13:10 Curragh

Saturday 17 July 2021

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Juddmonte Farms Expert Eye Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 13:12 | Winning time: 1m 28.9s

(4)

All In The Mind

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn

250/1

Foaled March 30. €12,000 yearling, Alhebayeb colt. Closely related to useful 5f-1m winner Dark Profit and smart 2-y-o 6f winner Lansky. Dam ungenuine 2-y-o 7f winner.

Form:

(10)

Almanera

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien

16/5

Foaled March 31. €60,000 foal, 65,000 gns 2-y-o, Almanzor colt. Half-brother to 13f winner Glamoureuse and 7f winner Al Capdamunt. Dam maiden half-sister to smart 2-y-o 6.5f/7f winner Naaqoos.

Form:

(2)

Barud⁴⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld

11/2

Fourth of 11 in maiden at this C&D (soft, 5/2) 45 days ago. Better effort on debut, but likely still more needed to play a leading role.

Form: 34

(3)

Eighty Eight

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

33/1

Foaled April 2. Dragon Pulse colt. Dam unraced out of useful 2-y-o 6f-1m winner Mousse Au Chocolat. Yard having good spell.

Form:

(5)

John The Baptist

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: M A Enright| T: J A Stack

50/1

Foaled April 20. Caravaggio gelding. Half-brother to 7f-1¼m winner Wargrave and 1m-9.4f winner Too Soon To Panic, both useful.

Form:

(1)

Manu Et Corde²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| BF

3/1

Foaled Mar 9. Teofilo brother to useful 9.4f-12.7f winner Change of Velocity. Dam 2-y-o 7f winner. 3/1, promising fifth of 9 in maiden at this C&D (good to firm) on debut 20 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 5

(7)

Pioneering Spirit

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

16/1

Foaled February 7. 100,000 gns 2-y-o, American Pharoah colt. Dam unraced half-sister to US 8.5f winner Diva Spirit out of very smart US 8.5f winner Wild Spirit. Stable in good form.

Form:

(6)

Sen Ding²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

9/2

Mehmas colt. Dam, maiden (stayed 1¼m), half-sister to useful 11f/1½m winner Mahaatheer. 20/1, sixth of 11 in maiden at this course (6f, good to soft) on debut 22 days ago. Should do better.

Form: 6

(12)

Shark Bay²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

3/1

135,000 gns yearling, Australia colt. Closely related to 1m winner Kehailaan. Promising individual. 5/1, third of 9 in maiden at this C&D (good to firm) on debut 20 days ago. The one to beat.

Form: 3

(8)

Zoffman

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade

100/1

Foaled April 28. Zoffany colt. Half-brother to 9.5f-13f winner Greengage and 12.7f winner Sheishybrid. Dam, 8.6f winner, half-sister to very smart 1¼m winner Big Orange.

Form:

Non-Runners

(9)

Kawazaki

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: C W J Farrell J: Rory Cleary

(11)

Lorenzo Lotto

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: J A Heffernan

Forecasts

Shark Bay (3/1), Manu Et Corde (3/1), Almanera (16/5), Sen Ding (9/2), Barud (11/2), Lorenzo Lotto (13/2), Pioneering Spirit (16/1), Eighty Eight (33/1), Kawazaki (33/1), John The Baptist (50/1), Zoffman (100/1), All In The Mind (250/1)

SHARK BAY is hardly surprisingly a well-bred colt and he showed enough on debut to suggest he'll be winning races sooner rather than later. Manu Et Corde was just behind the selection on debut and shouldn't be underestimated, while the selection's stable companion Lorenzo Lotto has to be respected as well.