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Saturday 11 December 2021

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF 4-Y-O Fillies Flat Race

Off time: 15:23 | Winning time: 4m 3.6s

Athagabhain¹⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 14 in bumper (80/1) at Limerick (16f, good) 142 days ago. First run for yard after leaving D. Buckley.

Form: 80

Chernikova^p1⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott| BF

6/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 14 in bumper at Thurles (16f, good, 5/4) on bumper debut 51 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. May yet do better.

Form: 3-3

Clairmc²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: G P Cromwell

9/2

Once-raced maiden. 40/1, sixth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) on NH debut 27 days ago, running on late. Makes bumpers debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6

Cocoplum⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr N McParlan| T: C A McBratney

20/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 7 in bumper (20/1) at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 24

Comedy Of Ice

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Ms K L Derwin⁽⁷⁾| T: E J O'Grady

40/1

Frozen Fire filly. Closely related to bumper winner Too Falutin. Dam, lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles, half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Miss Nomer.

Form:

Fairy Tree^h1²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr F Maguire| T: M J Smith

15/2

Twice-raced maiden. 28/1, first run since leaving John Joseph Murphy when 9 lengths eighth of 15 to Bonttay in listed bumper at Cheltenham (16.4f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 28

Grandy Light⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr O McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: Gerald Quinn

100/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 8 in bumper at Downpatrick (17.8f, soft, 40/1) on NH debut 85 days ago.

Form: 5

Katherine

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Barrett

18/1

Shirocco filly. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Heath Hunter and fairly useful chaser (stays 21f) Oscar Wilde.

Form:

Liberty Dance

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

3/1

€54,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune filly. Half-sister to 6 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/chaser Treshnish. Dam ran once over hurdles. Could take the beating on debut.

Form:

Light Parade

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr S J P Baragry⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke

16/1

Leading Light filly. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) That's A Wrap and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Naranja.

Form:

Ottizzini²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: Patrick Turley

10/3

Twice-raced maiden. 5½ lengths sixth of 12 to The Model Kingdom in listed bumper (28/1) at Navan (16f, good) 20 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 36

Skinnider²¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hassett

17/2

Once-raced maiden. Second of 12 in bumper (22/1) at Cork (16f, good to soft) on NH debut, running on. Off 7 months. Claims if she's ready to go.

Form: 2

Space Tourist²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr B T Stone⁽⁷⁾| T: J Fogarty

80/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 11 in bumper at Limerick (16f, good to soft, 28/1) on NH debut 25 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: P-F5

My True Blue

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr Darragh Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke

33/1

Walk In The Park filly. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Belmount. RESERVE.

Form:

Non-Runners

Russellsbelle

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: P O'Flynn J: Mr Darragh Allen

Coolaney Express⁵⁰

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: P A Fahy J: Reserve 2

Bella Be Good³⁵

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: E Cawley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Liberty Dance (3/1), Ottizzini (10/3), Clairmc (9/2), Chernikova (6/1), Fairy Tree (15/2), Skinnider (17/2), Light Parade (16/1), Katherine (18/1), Cocoplum (20/1), My True Blue (33/1), Comedy Of Ice (40/1), Coolaney Express (50/1), Russellsbelle (50/1), Bella Be Good (66/1), Space Tourist (80/1), Grandy Light (100/1), Athagabhain (200/1)

LIBERTY DANCE is related to a number of winners and is the pick of Jamie Codd out of the two Gordon Elliot-trained runners, so she's fancied to make a winning start. Fairy Tree ran with credit in listed company at Cheltenham last time, so she's a player, while the selection's stablemate Chernikova could take the spoils if cheekpieces bring about some improvement.