17:50 Leopardstown

Thursday 5 August 2021

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 1m 58.17s

(9)

Lug^t1¹⁰⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Robbie Colgan| T: D Kinsella

300/1

Once-raced gelding. 80/1, thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (12f) on debut. Off 106 days. Down in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 0

(7)

Bora Bora

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld

14/1

Kingman gelding. Closely related to useful 2-y-o 5f/6f winner Beach Belle and 6f winner Beachcomber Bay. Dam 1m-1¼m winner who stayed easy 1½m.

Form:

(11)

Burren Song

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery

50/1

Battle of Marengo colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including smart 1½m-2m winner Seamour and 1m/9f winner Inke. Dam ran twice.

Form:

(8)

Collins Street

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien

9/2

Camelot colt. Half-brother to several winners, including winner up to 8.6f Intern and 1m winner Festival Princess, both useful. Dam 1¼m winner. Barrier trial winner in June and worth a look on debut.

Form:

(5)

Dragon Gem¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: T Mullins

50/1

13/2, fifth of 10 in maiden at Cork (10f, good to firm) on debut 13 days ago, not knocked about. Might need more time.

Form: 5

(1)

Great Realisation²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: M A Gallagher| T: E & P Harty| OR: 77

6/1

Lightly-raced gelding. Off 8 weeks, very good second of 14 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, good, 18/1) 23 days ago. Should find a race.

Form: 5-362

(3)

Handel²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 85| BF

1/1

Lightly-raced colt. 7/4, respectable third of 14 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, good) 23 days ago, needing stiffer test. In excellent hands and remains the type to do better still.

Form: 0-2323

(6)

Premium Ticket¹³

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

12/1

Promising sort. 11/2, improved when second of 10 in maiden at Cork (10f, good to firm) 13 days ago, met some trouble. Can do even better.

Form: 52

(10)

Rodman²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: C Weld

80/1

28/1, sixth of 9 in maiden at this C&D (good) on debut 21 days ago. Ought to do better somewhere down the line.

Form: 6

(2)

Breaker Of Chains¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

9/1

11/1, third of 6 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good) on debut 18 days ago, green and nearest finish. Should progress.

Form: 3

(4)

Pierre Precieuse¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: D K Weld| BF

10/1

Last of 7 in maiden (15/8 fav) at this course (10f, good) on debut 14 days ago, not at all knocked about. Should have more to offer.

Form: 7

(12)

Smoke Without Fire⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A Oliver

100/1

Ninth of 11 in maiden (22/1) at Galway (7f, soft) on debut 9 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 9

Forecasts

Handel (1/1), Collins Street (9/2), Great Realisation (6/1), Breaker Of Chains (9/1), Pierre Precieuse (10/1), Premium Ticket (12/1), Bora Bora (14/1), Burren Song (50/1), Dragon Gem (50/1), Rodman (80/1), Smoke Without Fire (100/1), Lug (300/1)

HANDEL might benefit from an even longer trip, but there's no doubt he has races in him, and he's worth another chance faced with what looks a good opening. Premium Ticket and newcomer Collins Street are a couple of the likely dangers.