19:55 Kilbeggan

Friday 10 July 2020

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Mullingar Flat Race

Off time: 20:04 | Winning time: 3m 43.10s

Bishops Wood

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

40/1

First foal; no great shakes on breeding with his dam pulled up both starts in points; only likely clues to be found in the market but unlikely to be good enough.

Form:

Brooklyn Balance¹⁴

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

16/1

Only completed one of his four point-to-point starts; fair effort on bumper debut at Tipperary last month; needs to improve but not without a chance.

Form: 6/PPP-5

Geraldo⁴³²

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

8/13

Bought for £66,000 in the sales following victory in his only point-to-point start in May 2019; excellent chance in this line-up and chance will be franked by the market.

Form: 1-

Goaheadwiththeplan^p1¹⁴

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

4/1

Showed promise in a couple of bumpers over the winter before showing even more promise in two maiden hurdles; struggled slightly at Tipperary last time, however and something to prove.

Form: F/7443-9

Larry O

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

20/1

First foal who cost 14,000 euros as a foal; dam unraced half-sister to In Contrast and useful hurdle/chase winner Templer; should be fit enough on debut and one to consider.

Form:

May Feiner¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr N J Redmond⁽⁷⁾| T: S Byrne

80/1

8th foal; closely related to point winner Way Wild West; failed to complete in either of his point-to-point appearances and no impression on debut here at the end of June.

Form: P-9

No Promises⁴¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: R J McGrath

28/1

Second foal; dam half-sister to 1m2f Group 2 winner Takarouna and Group 2 winner Torjoun; no real show on only point-to-point outing in May 2019; hard to assess.

Form: 6-

Talk Of The Town

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr H McOwan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

20/1

Seventh foal; half-brother to four winners on the Flat; does not look like stable's main hope on jockey booking but worth a look in the betting ring.

Form:

Betty Zane²²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr T J Love⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D A Love

25/1

Full-sister to useful hurdler/chaser Mind's Eye and half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Beneficial Joe; last of 11 on debut at Navan in November; should do better in time.

Form: 0-

Bigly^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: D H Kelly

25/1

Daughter of Yeats out of a Bob's Return mare. Likely to be a negative that she wears a hood on debut.

Form:

Dinny's Ginny

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D L Queally⁽³⁾| T: D Queally

20/1

By Imperial Monarch out of a Dr Massini mare; little on breeding to suggest she will be capable of landing a race like this without experience.

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Forecasts

Geraldo (8/13), Goaheadwiththeplan (4/1), Brooklyn Balance (16/1), Talk Of The Town (20/1), Larry O (20/1), Dinny's Ginny (20/1), Betty Zane (25/1), Bigly (25/1), No Promises (28/1), Bishops Wood (40/1), May Feiner (80/1)

GERALDO was a fairly expensive purchase after winning a point-to-point contest in May 2019 and should have the class to beat his weak looking rivals. On the downside is the fact it has taken him so long to get on the racecourse proper and it would be worth checking the market to gauge stable confidence. Goaheadwiththeplan may be able to put his experience to good use especially if he takes to the first-time cheekpieces. Of the unraced contenders Larry O makes most appeal on breeding.