20:00 Naas

Wednesday 23 June 2021

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Naas Racecourse Nursery Of Champions Maiden

Off time: 20:26 | Winning time: 1m 28.07s

(4)

Arioch^h1¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: O J Orr| T: D Marnane

66/1

Rio De La Plata gelding. Last of 12 in maiden at Listowel (8f, good to soft, 40/1) 17 days ago. Needs to bounce back fitted with a first-time hood.

Form: 0-30

(11)

Court Of Appeal⁶³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: C P Hoban| T: N G Hynds

66/1

Golden Horn gelding. Fourth of 10 in minor event at Newcastle (8f, 10/1). Off 21 months. First run for yard after leaving James Tate.

Form: 74/

(17)

Yester

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Nagle

80/1

Kodiac gelding. Dam lightly-raced half-sister to smart winner up to 1m (stayed 1½m) Musis Amica out of useful 1½m winner White Star.

Form:

(1)

Zach Attack¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: P McCreery

250/1

Lightly-raced gelding on Flat. 300/1, last of 13 in maiden at Gowran (9.4f, good) 16 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 0000

(19)

Baldomero³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| BF

5/2

Thrice-raced colt. Fifth of 17 in maiden (6/4) at Cork (7f, good) 35 days ago, no extra after 2f out. However, had shaped well when second at Leopardstown previously and not dismissed lightly.

Form: 9-25

(13)

Chicago Black Hawk³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 78

9/4

Lightly-raced gelding. 5/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, below form sixth of 17 in maiden at Cork (7f, good) 35 days ago. Not discounted on pick of form.

Form: 73-56

(15)

Derry Lad

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: Kevin Coleman

80/1

Epaulette gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful 7f-11f winner Free Spin and 1m winner Dream Impossible.

Form:

(16)

Heavenly Power

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: E Lynam

18/1

Dark Angel gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including high-class winner up to 6f Slade Power and 7f winner Cool Power. Dam 5f winner. Makes plenty of appeal on paper and well worth a second look.

Form:

(3)

Heer At Dawn

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

€1,500 yearling, Heeraat gelding. Dam, 1¼m winner, half-sister to useful 1¼m-1½m winner Dawn Missile. Likely best watched on racecourse debut.

Form:

(14)

Mayan Son

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: D Murphy

80/1

31,000 gns foal, €20,000 yearling, Twilight Son gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful winner up to 1m Magic Casement and useful winner up to 6f Handsome Dude. Dam 2-y-o 7f winner.

Form:

(10)

Mutasarref

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: D K Weld

11/4

Dark Angel colt. Dam, 7.4f winner, half-sister to very smart winner up to 1m Mustajeeb. Interesting newcomer. Yard in good form.

Form:

(7)

Risky Pursuit¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: M A Enright| T: Eoin Joseph McDonagh

250/1

Ajaya gelding. 150/1, eleventh of 15 in maiden at Limerick (8f, good) 11 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 00

(8)

Secret Road²⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: G Keane

200/1

Twice-raced gelding. 150/1, eleventh of 13 in minor event at Dundalk (7f) in December, not knocked about. Absent since but it may be handicaps he does better moving forward.

Form: 00-

(6)

Step And Skip¹⁶

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

66/1

Once-raced gelding. 25/1, tenth of 15 in maiden at Gowran (7f, good) on debut 16 days ago, off bridle before most and weakening 2f out. Best watched.

Form: 0

(2)

Hamwood Flier¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 78

7/2

Thrice-raced filly. 7/2, third of 10 in maiden at Listowel (8f, soft) 18 days ago, likely to have finished closer but for drifting to the stand rail late on. One to consider.

Form: 423

(18)

The Slogger One¹³

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

200/1

Twice-raced filly. Eleventh of 12 in maiden at Leopardstown (6.8f, good, 200/1) 13 days ago. Will hold more chance in low-grade handicaps moving forward.

Form: 00

Non-Runners

(12)

Boston Rocket¹⁴

Weight: 10-2| Age: 4

T: D J Barry J: Reserve 1

(9)

Cola Cruise²²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 4

T: M J Browne J: Reserve 2

(5)

Curraheen Princess¹⁴

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: D Donovan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Chicago Black Hawk (9/4), Baldomero (5/2), Mutasarref (11/4), Hamwood Flier (7/2), Boston Rocket (16/1), Heavenly Power (18/1), Heer At Dawn (25/1), Curraheen Princess (33/1), Cola Cruise (33/1), Arioch (66/1), Court Of Appeal (66/1), Step And Skip (66/1), Yester (80/1), Derry Lad (80/1), Mayan Son (80/1), Secret Road (200/1), The Slogger One (200/1), Risky Pursuit (250/1), Zach Attack (250/1)

HAMWOOD FLIER has shown enough to think a race of this nature is within reach in a trio of maidens, likely to have finished closer still but for drifting late on when third at Listowel 18 days ago. She gets the nod with the drop to 7f expected to hold no fears. Baldomero heads up the dangers along with Chicago Black Hawk. Newcomer's Heavenly Power and Mutasarref complete the shortlist.