19:10 Leopardstown

Thursday 8 July 2021

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Stanerra Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 3)

Off time: 19:11 | Winning time: 3m 3.52s

(3)

Believe In Love⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: R Varian| OR: 105| D

9/2

Smart filly. 7/2, tailed-off last of 7 to Tribal Craft in Bronte Cup at York (13.8f, good to soft) 47 days ago. Form pick if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 11131-7

(4)

Camphor^p¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 94| D

25/1

Useful mare. 9/1, 4 lengths fourth of 7 to Katara in listed race at Pontefract (12f, good) 18 days ago. Yard in good form but more needed in refitted cheekpieces.

Form: 05-4444

(2)

Federica Sophia^v1²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: D K Weld| OR: 95| BF| C

5/2

Course winner. Blinkered for 1st time, good second of 12 in handicap (7/2) at Cork (12f, good to soft) 29 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Visor on now and open to more progress stepping up in trip.

Form: 21-42

(6)

Forbearance³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 90

7/1

6/5, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Down Royal (12.7f, good to firm) 34 days ago, suited by increase in trip. Stable in good form and may well do better still.

Form: 6-1431

(8)

High Heels^p²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 99

9/4

Useful filly. 5/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, excellent 1¾ lengths third of 9 to Thunder Kiss in Munster Oaks at Cork (12f, good to soft) 29 days ago. One for the shortlist.

Form: 9214-43

(7)

Sherbet Lemon^p1³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 99

5/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year, latest at Lingfield in May, but well-beaten ninth of 14 to Snowfall in Oaks at Epsom (12f, soft) 34 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and no forlorn hope.

Form: 1419

Non-Runners

(1)

Tashi³⁷

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: S Lavery J: Robbie Colgan

(5)

Glinting²⁰

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: M C Hussey

Forecasts

High Heels (9/4), Federica Sophia (5/2), Believe In Love (9/2), Sherbet Lemon (5/1), Forbearance (7/1), Tashi (16/1), Glinting (20/1), Camphor (25/1)

FEDERICA SOPHIA's form is on an upward curve and, with this step up to 1m6f promising to suit her too, Dermot Weld's daughter of Galileo is fancied to claims her biggest success yet. Believe In Love has a poor reappearance run to overcome but rates the form pick at her best so can't be taken lightly, with the progressive Forbearance another who can have a say.