18:40 Tipperary

Tuesday 20 April 2021

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Tipperary Town Maiden

Off time: 18:42 | Winning time: 2m 53.04s

(10)

Anner Castle

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

8/1

Fastnet Rock colt. Half-brother to 1½m winner Royal Free Hotel.

Form:

(7)

Book Of Verse²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: M Halford

33/1

Promising sort. Eighth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (10.7f, 20/1) on debut 25 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 8

(5)

Brunello

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: H De Bromhead

25/1

€32,000 yearling, Muhtathir gelding. Brother to French 11f winner Site Seeing and half-brother to 7f winner Strongbowe.

Form:

(3)

Modus Operandi^t¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| BF

4/11

Promising individual. Tongue strap on for 1st time, second of 15 in maiden at Cork (10.1f, good to soft, 4/6) 17 days ago, sticking to task. Up in trip. Bold bid expected.

Form: 6-2

(8)

New Reality^t¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

16/1

Thrice-raced gelding. 50/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 15 in maiden at Cork (10.1f, good to soft) 17 days ago, met some trouble. Up in trip.

Form: 00-6

(1)

Parliament Hill¹⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: J J Murphy

66/1

Once-raced gelding. 80/1, fourteenth of 18 in maiden at Naas (8f, heavy) on debut. Off 170 days. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0-

(2)

Sanosuke

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: J A Stack

14/1

Galileo colt. Dam, New Zealand 5f-1¼m winner (including 3 Group 2 events), half-sister to useful South African 6f-1m winner Galileo's Destiny (by Galileo).

Form:

(6)

Scrum Half²¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade

9/1

Promising type. Fourth of 12 in maiden at Naas (7f, good, 14/1) on debut. Off 7 months. Significantly up in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 4-

(9)

Sea Appeal¹⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery

150/1

Twice-raced gelding. Thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Leopardstown (8f, soft, 200/1). Off 6 months. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 00-

(4)

Only Sky

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington

22/1

€38,000 foal, €42,000 yearling, Sea The Stars filly. Dam unraced.

Form:

Forecasts

Modus Operandi (4/11), Anner Castle (8/1), Scrum Half (9/1), Sanosuke (14/1), New Reality (16/1), Only Sky (22/1), Brunello (25/1), Book Of Verse (33/1), Parliament Hill (66/1), Sea Appeal (150/1)

MODUS OPERANDI left his sole 2-y-o run well behind when just failing at Cork 17 days ago, pulling clear of the rest, and looks a useful prospect. Scrum Half and Book of Verse both shaped with promise first-time out and can fill the places.