14:05 Leopardstown

Saturday 16 October 2021

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Irish EBF Supporting TREO EILE (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 1m 43.75s

(1)

Agatino²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen| T: T Mullins

150/1

Once-raced gelding. Fourteenth of 15 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good, 50/1) on debut 21 days ago.

Form: 0

(4)

Bridgehead¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade

40/1

Once-raced colt. 18/1, ninth of 13 in maiden at Tipperary (9f, heavy) on debut 12 days ago. Open to progress, but unlikely to feature in what strikes as a strong maiden.

Form: 9

(5)

Celtic Revival

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: E Lynam

40/1

Foaled March 13. €59,000 yearling, Sea The Stars colt. Dam 2-y-o 6f winner out of unraced half-sister to high-class winner up to 1½m Imperial Stride and very smart 1¼m/11f winner Hala Bek.

Form:

(8)

Downing Street

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

10/1

Foaled May 22. Galileo colt. Brother to several winners, including very smart 1¼m-1½m winner Serpentine, smart 12.5f winner King of The Castle.

Form:

(2)

Good Heavens²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien| BF

5/2

Thrice-raced colt. 13/8, second of 15 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good) 21 days ago, no match for winner. Likely to be thereabouts, but he's vulnerable to anything above average.

Form: 722

(12)

Impero²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

20/1

Once-raced colt. 18/1, tenth of 15 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, good to soft) on debut 20 days ago. Likely to improve at some point.

Form: 0

(6)

Ninja¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

15/8

Highly promising individual. 17/2, eighth of 16 in maiden at Navan (8f, soft) on debut 10 days ago, caught further back than ideal. Should significantly improve.

Form: 8

(9)

Point King

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

14/1

Foaled March 20. €94,400 yearling, Zoffany colt. Dam, 11.3f winner, sister to smart winner up to 1¼m (stayed 1½m) Battle of Marengo out of useful 8.5f/9.5f winner Anna Karenina. Notable newcomer.

Form:

(11)

Purple Dawn²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan

16/5

Promising type. Fourth of 13 in maiden at Gowran (8f, good to soft, 2/1) 28 days ago. Remains open to improvement based on an encouraging debut, so can't be dismissed.

Form: 24

(3)

Riyami

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

16/1

Foaled February 27. Fastnet Rock colt. Half-brother to useful winner up to 1m Riyazan. Worth a market check, but this is a tough project on debut.

Form:

(13)

Together Aclaim

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Halpin| T: G P Cromwell

28/1

Foaled March 31. 20,000 gns foal, £32,000 yearling, Aclaim gelding. Closely related to 6f/7f winner Opening Time and half-brother to 2-y-o 5f winner Emilia James.

Form:

Non-Runners

(7)

Malt Lios

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J J Murphy J: Robbie Colgan

(10)

Realism

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: M C Hussey

Forecasts

Ninja (15/8), Good Heavens (5/2), Purple Dawn (16/5), Downing Street (10/1), Realism (12/1), Point King (14/1), Riyami (16/1), Impero (20/1), Together Aclaim (28/1), Bridgehead (40/1), Celtic Revival (40/1), Malt Lios (50/1), Agatino (150/1)

NINJA is the pick of Seamie Heffernan and arrives on the back of an eye-catching display at Navan first time out, so he's taken to improve past the likes of Good Heavens and Purple Dawn, who have already achieved a fairly useful level of form. The selection's stablemate, Downing Street, looks the pick of the newcomers.