13:25 Curragh

Saturday 25 September 2021

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Irish EBF Auction Series Race

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 1m 14.98s

(6)

Thunder Eclipse³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: J A Stack| OR: 95| D

2/1

Useful colt. Career best when winning 7-runner maiden at Naas (5.9f, soft, 13/8) 34 days ago by 5 lengths from Gaire Os Ard, keeping on well.

Form: 322381

(3)

Bobby Dassler⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: M A Gallagher| T: E & P Harty

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 9 in maiden (66/1) at Dundalk (6f) 8 days ago. Rates a likely type for nurseries moving forward.

Form: 08

(10)

Giselles Ausie²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| D

10/3

Australia filly who showed a good attitude to land 8-runner maiden at Navan (5.8f, good, 22/1) on debut 21 days ago, getting on top final strides. Entitled to progress.

Form: 1

(7)

Kalka River

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Halpin| T: Kevin Coleman

66/1

Foaled March 25. 18,000 gns 2-y-o, Exceed And Excel gelding. Dam maiden (stayed 6f), half-sister to useful 2-y-o 6f winner Nidhaal. Likely best watched on debut.

Form:

(9)

River Iney

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: J A Heffernan| T: A Leahy

80/1

Foaled February 18. 22,000 gns foal, Bated Breath gelding. Brother to winner up to 6f Montepetra, and half-brother to 1¼m winner Midnight Mood and 2-y-o 7f winner Fire Palace. Dam 1½m winner.

Form:

(2)

Seeingisbelieving⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: W Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany

6/4

Make Believe colt who improved on debut form when third of 13 in maiden (14/1) at Listowel (7f, good to soft) 4 days ago. Drop to 6f unlikely to inconvenience him and he's respected.

Form: 63

(1)

Solar Breeze

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery

33/1

Foaled May 13. £28,000 2-y-o, Kodiac filly. Half-sister to 8.3f winner Smeaton. Dam, 2-y-o 6f winner, half-sister to useful 2-y-o 5f/5.5f winner (probably stayed 1m) Simmie.

Form:

(8)

Fairy Stone

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: N Meade

25/1

Foaled February 22. Caravaggio filly. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 1m-1¼m winner Gulf of Poets out of useful 1¼m winner Sandglass.

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(5)

Gaire Os Ard^t⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 70

9/1

Fair filly. 11/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, bit below form fourth of 15 in maiden at Naas (7f, good) 9 days ago. Handicaps over further may be more her bag moving forward.

Form: 264234

Non-Runners

(4)

Stormy Sunday

Weight: 8-8| Age: 2

T: Ciaran Murphy J: Rory Cleary

Forecasts

Seeingisbelieving (6/4), Thunder Eclipse (2/1), Giselles Ausie (10/3), Gaire Os Ard (9/1), Fairy Stone (25/1), Stormy Sunday (25/1), Solar Breeze (33/1), Kalka River (66/1), River Iney (80/1), Bobby Dassler (250/1)

SEEINGISBELIEVING built on the promise of his debut effort when finishing a close-up third over 7f at Listowel 4 days ago, and with the drop to 6f expected to hold no fears, he is fancied to be firmly in the shake up again. Thunder Eclipse impressed when scoring at Naas in August and, along with fellow last-time-out winner Giselles Ausie, heads up the dangers.