13:10 Curragh

Thursday 14 October 2021

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Friarstown Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden

Off time: 13:12 | Winning time: 1m 56.33s

(1)

Alfie Doodles^p1²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: N Meade

150/1

Eleventh of 13 in maiden at Gowran (8f, good to soft, 50/1) on debut 26 days ago. Cheekpieces now on. Likely to need more time.

Form: 0

(10)

Como Park

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

20/1

Foaled April 27. 105,000 gns foal, Camelot colt. Half-brother to winner up to 1m Collate. Dam, French 1¼m winner, half-sister to useful 1m winner Dreamt. 1 of 3 interesting newcomers for yard.

Form:

(11)

Green Force

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Halpin| T: L Comer

66/1

Foaled March 11. Green Moon colt. Half-brother to 7f winner Water Queen and 1m winner Oud Metha Bridge. Dam 1¼m winner. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

(7)

Rene Artois³⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan

18/1

9/1, fifth of 10 in maiden at Galway (8.6f, good) on debut 37 days ago. Cost a bit and can improve for yard among the winners.

Form: 5

(2)

Sissoko¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

5/1

Sixth of 15 in maiden at this course (8f, good, 12/1) on debut 19 days ago, not ideally placed. From a cracking family and should have more to offer.

Form: 6

(5)

Spartan Army

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien

7/1

Foaled March 29. €46,000 foal, £72,000 yearling, Highland Reel colt. Half-brother to useful 2-y-o 6f winner Touchline and 16.2f winner Merriment. 1 of 3 appealing newcomers for stable.

Form:

(12)

Sun King¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| BF

3/1

Promising third at Galway (8.6f, good) on debut but not so good when well backed at Killarney 12 days ago. Clearly thought capable of better (Group 1 entry) and can't be written off.

Form: 33

(13)

Torential

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J Davison

125/1

Foaled April 2. Gale Force Ten gelding. Dam maiden (stayed 1m). Stiff introduction.

Form:

(6)

Uxmal

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien

16/1

Foaled April 23. Galileo colt. Dam, 6f winner (including at 2 yrs), half-sister to smart winner up to 1½m Miner's Lamp. 1 of 3 newcomers for top yard and must be respected.

Form:

(14)

Zoffman¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 80

9/2

Thrice-raced colt. 5/1, good second of 13 in maiden at Tipperary (9f, heavy) 10 days ago. Remains a work in progress and surely has races in him.

Form: 732

(9)

Karratha^t1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Lee| T: K J Condon

33/1

Foaled April 29. Australia filly. Half-sister to 7f winner Unapologetic. Dam unraced out of useful winner up to 1m (2-y-o 6f winner) Amitola. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

(3)

Sidiriya

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

18/1

Foaled April 14. Nathaniel filly. Dam, 9.4f winner, half-sister to useful 11.5f-1¾m winner Sirrin out of useful winner up to 11.5f (2-y-o 7f winner) Sindirana. Might need this first time up.

Form:

(4)

Zuhra³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

10/3

Promising individual. Third of 14 in maiden (12/1) at Punchestown (7.9f, good) on debut 30 days ago, showing plenty. More to come.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

(8)

Olympic Flame

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: Wayne Lordan

Forecasts

Sun King (3/1), Zuhra (10/3), Zoffman (9/2), Sissoko (5/1), Spartan Army (7/1), Olympic Flame (7/1), Uxmal (16/1), Rene Artois (18/1), Sidiriya (18/1), Como Park (20/1), Karratha (33/1), Green Force (66/1), Torential (125/1), Alfie Doodles (150/1)

It could be worth giving SUN KING another chance. He's contested a couple of interesting maidens and was well backed when fluffing his lines at Killarney last time. This extra furlong will suit and it will be disappointing if he doesn't have races in him. There is more to come from Zuhra, while Olympic Flame heads up a host of intriguing newcomers.