16:10 Galway

Monday 26 July 2021

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Claregalwayhotel.ie Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 1m 31.01s

(7)

Adonis⁵⁴

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

15/2

Once-raced colt. Ninth of 11 in maiden (13/2) at the Curragh (7f, soft) on debut 54 days ago, not knocked about. Open to improvement but perhaps more one for the longer term.

Form: 9

(6)

Anchorage²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

5/4

Promising sort. Third of 6 in maiden (9/4) at Naas (7f, good) on debut 23 days ago, best work finish. Yard having good spell. Likely to improve.

Form: 3

(8)

Brown Eagle

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: W J Lee| T: M C Grassick

66/1

Foaled April 26. Gleneagles gelding. Half-brother to 1m winner Blue Raven. Dam, 5f winner who stayed 7f, half-sister to smart winner up to 1m Mythical Magic.

Form:

(5)

Duke De Sessa

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: D K Weld

2/1

Foaled March 17. Lope De Vega colt. Half-brother to 1¼m winner Hotspur Harry. Dam, 11f-1¾m winner, half-sister to useful 9.4f winner Naughty Or Nice. Not discounted.

Form:

(1)

Global Energy

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery

25/1

Foaled April 7. 85,000 gns foal, 35,000 gns yearling, £130,000 2-y-o, Showcasing colt. Half-brother to useful 6f winner Boomshalaa. Dam maiden (stayed 12.5f). Notable newcomer.

Form:

(2)

I Am Magic²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: L F Roche| T: M O'Callaghan

15/2

Promising type. 10/1, second of 6 in maiden at Naas (7f, good) 23 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 52

(3)

Mctigue

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

18/1

Foaled April 12. Fracas colt. Dam twice-raced half-sister to smart winner up to 7f Smash Williams. Interesting debutant for top yard, so worthy of interest if the market speaks in his favour.

Form:

(4)

Seeingisbelieving

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany

40/1

Foaled April 22. €17,000 foal, €4,500 2-y-o, Make Believe colt. Half-brother to 2-y-o 5.5f winner No More Regrets. Dam 9f/9.4f winner out of useful 2-y-o 6f winner Shifting Place.

Form:

(9)

The Smull^p1¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen| T: S Lavery

50/1

Thrice-raced colt. Sixth of 10 in maiden at Fairyhouse (6f, good, 40/1) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Plenty to find.

Form: 866

Forecasts

Anchorage (5/4), Duke De Sessa (2/1), I Am Magic (15/2), Adonis (15/2), Mctigue (18/1), Global Energy (25/1), Seeingisbelieving (40/1), The Smull (50/1), Brown Eagle (66/1)

ANCHORAGE may well be suited by further in time but showed enough when third at Naas on debut to think he can open his account over this trip at the second time of asking. I Am Magic is closely matched on form and worthy of respect, while McTigue is the pick of the newcomers.