14:05 Leopardstown

Friday 31 July 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 2m 10.25s

(8)

Astadash³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast| OR: 63| BF

7/2

Zoffany filly is closely related to smart winner up to 1m La Collina and winner up to 1½m Kuantan One. Improving sort in a couple of career starts last month and can go close here.

Form: 32

(16)

Brinjal⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons| OR: 82

9/1

Improving sort who appears to always give a good account in her races. Fourth of 13 beaten 1L on latest starts in a Leopardstown 1m2f maiden last month. Repeat of recent efforts should have her in the hunt for further prize money.

Form: 64-54

(2)

Elite Craft^v1¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Coen⁽³⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 79

14/1

Hard Spun filly. Cost $100,000 as a yearling. Four-race maiden, progressing well and can improve on a decent effort at Ballinrobe earlier this month.

Form: 45-273

(9)

Evening Primrose³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 72

50/1

Three-race maiden, well held in three starts so far including on a couple of starts last month. Requires a chunk of improvement to play a role here.

Form: 8-90

(10)

Fearless Girl⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 63

250/1

23,000gns yearling purchase by Holy Roman Emperor. Half-sister to three winners including 1m scorer Sea of Reality and 7f winner Muirin. Needs to improve on dismal debut at this venue over C&D last month.

Form: 0

(7)

Federica Sophia²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld

5/6

Daughter of Galileo. Half-sister to winners Kiss For A Jewel and Jewel Maker. Promising second of 18 on debut at Cork earlier this month. Steps up in trip here.

Form: 2

(3)

Glint Of An Eye¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Lee| T: J G Murphy

66/1

Daughter of Australia out of a One Cool Cat mare. Cost 40,000 euros as a yearling. Beaten over 13L on debut at Cork earlier this month over a similar trip.

Form: 6

(1)

Menagerie

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

33/1

Fastnet Rock filly out of a Galileo mare. Closely related to Kingfisher, winner up to 1m6f. Dam won as a two-year-old over 1m. Market likely to be the best guide on debut.

Form:

(11)

My Lucky Penny^b,t⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Adrian O'Shea⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs A M O'Shea| OR: 52

250/1

Highly tried on her first start of the season when out of her depth in the Irish 1,000 Guineas last month. Well held in three starts since and unlikely to be troubling the judge in this contest.

Form: 000750

(12)

Nailed Down¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: M Mulvany

150/1

Daughter of Tough As Nails out of a Indian Haven mare. Pleasing debut at Ballinrobe earlier this month over 1m1½f on good ground. Plenty to prove.

Form: 7

(14)

Pure Nature⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Leigh Roche| T: A McGuinness

200/1

Daughter of Dansili out of a Beat Hollow mare. Cost 37,000gns as a yearling. 100/1 on debut at Down Royal seven days ago and much more needed on second career start.

Form: 8

(18)

Pyramid Rock⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 63

11/1

Daughter of Fastnet Rock out of a Galileo mare. Encouraging couple of starts at this venue in October and Gowran Park earlier this month. Could be of interest stepping up in trip.

Form: 5-4

(4)

Silver St Cloud⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: G M Lyons

100/1

Dam minor winner in Japan, half-sister to US 1m1f Grade 1 winner/champion sire Tapit. Not quite getting the hang of things just yet in a couple of career starts at the Curragh and more recently at Naas earlier this month.

Form: 98

(13)

Tashi⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 86

6/1

Four-race maiden. Posted a career best effort in a Naas 1m2f maiden on good ground earlier this month. One to keep safe.

Form: 56-52

(6)

Tejano^t1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 80

28/1

Filly by Teofilo who made a modest debut at Galway last year, but improved on that in a couple of starts back since racing returned last month. One for the shortlist.

Form: 5-84

(5)

Zadallabration¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gavin Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Kennedy

200/1

Filly by Excelebration out of a Zaha mare. Inexpensive €6,000 as a foal. Closely related to Master Of The World, Group and Listed winner over 1m2f. Poor effort on debut at Killarney earlier this month.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

(15)

Approachcautiously³⁹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: S G O'Donnell J: A J Farragher

(17)

Braganza⁹⁵⁷

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: E Mullins J: Ronan Whelan

Forecasts

Federica Sophia (5/6), Astadash (7/2), Tashi (6/1), Brinjal (9/1), Pyramid Rock (11/1), Elite Craft (14/1), Braganza (25/1), Tejano (28/1), Menagerie (33/1), Approachcautiously (33/1), Evening Primrose (50/1), Glint Of An Eye (66/1), Silver St Cloud (100/1), Nailed Down (150/1), Zadallabration (200/1), Pure Nature (200/1), Fearless Girl (250/1), My Lucky Penny (250/1)

The daughter of Galileo, FEDERICA SOPHIA can get off the mark for connections following a solid debut effort at Cork over 1m earlier this month. The three-year-old stayed on strongly inside the final furlong at Cork and can improve enough to land the spoils at the expense of potential improver Tashi from the Sheila Lavery yard and Brinjal in the colours of Khalid Abdullah. Tejano for Godolphin and the Johnny Murtagh-trained Elite Croft, should not be taken lightly.