17:30 Cork

Wednesday 9 September 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 1m 23.22s

(15)

Ace Aussie⁷³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

11/5

Promising type. Second of 9 in maiden (4/1) at the Curragh (7f, good) on debut 73 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 2

(5)

Aingeal Dorcha

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery

40/1

Foaled February 23. €19,000 yearling, Markaz colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful winner up to 1m Mezzotint and useful winner up to 7f Kaptain Kirkup. Dam unraced.

Form:

(9)

Colour Sergeant^b1¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| BF

13/8

Lightly-raced colt. 7/4, creditable second of 7 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, heavy) 12 days ago. Blinkers on first time and he sets the standard.

Form: 3322

(12)

Doolin Dancer

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Coakley| T: J M Oxx

50/1

Foaled March 26. €50,000 yearling, Fast Company colt. Half-brother to several winners, including useful winner up to 11.5f Titus Mills and winner up to 7f Sniper. Dam unraced. Trainer going well.

Form:

(8)

Exuma²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

4/1

Twice-raced colt. Second of 5 in maiden (9/4) at Killarney (8.1f, soft) 21 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 72

(16)

Mexico City⁶¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

13/2

Twice-raced colt. 13/2, sixth of 10 in maiden at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 61 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 56

(10)

Nothingcomparestou

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

66/1

Foaled February 23. Burwaaz colt. Half-brother to 10.7f-13f winner Ben Rumson. Dam maiden half-sister to very smart 1¼m-1½m winner Unsung Heroine.

Form:

(1)

Ramon Di Loria²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: T Collins

25/1

Eighth of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, good to soft, 80/1) on debut 26 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 8

(14)

Salvucci

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

12/1

Foaled April 4. Lope De Vega colt. Dam, 7f-8.4f winner, half-sister to useful 1¼m-1½m winner (stayed 2m) Fact Or Folklore (by Lope de Vega).

Form:

(7)

Valderrama⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: N G McCullagh| T: C O'Brien

150/1

66/1, eighth of 10 in maiden at Gowran (7f, soft) on debut 7 days ago.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

(11)

Baseman

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: D K Weld J: O J Orr

(3)

Druk

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: W P Browne J: Declan McDonogh

(13)

Going In Style²⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: N Meade J: L F Roche

(4)

Knocknakilla²⁶

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: G O'Leary J: Chris Hayes

(6)

Swift Flight

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: K J Condon J: W J Lee

(2)

True Conviction²⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J P Murtagh J: C P Hoban

Forecasts

Colour Sergeant (13/8), Ace Aussie (11/5), Exuma (4/1), Mexico City (13/2), Baseman (8/1), Salvucci (12/1), True Conviction (20/1), Ramon Di Loria (25/1), Druk (25/1), Swift Flight (25/1), Going In Style (25/1), Knocknakilla (25/1), Aingeal Dorcha (40/1), Doolin Dancer (50/1), Nothingcomparestou (66/1), Valderrama (150/1)

Well-bred colt COLOUR SERGEANT has been expensive to follow in 4 starts to date, but he does set a pretty high standard for a maiden and the application of blinkers may just sharpen him up a touch. There's more to come from Exuma so he is feared, with Baseman perhaps the pick of the newcomers.