13:00 Killarney

Friday 21 August 2020

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Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 1m 48.81s

(5)

Yarrawonga

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

3/1

€56,000 foal, €525,000 yearling. Half-brother to several useful performers, including 2-y-o 7f winner Mystery Power. Entered in next year's Derby and needs close attention in the betting.

Form:

(3)

Eternal Presence

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

11/4

Foaled February 16. €50,000 yearling, Mastercraftsman colt. Dam, maiden, sister to useful 1½m-15f winner Only A Pleasure out of smart 2-y-o 7f/1m winner Sense of Style. Likely-looking type.

Form:

(1)

San Martino⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

3/1

Twice-raced colt. 11/1, eighth of 15 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.1f, good) 41 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Should improve but jockey bookings suggest Yarrawonga is the stable first-string.

Form: 48

(10)

Pin Number

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Leigh Roche| T: W McCreery

7/1

Foaled February 21. 37,000 gns yearling, Le Havre filly. Yard can ready a newcomer and it'll be interesting to see what the market has to say.

Form:

(9)

Pagan River²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

100/1

66/1, last of 7 in maiden at Galway (8.3f, soft) on debut 20 days ago. Impossible to fancy.

Form: 7

(2)

Dolce Notte

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Chris Hayes| T: J A Stack

10/1

Foaled April 17. The Gurkha filly. Half-sister to smart winner up to 1¼m Cambina. Dam unraced. Yard no stranger to success with newcomers and she's one to note in the betting.

Form:

(13)

Annwyl Angharad

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: James J Doyle| T: Edward P Mitchell

40/1

Foaled April 18. Dylan Thomas filly. Half-sister to 1m winner Luddenmore. Dam 1m winner. Doesn't appeal as a probable first-time-out winner.

Form:

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Ellie Tom⁴⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Rory Cleary| T: E M O'Sullivan

100/1

Last of 8 in maiden (50/1) at Cork (5f, good) on debut 47 days ago, very slowly away. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 8

(14)

Stitch Pickings⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

28/1

Twice-raced filly. Fourteenth of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, good to soft, 50/1) 7 days ago. In good hands but she's hard to warm to based on racecourse exploits thus far.

Form: 70

(12)

Valour²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J Davison

11/1

Twice-raced filly. 25/1, sixth of 8 in maiden at Galway (7f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Shaped fairly well on Navan debut earlier in July and each-way chance if able to build on that here.

Form: 46

Non-Runners

(11)

Benaud²⁹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 2

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

(7)

Zozimus²⁰

Weight: 9-4| Age: 2

T: Donnacha O'Brien J: Gavin Ryan

(6)

Kaaranah¹⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: J J Murphy J: Robbie Colgan

(8)

Bela Boom²⁷

Weight: 8-11| Age: 2

T: J P Murtagh J: D E Sheehy

Forecasts

Eternal Presence (11/4), San Martino (3/1), Yarrawonga (3/1), Zozimus (3/1), Pin Number (7/1), Dolce Notte (10/1), Benaud (10/1), Valour (11/1), Kaaranah (20/1), Stitch Pickings (28/1), Bela Boom (33/1), Annwyl Angharad (40/1), Pagan River (100/1), Ellie Tom (100/1)

This maiden is probably destined for one of the newcomers and YARRAWONGA is the most appealing of them. Indeed, it would be something of an understatement to say that he looks the part on paper and confidence behind this colt in the betting would be an ominous sign. Eternal Presence, Dolce Notte and Pin Number are others to note in the betting, with the first-named nominated as the main danger.