16:10 Down Royal

Saturday 31 October 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 4m 18.20s

Bowtie²²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr C W McCormack⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 80/1, tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft) 22 days ago.

Form: 0-0

Largy Mist

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

50/1

€5,000 3-y-o, Scorpion gelding. Dam point winner, half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3m) Bennys Mist.

Form:

Night Combat⁵⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: M J Stenson⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

5/1

€200,000 3-y-o. Unplaced in point on sole start to date (Apr 2019). Long absence to overcome.

Form: 6/

Sir Gerhard³⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

2/5

£400,000 wide-margin point winner, out of a 2m hurdle winner. All the appeal for top connections.

Form: 1-

Vintage Prosseco³³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: G P Cromwell

11/2

€4,000 buy out of a point winner, half-sister to fairly useful chaser (2½m winner) Depth Perception. Fell in point on sole start to date in December 2019.

Form: F-

Bacchus Lescribaa³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr C Chester⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

66/1

Badly in need of experience when down field in bumper. 10/1, considerate introduction when well held in maiden at Roscommon on hurdling debut, racing off pace.

Form: 80

Getupthemstairs

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Cosgrave

50/1

Getaway gelding. Dam, bumper winner, half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser (2¼m-21f winner) Fire Ball.

Form:

Kinnegad Lad

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr F Maguire| T: S R B Crawford

22/1

€12,000 3-y-o, Scorpion gelding. Lightly-raced half-sister to the high-class staying chaser Trabolgan.

Form:

The Banger Doyle^t1⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: R K Watson

17/2

Twice-raced maiden. 16/1, third of 17 in bumper at Galway (16.5f, soft) 94 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 3-3

Didgeridee¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: C Cannon

250/1

Pulled up all 3 starts in points.

Form: P-PP

Lucy Van Pelt²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: P Maher

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. 14/1, last of 9 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 21 days ago, possibly amiss.

Form: 3-9

Auntie Doyen^t³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr N McParlan⁽³⁾| T: S McParlan

125/1

Well held in bumper/novice hurdle.

Form: 80

Non-Runners

Roxanya²²⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: S R B Crawford J: D J Hand

Forecasts

Sir Gerhard (2/5), Night Combat (5/1), Vintage Prosseco (11/2), The Banger Doyle (17/2), Kinnegad Lad (22/1), Largy Mist (50/1), Getupthemstairs (50/1), Roxanya (50/1), Lucy Van Pelt (66/1), Bacchus Lescribaa (66/1), Auntie Doyen (125/1), Bowtie (150/1), Didgeridee (250/1)

Hard to look beyond SIR GERHARD given he's a 12-length point winner who cost top connections £400,000. Night Combat fetched plenty himself a few years back and perhaps shouldn't be underestimated for Gigginstown.