17:00 Dundalk

Friday 9 October 2020

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Irish EBF Median Sires Series (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 1m 26.65s

(5)

Faithful Prince²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: J C McConnell

50/1

Once-raced colt. Fifth of 10 in maiden (80/1) at Naas (7f, good) on debut 22 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 5

(16)

Maralinga

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

80/1

Foaled January 18. €24,000 foal, Footstepsinthesand colt. Dam, 2-y-o 7f winner who stayed 9.5f, half-sister to useful winner up to 2m (stays 2¼m) Blue Laureate.

Form:

(10)

Shackleton Hero

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

14/1

Foaled February 24. The Gurkha colt. Closely related to 9f winner Julienne and half-brother to numerous winners, including winner up to 1m Empowering. One to note.

Form:

(7)

Charmed⁴⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 84

9/4

Thrice-raced colt. Eleventh of 19 in minor event at Naas (6f, soft, 25/1) 47 days ago.

Form: 420

(8)

Hale Bopp¹¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

3/1

Once-raced colt. Fourth of 5 in maiden at Naas (6f, good to soft, 5/2) on debut. Off 111 days. Yard in good form. May well do better.

Form: 4

(11)

Mickey The Steel^t⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: James J Doyle| T: Joseph Murray

9/1

Promising type. Tongue strap on, third of 12 in maiden at Fairyhouse (6f, soft, 40/1) on debut 8 days ago, running on late. Should improve.

Form: 3

(17)

Al Rafiq

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: L F Roche| T: A McGuinness

66/1

Foaled February 23. €9,000 foal, Estidhkaar gelding. Closely related to Italian 1¼m winner Mariuccio.

Form:

(6)

Bears Hug¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Halpin| T: K Prendergast

4/1

Promising individual. Third of 14 in maiden (33/1) at this C&D on debut 14 days ago, keeping on well. Open to progress.

Form: 3

(9)

Business Speak^p²

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

18/1

Lightly-raced colt. Respectable sixth of 11 in maiden (14/1) at Navan (8f, soft) 2 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 7556

(4)

Captain Rock

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Mullins

50/1

Foaled March 10. €7,000 foal, Estidhkaar gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including Spanish 7f-9f winner Arenal. Dam untrustworthy 7f winner out of smart 6f/7f winner Hot Tin Roof.

Form:

(15)

Centuron

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Kelly⁽³⁾| T: J P Murtagh

40/1

Foaled April 16. €14,000 yearling, Gutaifan gelding. Half-brother to US 6f winner Himmah and 5f-7f winner Master Matt.

Form:

(12)

Non Believers^p1,t1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: G M Ryan⁽³⁾| T: P W Flynn

150/1

Foaled March 22. Dragon Pulse gelding. Dam ungenuine 6f winner. Wears cheekpieces.

Form:

(14)

Dunum

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Patrick Turley

150/1

Foaled May 8. Ivawood gelding. Half-brother to 8.6f winner Shamonix. Dam 7f winner who stayed 9f.

Form:

(1)

Feeling Tip Top¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 77

4/1

Thrice-raced colt. Second of 14 in maiden (3/1) at this C&D 14 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 432

Non-Runners

(13)

Aingeal Dorcha¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: A Slattery J: Reserve 1

(2)

Louisville⁶⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 2

T: J P O'Brien J: Reserve 2

(3)

Aleksey Tolstoy¹⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: M O'Callaghan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Charmed (9/4), Hale Bopp (3/1), Bears Hug (4/1), Feeling Tip Top (4/1), Mickey The Steel (9/1), Shackleton Hero (14/1), Aleksey Tolstoy (16/1), Business Speak (18/1), Louisville (20/1), Centuron (40/1), Faithful Prince (50/1), Captain Rock (50/1), Aingeal Dorcha (50/1), Al Rafiq (66/1), Maralinga (80/1), Dunum (150/1), Non Believers (150/1)

MICKEY THE STEEL produced an encouraging debut effort when third at Fairyhouse last week, forced to switch 1f out before running on late, and should improve over this extra 1f. He shades the vote over Bears Hug, who also made an encouraging start to his career when third over C&D, and Feeling Tip Top, who went close in a similar event at Dundalk 2 weeks ago.