15:45 Curragh

Monday 3 May 2021

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap

Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 1m 28.29s

(11)

Messidor²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 92| D

9/2

20/1, creditable 4½ lengths eighth of 15 to Keeper of Time in 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Yard also saddles Russian River.

Form: 2611-38

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(5)

Let's^h⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Lee| T: K J Condon| OR: 90

8/1

Lightly-raced winner. 16/1, creditable 4½ lengths fourth of 9 to Measure of Magic in listed race at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 531-44

(9)

New Emerald Bay²⁰⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 90| D

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. 12/1, 7¾ lengths eighth of 10 to A Case of You in Anglesey Stakes at this course (6.3f, soft). Off 6 months and big step forward needed now handicapping.

Form: 3198-

(2)

Luminesce²⁰⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 86

14/1

Thrice-raced winner. 7¾ lengths tenth of 12 to Fantasy Lady in listed race at this course (8f, soft, 25/1). Off 6 months ahead of this handicap bow and she needs to raise her game.

Form: 150-

(3)

Malaysian²²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 81

3/1

Twice-raced winner. Won 12-runner maiden (9/1) at Cork (8f, good), having benefit of enterprising ride. Off 7 months. Bring potential to the table for this handicap debut.

Form: 51-

(8)

Montego Bay¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 80

5/1

Promising sort. Fourth of 13 in maiden (9/2) at Leopardstown (8f, good to soft) 19 days ago, having to pick way through. Likely improver now handicapping for top connections.

Form: 45-4

(12)

Pale Iris²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 79

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 5/1, third of 16 in maiden at Gowran (8f, soft) 25 days ago. Opening mark looks fair, but some of these seemingly possess greater potential.

Form: 5-43

(6)

Ginsburg^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: K P Cotter| OR: 78

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, third of 14 in maiden (3/1) at Dundalk (6f) 15 days ago. Not without hope now that she goes down the handicap route.

Form: 7-33

(10)

Morning Approach⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Jessica Maye⁽¹⁰⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 77| D

14/1

Twice-raced winner. Winner at Dundalk in December. Eighth of 12 in handicap at Limerick (8f, good, 13/2) 9 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 1-8

(1)

Fermoy³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 75

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 19 in maiden (22/1) at Naas (8f, heavy) 36 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Malaysian appears to be the stable first-string.

Form: 775-0

(4)

Kaluz¹⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: J M Barrett| OR: 71| BF| D

50/1

6/1, below form sixth of 14 in nursery at Dundalk (7f). Off 173 days and she looks vulnerable.

Form: 650126-

Non-Runners

(7)

Russian River³⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: Mikey Sheehy

Forecasts

Malaysian (3/1), Messidor (9/2), Pale Iris (5/1), Montego Bay (5/1), Let's (8/1), Russian River (8/1), New Emerald Bay (14/1), Luminesce (14/1), Morning Approach (14/1), Ginsburg (14/1), Fermoy (33/1), Kaluz (50/1)

The 1m maiden MALAYSIAN landed at Cork in October has thrown up several subsequent winners (including one at Group 3 level) and she has been handed what looks a very fair mark for this handicap debut. Indeed, she is open to plenty of improvement and this drop to 7f looks a good move. Montego Bay and Russian River are also armed with potential now handicapping, particularly the former.