16:00 Galway

Tuesday 8 September 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 1m 58.03s

(9)

Cleveland

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

5/1

Foaled March 23. Camelot colt. Dam 1¼m-1½m (Munster Oaks/Give Thanks Stakes) winner, runner-up in Irish Oaks. Makes plenty of appeal on paper.

Form:

(7)

Dontspillthestout¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A Oliver

125/1

Twice-raced colt. 100/1, last of 12 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 60

(8)

Flying Visit¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

2/1

Found a little more improvement when close third of 7 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, heavy) 11 days ago. Looks sure to go well again.

Form: 833

(6)

Kyprios

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

9/4

Foaled May 18. Galileo colt. Brother to 3 winners, including very smart 1¼m-1¾m winner Search For A Song and smart 1½m winner Falcon Eight and Free Eagle. Dam 2-y-o 7f winner. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

(5)

Lifetime Legend¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: W J Lee| T: A Oliver

20/1

Once-raced colt. Sixth of 7 in maiden (22/1) at the Curragh (8f, heavy) on debut 11 days ago. Looks up against it.

Form: 6

(4)

Pagan River¹⁸

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

125/1

Twice-raced colt. 100/1, eighth of 10 in maiden at Killarney (8.2f, heavy) 18 days ago. Hard to recommend.

Form: 78

(2)

Xeres³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade

11/4

Promising third of 7 in maiden at this course (8.3f, soft) on debut 38 days ago. Likely to improve and merits consideration.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

(1)

Cold Steel²⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: S Foley

(3)

True Artist¹⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: G O'Leary J: Colin Keane

Forecasts

Flying Visit (2/1), Kyprios (9/4), Xeres (11/4), Cleveland (5/1), Cold Steel (12/1), Lifetime Legend (20/1), True Artist (66/1), Pagan River (125/1), Dontspillthestout (125/1)

This can go to XERES, who posted fairly-useful form when third on his debut here last month and looks sure to improve. Flying Visit looks the obvious danger on form, whilst Aidan O'Brien's well-bred newcomers Kyprios and Cleveland are worth monitoring in the market.