18:05 Curragh

Saturday 21 August 2021

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Alpha Centauri Debutante Stakes (Fillies' Group 2)

Off time: 18:05 | Winning time: 1m 27.49s

(6)

Agartha³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 102| D

4/1

16/1, career best when winning Group 3 Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown (7.1f, good) 30 days ago by 2¾ lengths from Juncture, keeping on well. Form choice.

Form: 33221

(1)

Concert Hall³⁴

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

4/1

Twice-raced winner who landed 10-runner maiden at this C&D (good) 34 days ago, rallying. May well do better, but she needs to.

Form: 21

(3)

Discoveries⁵⁷

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

4/1

7/4, won 14-runner maiden at this C&D (good to soft) 57 days ago, just holding on. Open to improvement, and no forlorn hope.

Form: 41

(5)

Hapipi Go Lucky¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: J P Murtagh

22/1

Thrice-raced winner. 33/1, sixteenth of 22 in minor event at Naas (5.9f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Stable having good spell but very hard to make a case for.

Form: 510

(4)

Mise Le Meas²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Kelly| T: J P Murtagh| D

4/1

9/4, won 14-runner maiden at Gowran (7f, good) 28 days ago, kept up to work. Stable in good form and she should progress further.

Form: 31

(2)

Seisai¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 95| D

15/2

2 wins from 4 runs this year, latest in 4-runner listed race at Tipperary (7.4f, soft) 15 days ago by ½ length from Tuwaiq, always holding on. Considered.

Form: 3131

(8)

Sunset Shiraz⁵¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. 4/1, fourth of 13 in maiden at Bellewstown (7.9f, good) 51 days ago. Faces an uphill task.

Form: 24

(7)

Twinkle^t²⁵

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

6/1

5/4, built on debut promise when winning 10-runner maiden at Galway (7f, soft) 25 days ago. Should improve again for top yard.

Form: 51

Forecasts

Agartha (4/1), Discoveries (4/1), Mise Le Meas (4/1), Concert Hall (4/1), Twinkle (6/1), Seisai (15/2), Hapipi Go Lucky (22/1), Sunset Shiraz (25/1)

AGARTHA sets a good standard on the form of her Group 3 Leopardstown victory and she gets the nod at the chief expense of improving Gowran winner Mise Le Meas. Discoveries also has better days ahead of her so can't be ruled out on the back of her C&D success.