15:55 Tipperary

Friday 19 June 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 1m 38.73s

(9)

Game Lodge⁴⁰⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: E Greatrex| T: J G Murphy

100/1

A 29,000 gns foal, £50,000 yearling, Kyllachy gelding. Half-brother to 1m2f-1m4f winner Azzuri; no real show on either racecourse starts to date and difficult to recommend at present.

Form: 00-

(10)

Grey Hill

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: M A Gallagher| T: E P Harty

50/1

Cost 20,000 euros as a yearling; bred to be effective at this trip but may struggle against some more experienced types on belated racecourse debut.

Form:

(12)

Yellowford⁴⁰⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson

200/1

Son of Canford Cliffs out of a Magic Ring mare. Cost €17,000 as a yearling and a return on that investment will be a while in coming judged on three mediocre efforts thus far.

Form: 0/00-

(1)

Ballinroe^t1²⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: A Leahy

150/1

Son of unfashionable sire Fountain Of Youth cost just 3,000gns as a foal despite being half-brother to two winners up to 7f; finished last in only racecourse appearance at Navan in September.

Form: 0-

(16)

Berlusconi

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: J C McConnell

40/1

Cheaply bought gelding; nothing special on breeding; unlikely to be good enough unless market speaks in his favour.

Form:

(4)

Clear Quartz

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Killian Leonard| T: M Fahey

9/1

Cost 9,000 euros as a yearling; second foal; dam unraced sister to two-year-old sprint winner Snow Angel; difficult to assess and probably best watched on debut.

Form:

(5)

Early Bright^t1²⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons| OR: 75

5/2

Showed very little progress from three runs at the back end of last season; obviously open to improvement but difficult to back with confidence in first time tongue-tie.

Form: 640-

(11)

Lansing¹³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: D Marnane

10/1

Colt by Toronado out of a Selkirk mare. Dam won on debut over 7f; not disgraced in two maiden spins on the AW at Dundalk; should slowly improve but others currently preferred.

Form: 76

(14)

Plugged In¹³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Halpin| T: J T Gorman

125/1

Colt by Gale Force Ten out of a King's Best mare. Cost €3,000 as a yearling. Well beaten and no impression on both starts to date and probably too early in career to suggest he will be winning any time soon.

Form: 0-8

(7)

Sage Advice²⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Davis| T: J G Murphy

8/1

Gelding by Make Believe out of a Danehill Dancer mare; no real show on debut at the Curragh in October; can improve and it will be interesting to see what the market says about his chances.

Form: 0-

(8)

Three Sevens¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: T J O'Mara

18/1

Gelding by Elzaam out of a Whipper mare; two fair efforts in maidens at Dundalk suggest he is going in the right direction; may still find things tough on turf debut.

Form: 47

(2)

Turbo Command¹⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Gavin Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 80| BF

11/4

Experienced five-race maiden who has been running with plenty of credit since making his debut at Down Royal in August; another bold bid expected.

Form: 7242-3

(13)

War Flight¹¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrew Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery

10/3

By War Command out of a King's Best mare; showed plenty of promise on debut at Dundalk in February; fair chance if translating that form to turf.

Form: 3

(3)

Greenman Express²¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T E Whelan| T: B P Galvin

125/1

Reserve 1 Hard to make a case for based on two dismal efforts to date.

Form: 00-

Non-Runners

(6)

Transpose

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: P Twomey J: Billy Lee

(15)

True Commitment³⁹⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: B A Murphy J: Damien Melia

Forecasts

Early Bright (5/2), Turbo Command (11/4), War Flight (10/3), Sage Advice (8/1), Clear Quartz (9/1), Lansing (10/1), Transpose (14/1), Three Sevens (18/1), Berlusconi (40/1), Grey Hill (50/1), True Commitment (50/1), Game Lodge (100/1), Plugged In (125/1), Greenman Express (125/1), Ballinroe (150/1), Yellowford (200/1)

Not the best quality of races and a slight preference is given to the five-race maiden TURBO COMMAND who has run some solid races in defeat and would not have to improve too much to take control here. Transpose is nicely bred to well around this trip and while making her debut here, she may have enough quality to shine if thing fall right. Market support would be interesting. Lansing makes his turf debut here and if translating some useful AW form then he could go well at a fair price.