16:05 Tipperary

Friday 26 June 2020

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Emly (C & G) Flat Race

Off time: 16:04 | Winning time: 3m 59.90s

Blue Ribbon¹⁶⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: E Doyle

25/1

Zayif gelding cost €6,000. Half-brother to two wining 2m hurdlers, and dam won over 1m1f; finished mid-pack on debut at Thurles in January; open to improvement and one to note.

Form: 7-

Brooklyn Balance¹¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: P T Flavin

200/1

Only completed one of his four point-to-point starts; very unlikely to be good enough here on racecourse debut.

Form: 6/PPP-

Broomfields Jeremy¹⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: J P Dempsey

12/1

Jeremy gelding who has shown promise on all his starts including last time out at Wexford; certainly going in the right direction and should be winning a race of this standard shortly.

Form: 443-

Curlew Hill¹¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott| BF

3/1

Showed plenty of promise on his first two outings at Leopardstown and Thurles; sent of a well backed favourite in March again at Thurles, he failed to handle the soft conditions; worth another chance.

Form: 735-

Dave And Bernie²⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael Barry

33/1

Modest form in a couple of point-to-point efforts recently but performed well in bumper at Roscommon earlier this month; can progress and has a chance.

Form: 464FP-

Dusty Winds

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey

40/1

Third foal; related to plenty of hurdler/chaser types as well as middle-distance performers on the Flat; difficult to know what to make of him on debut and market may provide clues.

Form:

Goaheadwiththeplan^t¹²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr M J O'Hare| T: N Meade

3/1

Showed promise in a couple of bumpers over the winter before showing even more promise in two maiden hurdles; should be winning races before too long.

Form: F/7443-

Hallowed Star¹⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr S Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

7/1

Ex-Godolphin; no real promise on racecourse debut at Down Royal this time last year but showed he had a ability when sent to Stratford in March; can improve again.

Form: 53-

Lebowski

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr R Sugrue⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan

22/1

Cost E12,500 as a three-year-old; eighth foal; dam unraced half-sister to useful chase winner Clondaw Knight; may struggle against those with experience but a market check would do no harm

Form:

Master Charphen

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: N Slevin

66/1

Valued at E25,000 as a three-year-old; no great shakes on breeding and unlikely to be a winner on first racecourse appearance.

Form:

Saleen Sands¹⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D N O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: J Halley

150/1

Yet to complete in three point-to-points (pulled up twice and unseated on the other occasion); well beaten in small field heavy ground bumper at Limerick in March; others preferred.

Form: P/UP4-

Seamus Darby

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: M J Smith

25/1

First foal; cheaply bought as a yearling for just 1,000 euros; difficult to assess and only clues to stable confidence will be found in the betting ring.

Form:

Some Spin

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J King⁽⁵⁾| T: James King

80/1

Cost 12,000 euros as a foal falling to 5,500 euros when re-sold as a three year-old; first foal; unraced dam closely related to 2m-2m7f chase winner Ballyegan.

Form:

Somme Soldier²⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr A P Fahey⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Fahey

33/1

Weakened in the closing stages, not beaten too far, on his only racecourse appearance at Punchestown in December; entitled to improve.

Form: 6-

Tango Charlie¹⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

3/1

Won the last of three point-to-points in Britain in May, and joined current connections for £19,000 subsequently; given gentle introduction at Leopardstown in December; will improve.

Form: S2/15-

Non-Runners

Case Closed

Weight: 12-2| Age: 5

T: J Queally J: Reserve 1

Cork Mick⁴⁰⁹

Weight: 12-2| Age: 6

T: E McCarthy J: Reserve 2

Charlie Shirocco¹¹⁰

Weight: 12-2| Age: 5

T: G Ahern J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Curlew Hill (3/1), Goaheadwiththeplan (3/1), Tango Charlie (3/1), Hallowed Star (7/1), Broomfields Jeremy (12/1), Case Closed (20/1), Lebowski (22/1), Blue Ribbon (25/1), Seamus Darby (25/1), Somme Soldier (33/1), Dave And Bernie (33/1), Dusty Winds (40/1), Cork Mick (50/1), Charlie Shirocco (50/1), Master Charphen (66/1), Some Spin (80/1), Saleen Sands (150/1), Brooklyn Balance (200/1)

CURLEW HILL showed plenty of promise on his first two bumper runs before being a well beaten favourite last time out. With ground conditions expected to be more too his liking he should be able to take this opportunity to get off the mark. Tango Charlie was a point-to-point winner in England and was not given a hard race on his Irish debut at Leopardstown on Boxing Day. He may want further in time but should run his race here. Somme Soldier ran with credit on his racecourse debut at Punchestown in December and he will be winning races before too long.