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Wednesday 30 October 2019

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

2YO only | 7f | 14 Runners | Polytrack | Weighed In

Off time: 19:03 | Winning time: 1m 26.53s

(1)

Al Ruwais⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Crosse⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien

5/1

€57,000 purchase by Camelot. Closely related to several winners and is a half-brother to 1m2f high-class winner Collection. Offered something to work with on debut at Naas last month.

Form: 5

(6)

Blue Gale Five

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: O J Orr| T: G Donnelly

66/1

Gale Force Ten gelding. Half-brother to several winners, including 6f-10.7f winner Honor Oak and winner up to 9f Magic Jazz. Worth market check.

Form:

(14)

Flying Scotsman⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P B Beggy| T: A P O'Brien

20/1

Colt by Galileo out of a Mastercraftsman mare. Well held two soft-ground turf runs but represents top connections and perhaps do better on this surface.

Form: 09

(5)

Hezgreynotbay^h²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: P Martin

100/1

Gelding by Zebedee, 100-1 chance and beaten a long way on debut at Navan (1m, soft) this month. Hood is retained.

Form: 0

(15)

Karbasann

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

33/1

Siyouni colt. Half-brother to three winners, including smart winner up to 1m2½f Karaktar, useful juvenile 6f winner Karamaya. Noted should there be confidence.

Form:

(10)

Mr Tambourine Man

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

33/1

Galileo colt. Brother to 1m6f-2m½f winner Dalileo. Represents Aidan O'Brien, though stablemate Vatican City offer potentially decent standard to aim at.

Form:

(8)

No Days Off¹³⁶

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

16/1

No Nay Never colt, cost €105,000 as a yearling, better effort upped to this trip on second start at Gowran Park recently and will be competitive here with further step forward on AW bow.

Form: 53

(7)

Phoenix Cowboy

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

16/1

€260,000 yearling, Gleneagles colt. Dam, unraced, closely related to high-class 1m-1m4f winner Peeping Fawn. Notable newcomer from leading yard.

Form:

(3)

Psyche⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: T P Madden⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

8/1

Fair run at Naas last month on debut over 7f, beaten 8L at the line and not a major shock should the Lope De Vega colt build on it now.

Form: 7

(16)

Tommy The Hat²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Coakley| T: D Broad

66/1

Relatively inexpensive purchase and was tailed off over 1m on soft ground at Navan on debut this month. Doesn't seem the sort to make requisite improvement now.

Form: 0

(11)

Vatican City²⁵

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

1/2

Brother to 2,000 Guineas winner Gleneagles, ran into easy and impressive winner Kinross on debut at Newmarket this month (second has won since) and should heave major say in this line-up.

Form: 5

(9)

Abeona

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

14/1

An 85,000 gns yearling, Acclamation filly. Half-sister to 1m4f winner Kabrit and two-year-old 5f winner Pink Iceburg. Second newcomer for Ger Lyons and seemingly choice of stable jockey.

Form:

(2)

Chica Boom Boom¹⁹

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

12/1

Improved on three turf runs to be 4¾L third of 14 in C&D maiden this month; this looks a stronger contest on paper and will need to come forward again.

Form: 0003

(12)

Haifa

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: N G McCullagh| T: M Halford

66/1

Le Havre filly. Half-sister to several winners, including useful 1m½/1m1f winner Media Luna; could have found easier starting points it seems.

Form:

Non-Runners

(13)

Assurance⁴⁵

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: J S Bolger J: Reserve 1

(4)

No Nay Now⁹⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J A Stack J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Vatican City (1/2), Assurance (3/1), Al Ruwais (5/1), Psyche (8/1), Chica Boom Boom (12/1), Abeona (14/1), No Days Off (16/1), Phoenix Cowboy (16/1), No Nay Now (16/1), Flying Scotsman (20/1), Karbasann (33/1), Mr Tambourine Man (33/1), Haifa (66/1), Tommy The Hat (66/1), Blue Gale Five (66/1), Hezgreynotbay (100/1)

He appeared to run into a good one on debut when third to Kinross and, with the second winning since, this looks a good chance for Ballydoyle's VATICAN CITY to open his account. He's got a nice pedigree and should have gleaned plenty for the debut experience at Newmarket. Debutants Karbasann and Abeona are interesting while Chica Boom Boom and No Days Off both rank as potential improvers.