14:20 Gowran Park

Wednesday 21 October 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden (Plus 10) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 1m 36.08s

(9)

Black Cat Bobby²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: Mrs D A Love

16/1

12/1, modest form when eighth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f) on debut 26 days ago. More needed.

Form: 8

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(1)

Champion Green

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien

8/1

The Gurkha gelding. Closely related to useful 1m winner Music To My Ears. Dam, 7f-1m winner. Lots to like on paper so much respected debutant. Yard also have Royal Blend here so market can guide.

Form:

(6)

Duke Otto¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: M A Enright| T: P J Flynn

125/1

Tenth of 16 in maiden at Limerick (7f, heavy, 50/1) on debut 11 days ago. Needs big step forward now.

Form: 0

(2)

Mullacash Buzz¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: W McCreery

9/1

80/1, encouraging eighth of 18 in maiden at Navan (5.8f, soft) on debut 14 days ago. Up in trip now and trainer going well so open to progress.

Form: 8

(5)

Ones Are Wild²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gavin Ryan⁽³⁾| T: Donnacha O'Brien

10/3

6/1, promising debut seventh of 14 in minor event at the Curragh (6f, soft) on debut 25 days ago. Sure to build on that run so he's worth considering.

Form: 7

(4)

Stylistic Approach⁶

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

33/1

Twice-raced gelding. 66/1, eleventh of 18 in maiden at the Curragh (5f, heavy) 6 days ago. Significantly up in trip but has plenty to find.

Form: 00

(7)

Riva

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld

10/1

€30,000 yearling, Free Eagle filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including 2-y-o 1m Rioca and 1½m Roubaix. Dam 1m winner who stayed 2m. Bred to be no back number so newcomer is worth a market check.

Form:

(3)

Royal Blend¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 90

5/6

Fairly useful maiden who (33/1) posted excellent fifth of 7 to Sweet Gardenia in listed race at Tipperary (7.4f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Clear form pick and the one to beat.

Form: 95225

Non-Runners

(8)

Princess Emma¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: P J F Murphy J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Royal Blend (5/6), Ones Are Wild (10/3), Champion Green (8/1), Mullacash Buzz (9/1), Riva (10/1), Black Cat Bobby (16/1), Stylistic Approach (33/1), Princess Emma (50/1), Duke Otto (125/1)

ROYAL BLEND stands out on form on the back of her fine fifth in a Tipperary listed event so is fancied to open her account here dropped in grade. Ones Are Wild showed promise when seventh on his debut at the Curragh so looks the one to give her most to do, although a market move for newcomer Champion Green would put a slightly different slant on things.