17:30 Dundalk

Wednesday 28 October 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 17:32 | Winning time: 1m 25.77s

(11)

Blue Planet

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

9/1

1,800,000 gns yearling, Kingman colt. Dam Australian Group 3 5f winner. Expensive recruit for top yard and appealing pedigree so most interesting newcomer.

Form:

(12)

Catena Zapata

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: W J Lee| T: H De Bromhead

9/1

€27,000 yearling, Vadamos colt. Half-brother to 6f winner Royal Diplomat. Dam unraced. Bred to be no back number so newcomer is worth a market check for excellent handler.

Form:

(1)

Ferrybank³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: T M Walsh

28/1

Tenderly-handled eighth of 14 in minor event at the Curragh (6f, soft, 9/2) on debut 32 days ago. Sort to do better.

Form: 8

(9)

Hype⁴¹

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

3/1

Promising second of 12 in maiden (15/8) at Naas (6f, good to firm) 41 days ago. Should have even more to offer so firmly in the mix.

Form: 82

(2)

Jeroboam⁴⁹

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

9/4

Encouraging debut sixth of 15 in maiden at Cork (6f, good to firm, 6/1) 49 days ago. Son of War Front is sure to improve so must enter calculations.

Form: 6

(15)

Kalu Pande⁷⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

25/1

Fifteenth of 17 in maiden (12/1) at the Curragh (7f, good to soft) on debut 75 days ago. Lots more needed now.

Form: 0

(13)

Razdan⁵⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

10/1

Fair form when in frame in maidens at Leopardstown and Punchestown (8f, soft). Yard having good spell so worth considering with more improvement on the cards.

Form: 24

(8)

Taylored²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery

100/1

33/1, seventh of 12 in maiden at Cork (5f, good to soft) on debut 29 days ago, slowly away. Significantly up in trip and likely to do better.

Form: 7

(5)

Battle Angel⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: E Mullins

200/1

Failed to build on debut fourth when only tenth of 14 in maiden at Gowran (8f, heavy, 80/1) 9 days ago. Should still do better.

Form: 40

(7)

Dreamful

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

40/1

$77,000 yearling, Kitten's Joy filly. Sister to useful 7f winner Siamese. Dam US 1m winner. Appeals on breeding and yard in good nick so another newcomer who is worth a second look.

Form:

(6)

Stardayz³³

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

4/1

9/1, promising debut fourth of 14 in maiden over C&D 33 days ago. Open to improvement so daughter of Camelot is considered.

Form: 4

(10)

Zola Sakura⁴¹

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

14/1

11/2, showed up well when fourth of 10 in maiden at Naas (7f, good) on debut 41 days ago. Should progress so not ruled out.

Form: 4

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to board prices only - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

(4)

Alessandro Algardi

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: J P O'Brien J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(3)

Captain Middleton⁶⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: G Elliott J: Rory Cleary

(16)

Rugaday¹⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: Liam G O'brien J: Reserve 1

(14)

Whyzzat¹²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Jeroboam (9/4), Hype (3/1), Stardayz (4/1), Blue Planet (9/1), Catena Zapata (9/1), Razdan (10/1), Alessandro Algardi (10/1), Zola Sakura (14/1), Captain Middleton (16/1), Kalu Pande (25/1), Ferrybank (28/1), Whyzzat (33/1), Rugaday (33/1), Dreamful (40/1), Taylored (100/1), Battle Angel (200/1)

Lots in with a shout here but Aidan O'Brien took this maiden with the high-class Vatican City 12 months ago so his costly Kingman recruit BLUE PLANET looks the way to go. Hype shaped well when runner-up at Naas last time so is sure to make his presence felt, while his stable companion Alessandro Algardi is also much respected on his first start.