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Friday 26 February 2021

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

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 1m 27.27s

(8)

Award Dancer^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien

7/1

95,000 gns yearling, Awtaad colt. Dam, 2-y-o 7f winner, half-sister to smart 1m winner Bowerman out of useful 1m/9f winner Jamboretta. Wears tongue strap. Much respected newcomer with leading yard.

Form:

(12)

Black Cat Bobby⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 68

17/2

Lightly-raced gelding. Good fourth of 14 in maiden at this C&D (10/1), never nearer. Off 95 days but not dismissed.

Form: 8444-

(13)

Feeling Tip Top¹⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 74

13/8

Lightly-raced colt who posted best effort when fourth of 14 in maiden (4/1) over C&D in October. Sure to go well after his break.

Form: 4324-

(9)

Gegenpressing

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

5/2

£28,000 yearling, The Gurkha gelding. Dam, 6f winner, half-sister to useful 6f/7f winner Alsindi. Appeals on paper and in good hands so debutant command respect.

Form:

(4)

Gold Phoenix

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁷⁾| T: K P Cotter

11/1

Belardo gelding. Dam, US 8.5f winner, sister to very smart winner up to 1m Giant Treasure. Yard not noted for its debut winners.

Form:

(17)

San Aer⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: T Mullins

18/1

Twice-raced gelding. Sixth of 13 in maiden (9/2) at this course (8f) 77 days ago, never nearer. Not ruled out on form.

Form: 66-

(7)

Wonder Starelzaam^e/s1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: Niall Egan

66/1

Twice-raced gelding. Eyecover on for 1st time, ninth of 13 in maiden (20/1) at this course (5f) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip with eyeshields on now and work to do.

Form: 8-9

(5)

Wrapitup⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Annalise Cullen⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D Cullen

300/1

Thirteenth of 14 in maiden at this C&D (100/1) on debut 70 days ago. Lot more is needed now.

Form: 0-

(2)

Ciao Naw³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: N G McCullagh| T: M Halford

33/1

Twice-raced filly. 7/1 and hooded for 1st time, sixth of 14 in maiden at this C&D 35 days ago. Stable in good form but needs a big step forward to figure.

Form: 6-6

(10)

Faraway Dreams²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

16/1

14/1, encouraging seventh of 14 in maiden at this course (8f, 14/1) on debut 21 days ago, not knocked about. Yard having good spell so needs considering with better to come.

Form: 7

(16)

Ivy Rock⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: M A Enright| T: J A Stack

50/1

20/1, ninth of 14 in maiden at this C&D on debut 70 days ago. Lots to find.

Form: 9-

(14)

Moon Orchid²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: L F Roche| T: T Cooper

300/1

Twice-raced filly. Ninth of 14 in maiden (200/1) at this course (6f) 25 days ago. Faces uphill task.

Form: 09

(1)

Powerful Aggie

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

14/1

€46,000 yearling, Protectionist filly. Half-sister to 7f winner Prince Percival. Dam useful German winner up to 11f. Bred to be no back number so debutant not ruled out. Market can guide.

Form:

(6)

Sioux Grit¹³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell

300/1

Thrice-raced filly. Thirteenth of 14 in maiden (200/1) at Gowran (8f, heavy), slowly away. Off 130 days with plenty on her plate.

Form: 700-

Non-Runners

(11)

Calvados⁷⁷

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 1

(3)

Karpen¹¹⁶

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: T Doyle J: Reserve 2

(15)

Church Mountain¹⁸¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Feeling Tip Top (13/8), Gegenpressing (5/2), Award Dancer (7/1), Black Cat Bobby (17/2), Gold Phoenix (11/1), Powerful Aggie (14/1), Faraway Dreams (16/1), Calvados (16/1), San Aer (18/1), Ciao Naw (33/1), Ivy Rock (50/1), Church Mountain (50/1), Wonder Starelzaam (66/1), Karpen (100/1), Wrapitup (300/1), Sioux Grit (300/1), Moon Orchid (300/1)

FEELING TIP TOP rates the pick on form and is proven over C&D so gets the nod in an open-looking maiden. Joseph O'Brien fields two newcomers with Award Dancer appealing as the pick on paper so a positive market move for this son of Awtadd would put a different slant on things. Ger Lyons also takes the wraps off The Gurkha gelding Gegenpressing and he's worth monitoring in the betting too.