8/1), Tempting Tara (8/1), Ciara's Treasure (20/1)

The Gordon Elliott-yard have won a couple of bumper contests in the last two years at this meeting with Moonlight Escape in 2017 and 12 months ago with Abacadabras. The yard are represented here by the daughter of Yeats, BETH HORAN who can win on rules debut. The Joseph O'Brien-trained Global Equity finished third of 17 in a Tipperary maiden hurdle earlier in the month and can emerge as the biggest danger here. The Noel Meade-trained Champagne Diva and Hill Of Truth, the mount of jockey Derek O'Connor both merit consideration, while the experienced Presenting Ana should not be completely ruled out.