15:30 Roscommon

Monday 13 July 2020

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Mount Talbot Flat Race

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 3m 42.60s

Big Jim Dwyer²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: J P O'Brien

9/2

Gelding by Born To Sea out of a Cape Cross mare; closely related to Motajaasid, winner on the Flat between 5f and 1m; useful effort on debut at Limerick last month; should improve and has every chance.

Form: 4

Blueblood

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

40/1

Cost 1,000 euros as a yearling; first foal; Flat-bred; difficult to assess on debut and probably best watched.

Form:

Boston Brahmin

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lee

50/1

First foal; dam unraced half-sister to winners Sego Success) and Benefitthewest both of whom were useful National Hunt performers; a peek in the market should offer some assistance.

Form:

Hardwired¹⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: T M Walsh

10/3

Fame And Glory gelding; showed ability on both his racecourse starts at Naas in January and February; looks progressive and would not need to improve too much to land this.

Form: 42-

Laureldean Cross^t⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P A King⁽⁷⁾| T: S Curling

33/1

Cape Cross gelding out of a Whipper mare; beaten 25 lengths on only racecourse appearance recently at Bellewstown after stumbling halfway; should be more to come and encouragingly turned out quickly.

Form: 8

The Greek

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

6/1

Cost 9,000 euros as a yearling; third foal; bred very much with stamina on his side and whether he is capable of landing this will be reflected in the market.

Form:

Twentybore²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin

100/1

Lethal Force gelding out of a Nureyev mare. Closely related to Breaking The Bank, decent over hurdles; no real show on debut run at Limerick last month; entitled to improve but will need to.

Form: 9

Vartry Avenue¹¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr K M Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany

12/1

€5,000 foal. First foal, Dam unraced but well-related. Kept on when promising debut fourth at Naas in February but did not progress too much when next seen at Thurles in March.

Form: 48-

Weseekhimhere

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

3/1

Cost 4,000 euros as a foal but fetched 70,000 euros as a three-year-old; second foal; obviously caught the eye at the sales and one to keep an eye on in the betting ring from powerful stable.

Form:

Yermanmilan

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

22/1

Bought for 13,500 euros as a yearling; 11th foal; related to a multitude of National Hunt types: if ready on debut then expect significant market support.

Form:

Birthday Bayeb²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: T Mullins

7/1

Daughter of Alhebayeb out of a Singspiel mare. Dam unraced. Closely related to a number of winners on the Flat; reasonable effort on debut at Limerick last month; expected to improve; one for the shortlist.

Form: 3

Jinty

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

9/1

Re-sold a few times with best price paid 26,000 euros as a two-year-old; predominantly Flat bred so interesting how she will get on in this contest on debut.

Form:

Red Iron¹⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton

100/1

Shirocco filly out of a Supreme Leader mare; closely related to five-time winner Heath Hunter; completely tailed off on only bumper start in February.

Form: 0-

Worldly Approach¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Adam Leahy⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

150/1

Dawn Approach filly bought for 5,000 gns in July. Down the field on debut in a Huntingdon 1m5½f bumper in October before a similar story at Limerick and Tipperary since.

Form: 6-00

Non-Runners

Penny Jar¹²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: P Downey J: Reserve 1

Rodgers Park²¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 2

Elusive Specimen²¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: S Curling J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Weseekhimhere (3/1), Hardwired (10/3), Big Jim Dwyer (9/2), The Greek (6/1), Birthday Bayeb (7/1), Jinty (9/1), Vartry Avenue (12/1), Rodgers Park (16/1), Elusive Specimen (20/1), Yermanmilan (22/1), Laureldean Cross (33/1), Penny Jar (33/1), Blueblood (40/1), Boston Brahmin (50/1), Red Iron (100/1), Twentybore (100/1), Worldly Approach (150/1)

HARDWIRED has already put in two decent performances in bumpers at Naas earlier this year and looks the form poick of those with racecourse experience. His latest effort was was all the more meritorious given he had traffic problems when beginning to make his effort. Weseekhimhere looks the pick of the unraced contestants. The son of Elusive Pimpernel was bought for 70,000 euros as a three-year-old and market moves for the gelding would be significant. Birthday Bayeb put in a reasonable performance on her debut at Limerick last month and is entitled to improve.