16:30 Dundalk

Monday 12 July 2021

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Hollywoodbets Best Odds Guaranteed Maiden

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 2m 15.98s

(3)

Boola Boola^t³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 70

18/1

Lightly-raced gelding on Flat. 6/1, respectable fourth of 10 in maiden at Down Royal (12.7f, good to firm) 38 days ago. Yard having good spell, but this 4-y-o looks vulnerable.

Form: 5244

(11)

Danzig Star³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: P Cluskey

300/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. Last of 13 in bumper (33/1) at Clonmel (16.2f, good) on NH debut 31 days ago, pulling hard.

Form:

(7)

Malawi^b³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 83| BF

9/4

Thrice-raced colt. Blinkered for 1st time, second of 15 in maiden at Fairyhouse (12f, good to firm, 11/10) 31 days ago. Major player.

Form: 222

(6)

Mark Paul

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: C P Hoban| T: A Oliver

28/1

Coulsty gelding. Half-brother to 1m-1¼m winner Thou Art Peter. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 1¼m winner (stayed 1½m) Saab Almanal. Market should point the way.

Form:

(5)

Rollet

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

7/2

Kingman colt. Half-brother to useful 1m-1¼m winner Mantastic and 9f winner Naadirah, both in France. One to note in the betting.

Form:

(1)

Safecracker¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Kelly⁽³⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 86| BF

4/5

Lightly-raced colt. Creditable second of 10 in maiden (15/8) at the Curragh (10f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Yard in good form. Sure to go well.

Form: 0-032

(8)

Uco Valley

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: H De Bromhead

25/1

€13,000 3-y-o, Vadamos gelding. Half-brother to 5f/6f winner Patuano and 7f winner Ka Ying Excellent. Dam winner up to 1m (2-y-o 7f winner) who stayed 11.3f. Market check advised.

Form:

(4)

Carirose

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Donagh O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell

100/1

Ivawood filly. Half-sister to several winners, including 2-y-o 5f/6f winner Monza and 1¼m/11f winner Zollikon. Dam 7f/1m winner (including at 2 yrs) who stayed 1½m.

Form:

(9)

Encore Une Fois¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: F J Flood

200/1

Once-raced filly. 125/1, fourteenth of 16 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good to firm) on debut 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0

(10)

Queen Of Oriel

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Sean Davis| T: D Kinsella

250/1

Morpheus filly. Closely related to 6f-1m winner Good Marks and half-sister to several winners, including 2-y-o 6f winner Spennithorne. Dam 8.4f-1½m winner.

Form:

Non-Runners

(2)

Petrol Head⁸

Weight: 10-3| Age: 5

T: D P Dunne J: M A Enright

Forecasts

Safecracker (4/5), Malawi (9/4), Rollet (7/2), Boola Boola (18/1), Uco Valley (25/1), Mark Paul (28/1), Carirose (100/1), Petrol Head (100/1), Encore Une Fois (200/1), Queen Of Oriel (250/1), Danzig Star (300/1)

This should boil down to a straight fight between SAFECRACKER and Malawi, unless one of the newcomers turn out to be above-average. The latter represents the all-conquering Aidan O'Brien yard and is not passed lightly, but Safecracker finished clear of the rest when hitting the crossbar at the Curragh recently and is taken to go one better here. Of the newcomers, Rollet is the most likely-looking.