17:25 Curragh

Sunday 9 August 2020

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Hashtag ForTheLoveOfKildare Fillies Maiden

Off time: 17:27 | Winning time: 1m 41.60s

(19)

Midnight Sunshine²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld| OR: 70

7/1

Gives weight away all round but did run a nice enough race on sole start over this trip when finding an odds-on shot just too good. Not progressing but could still run into a place given she hasn't been running badly in defeat.

Form: 42-43

(2)

Fearless Girl⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J J Murphy| OR: 63

125/1

Probably outran her odds (250-1) when taking marginal step forward at Leopardstown (1m2f; good) last week. Still needs to do plenty more off the back of that though and can be overlooked until doing so.

Form: 08

(9)

Incidental^t1

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

14/1

Oasis Dream filly is the second foal out of a 1m two-year-old winner who is a half-sister to a Grade One winner in the US. Goes in a tongue-strap on debut but this is a poor race so could get involved.

Form:

(16)

Katie Bo Kat¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: C P Hoban| T: Mrs J Harrington

66/1

Eased down inside the final furlong on her seasonal return to action when only beating the one rival home in a 14-runner affair at Gowran Park (1m; yielding). Quickly ruled out given she has failed to reproduce form she showed on debut.

Form: 47-0

(17)

Lady Anner^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 86

16/5

Took a huge step forward when runner-up at Gowran Park (1m; yielding) last time out. Holds Sagrada Familia on that form and if in similar form she should go extremely close to shedding maiden tag at the fourth attempt.

Form: 902

(4)

Launch Her

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: P McCreery

150/1

Newcomer by Born To Sea. Only cost €1,500 as a foal. Makes limited appeal on paper so a watching brief is all that that be recommended on debut.

Form:

(12)

Martha's Vineyard²⁰

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

150/1

Showed more when sixth at Ballinrobe (1m5f; good) last time. Strange decision to run her over 1m now though. Needs to take another sizeable step forward and other make a fair bit more appeal.

Form: 06

(7)

Must Be Dreaming¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Tynan

300/1

Sent off at three-figure odds on both starts so far running in accordance with her price on each occasion. Drops markedly in trip from 1m4f to 1m but another quiet performance looks forthcoming so she is quickly opposed.

Form: 00

(3)

Nailed Down⁹

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

150/1

Arguably took a backwards step from her debut effort last time when only 14th of 16 at Leopardstown (1m2f; good) when marginally upped in trip. Extremely hard to make any sort of case for on that evidence.

Form: 70

(20)

Pinpointed⁵¹

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

40/1

Only ninth on debut at Gowran Park (1m; yielding) when she was unfancied (28-1). Significant step forward required off the back of that and she could well improve but others look more likely winners.

Form: 9

(6)

Pure Nature⁹

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

80/1

Drop in trip failed to spark any improvement last time when she failed to progress from low-key debut effort at Down Royal (1m4f; yielding). Now tries 1m for the first time but others look less risky for the time being.

Form: 80

(11)

Rose Tinted Sand

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: O McSweeney⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D K Weld

20/1

Siyouni filly makes debut for top connections. First foal out of a mare who won over 1m (including at Group Three level). Doesn't have an overly high standard to aim at on debut so the betting can guide.

Form:

(1)

Sagrada Familia^t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 82

7/2

Posted a solid trio of efforts in defeat since dropped down to 1m recently. Not progressing though and the form of her recent third at Gowran Park (1m; yielding) isn't the strongest so she doesn't look one to recommend as a win proposition.

Form: 8443

(13)

Shizaam¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: P O'Callaghan

11/1

Ran a stormer when fourth behind So Wonderful (2nd) at Gowran Park (1m; yielding). Improved for the step up in trip so looks to have solid place claims on that evidence and there may even be more to come.

Form: 04

(8)

So Wonderful^b⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 102| BF

13/8

Failed to take advantage of another golden opportunity when second in first-time blinkers at Naas (7f; yielding) on Monday. Returns to 1m and highly likely to feature but can't be recommended for win purposes given recent disappointments.

Form: 347522

(10)

South Forest^v²⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery

50/1

Showed some improvement from low-key debut effort to finish fifth at Dundalk (1m; standard) when upped to this trip for the first time in November. Not seen since so switches to turf on seasonal debut and has place claims if improving again.

Form: 05-

(5)

Musical Memories²⁹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M C Grassick

150/1

First reserve. Up in trip after finishing last of 19 on debut at Naas (6f; soft to heavy) on sole start of 2019 in October. Pretty stiff task on her hands if she got in and a watching brief is all that could be advised.

Form: 0-

(15)

Maccliff²⁸⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: G Hussey

300/1

Second reserve. Easily opposable if getting in given she has shown next to nothing in six career starts and is not progressing at all.

Form: 000000-

Non-Runners

(18)

Sindhia²³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: M Halford J: Ronan Whelan

(14)

Zofar Zogood⁹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: S M Crosse

Forecasts

So Wonderful (13/8), Lady Anner (16/5), Sagrada Familia (7/2), Sindhia (13/2), Midnight Sunshine (7/1), Zofar Zogood (7/1), Shizaam (11/1), Incidental (14/1), Rose Tinted Sand (20/1), Pinpointed (40/1), South Forest (50/1), Katie Bo Kat (66/1), Pure Nature (80/1), Fearless Girl (125/1), Nailed Down (150/1), Launch Her (150/1), Martha's Vineyard (150/1), Musical Memories (150/1), Maccliff (300/1), Must Be Dreaming (300/1)

The strong suspicion is that So Wonderful will always find one too good no matter how inferior the opportunity may be on ratings as proven by her recent defeats in maiden company. She is a solid place contender nevertheless. For win purposes this can go to LADY ANNER though who took a major step forward on her previous efforts to finish second last time out and if she turns up in similar form can go one better. Newcomers Rose Tinted Sand and Incidental make some appeal on paper and interest would be heightened in the pair if they are popular in the betting. Shizaam also has place claims after showing much improved form for the step up to this trip.