15:55 Dundalk

Friday 20 November 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 15:56 | Winning time: 1m 39.18s

(15)

Artistic Work^p³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 79

17/2

Lightly-raced colt. 5/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, bit below form fifth of 9 in maiden at Gowran (8f, heavy) 32 days ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 65555

(5)

Bear Story⁵⁴

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

7/2

Promising type. 18/1, eighth of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, good to soft) on debut 54 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 8

(6)

Ben Siegel

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade

25/1

Foaled April 13. €47,000 foal, Tamayuz gelding. Closely related to winner up to 7.4f Sir Dreamalot. Dam, maiden (stayed 13f), half-sister to smart winner up to 1½m Boule d'Or.

Form:

(12)

Benz

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: S Lavery

80/1

Foaled March 20. Rock of Gibraltar gelding. Dam 1m winner who stayed 1½m.

Form:

(7)

Castle Stables⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington

66/1

Twice-raced colt. 7/1, thirteenth of 16 in maiden at Limerick (7f, heavy) 41 days ago.

Form: 90

(14)

Global Welfare¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger

40/1

33/1, thirteenth of 18 in maiden at Naas (8f, heavy) on debut 19 days ago.

Form: 0

(9)

Kasansay

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld

12/1

Foaled March 28. Fast Company gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including smart 9.7f-2m winner Kastasa and useful 1m winner Kassaba.

Form:

(2)

Lusaka⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J J Murphy

40/1

20/1, seventh of 16 in maiden at Limerick (7f, heavy) on debut 41 days ago, having to pick way through.

Form: 7

(10)

Never Seen Before³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: L F Roche| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary

80/1

50/1, eighth of 16 in maiden at Naas (6f, heavy) on debut 33 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 8

(16)

Oh Say¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 77

14/1

Thrice-raced colt. Seventh of 14 in maiden at this C&D (50/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 847

(1)

Ratib¹⁴

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

8/13

Promising individual. Fifth of 14 in maiden at this C&D (22/1) on debut 14 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 5

(8)

Supposedtobe¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: G M Ryan| T: J M Barrett

22/1

Twice-raced gelding. Tenth of 14 in maiden (66/1) at this C&D 14 days ago.

Form: 30

(17)

Social Distance

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: C P Hoban| T: Mrs J Harrington

22/1

Foaled April 18. New Bay filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including 1¼m-1½m winner Mankini and 2-y-o 7.6f winner Passing Fashion.

Form:

(3)

Giustino³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: T E Whelan| T: J P O'Brien

50/1

Last of 10 in minor event at Cork (8f, soft, 33/1) on debut 38 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(13)

Catena Zapata²³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: H De Bromhead J: Wayne Lordan

(4)

Ben Asker⁶⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: W McCreery J: Reserve 2

(11)

Colonel Sellers¹⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: J P O'Brien J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Ratib (8/13), Bear Story (7/2), Artistic Work (17/2), Catena Zapata (10/1), Kasansay (12/1), Oh Say (14/1), Supposedtobe (22/1), Social Distance (22/1), Ben Siegel (25/1), Ben Asker (25/1), Lusaka (40/1), Global Welfare (40/1), Giustino (50/1), Colonel Sellers (50/1), Castle Stables (66/1), Never Seen Before (80/1), Benz (80/1)

Frankel colt RATIB produced a promising first effort when fifth over C&D a fortnight ago and with improvement on the cards, a maiden such as this should be within range. Newcomers Social Distance and Kasansay could be the chief threats.