15:30 Thurles

Thursday 4 November 2021

All12:1012:4513:2013:5014:2014:5515:30

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Flat Race

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 3m 53.8s

Brulure Noire³²

Age: 4| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: J J Hanlon

10/1

€30,000 3-y-o, Califet gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful 2½m hurdle winner Baptism of Fire. Fell both starts in points (latest Oct 3).

Form: FF

Keepthefaithinme²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

11/4

3/1, plenty of promise when third of 9 in bumper at Limerick (16f, soft) on NH debut 25 days ago. Should improve, and yard firing on all cylinders at present.

Form: 3

Beeverstown Bullet²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Kiely⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Cahill

7/4

Modest hurdler. 5/1, respectable third of 8 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, good) 26 days ago. Can make his presence felt.

Form: 9/576-53

Castlehill Boy²⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr W T Cronin⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Walsh

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Shaped well when runner-up on penultimate start but only tenth of 12 in bumper (14/1) at this course (15.8f, heavy) when last seen 8 months ago. Must bounce back but can.

Form: 6/20-

Imperial Lord²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: Yvonne Latta

9/2

Unplaced on completed start in points but showed a bit fourth of 8 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, good, 16/1) on NH debut 26 days ago.

Form: F5FP-4

Aeroplane Peggy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: K Purcell

16/1

€3,200 3-y-o, Shantou filly. Dam (c104/h110) winning hurdler in France.

Form:

Majestic Mel

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Tynan

16/1

€2,200 3-y-o, Imperial Monarch mare. Dam (h83) maiden hurdler.

Form:

Non-Runners

Standupandstandout²²⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: D E Fitzgerald J: Mr F Maguire

Man After Midnight⁴

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: Louise G Lyons J: Mr P A King

Forecasts

Beeverstown Bullet (7/4), Keepthefaithinme (11/4), Imperial Lord (9/2), Castlehill Boy (5/1), Brulure Noire (10/1), Man After Midnight (12/1), Standupandstandout (12/1), Majestic Mel (16/1), Aeroplane Peggy (16/1)

Only a handful make any serious appeal with KEEPTHEFAITHINME selected to build on his promising third on debut at Limerick 25 days ago. Things couldn't be going much better for Gordon Elliott, so he gets the vote to score second time up. Castlehill Boy is feared most if able to reproduce the form of his penultimate effort, ahead of Beeverstown Bullet.