15:05 Curragh

Saturday 25 September 2021

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William Hill Ireland Lengthen Your Odds Maiden

Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 1m 13.99s

(12)

Ambitious

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: K P Cotter

6/1

€5,500 yearling, Elzaam gelding. Dam 2-y-o 6f winner. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

(4)

Carlton Banks³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J F Levins

22/1

Once-raced gelding. Eleventh of 22 in maiden (100/1) at this C&D (soft) on debut 35 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 0

(11)

Cheval Blanc⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: J A Stack

12/1

Promising type. Eighth of 14 in maiden at Cork (6f, good to firm, 11/2) on debut 64 days ago. Likely to leave that form well behind in time.

Form: 8

(6)

Jeroboam⁷²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 83

2/1

Fairly useful colt. Remains a maiden after 8 Flat runs. 16/5, good second of 7 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good) 72 days ago. Has been found a good opportunity to open his account.

Form: 4-24242

(3)

Plezantlysurprised²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: J Magnier| OR: 73

9/2

Thrice-raced gelding. 11/4, third of 7 in maiden at Down Royal (5f, good) 22 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 263

(10)

Surviving Murmansk¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: Andrew Hughes

250/1

Once-raced gelding. 80/1, last of 17 in maiden at Cork (8f, good) on debut 17 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 0

(7)

Zequinto⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: D W O'Sullivan

200/1

Twice-raced gelding. Twelfth of 14 in maiden (250/1) at Killarney (8.1f, good) 74 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 00

(2)

Hermione's Angel⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Rory Cleary| T: J H Scott

200/1

Lightly-raced filly on Flat. 300/1, tenth of 14 in maiden at Naas (8f, good). Off 94 days. Down in trip.

Form: 0000

(1)

Midnight Fame²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: E J McNamara| T: A McNamara

250/1

Twice-raced filly. 250/1, ninth of 15 in maiden at Navan (8f, good) 28 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 09

(9)

Punakha^v²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 79| BF

7/4

Lightly-raced filly. 9/4, creditable second of 11 in maiden at Roscommon (7.3f, good) 26 days ago. Should be in the mix once more.

Form: 42622

(5)

Stay Local³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: N G McCullagh| T: A A Howard

80/1

Once-raced filly. 66/1, sixteenth of 22 in maiden at this C&D (soft) on debut 35 days ago, not knocked about. Probably more one for handicaps later on.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(8)

Alala

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: E Lynam J: M A Enright

Forecasts

Punakha (7/4), Jeroboam (2/1), Plezantlysurprised (9/2), Ambitious (6/1), Cheval Blanc (12/1), Alala (16/1), Carlton Banks (22/1), Stay Local (80/1), Zequinto (200/1), Hermione's Angel (200/1), Surviving Murmansk (250/1), Midnight Fame (250/1)

This represents a golden opportunity for JEROBOAM to get his head in front. The War Front colt was worn down in the closing stages in a 7f Leopardstown handicap last time and this drop back in trip looks a good move. Punakha has hit the crossbar on 3 of her last 4 starts and she should give another good account, while likely improver Cheval Blanc also merits respect.