15:30 Leopardstown

Sunday 26 December 2021

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Leopardstown Flat Race

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 3m 55.80s

All For Rachel²⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 25/1, fourteenth of 22 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 8 months.

Form: 0-

Barty's Call

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr N Bashford⁽⁷⁾| T: K Prendergast

66/1

Let The Lion Roar gelding. Dam (c75), point winner/lightly raced over fences, half-sister to useful chase winner (stays 2½m) Castlebrook.

Form:

Captain Lightfoot⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr S Cavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

66/1

Once-raced maiden. 16/1, third of 12 in bumper at Roscommon (15.4f, good) on NH debut 90 days ago. Not totally discounted.

Form: 3

Cool Survivor^h1⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: G Elliott| BF

17/2

Promising type. 8/11, second of 5 in bumper at Punchestown (16.2f, good to soft) on NH debut 42 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Likely to improve.

Form: 1-2

Diamond Union

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr F Maguire| T: E J O'Grady

80/1

Casamento gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including bumper winner Fisherman Frank, useful 1¼m/11f winner Brindos and 5f/6f winner Time Medicean. One to note on breeding.

Form:

Facile Vega

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

10/11

Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to fair 2m hurdle winner Princess Vega. Dam (h164) 2m-3m hurdle winner, also winner on Flat in France. Yard having good spell.

Form:

Harry Des Ongrais²⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

10/1

€60,000 3-y-o, Crillon gelding. Half-brother to fair French chaser Dino des Ongrais and fair French hurdler Viking des Ongrais. Won sole start in points (Apr 18), so warrants plenty of respect.

Form: 1-

Joyeux Machin^t1²¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan

18/1

€37,000 3-y-o, Saddler Maker gelding. Brother to fair 2¼m hurdle winner Etincelle Lioterie, stays 23f. Dam ran once over hurdles. Wears tongue strap. Leading when fell 2 out sole start in points.

Form: F

Landrake

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

8/1

Martaline gelding. Dam (h124), 2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m), half-sister to very smart hurdler/chaser (won Aintree Grand National, stayed 4¼m) Rule The World. Notable newcomer.

Form:

Magnetic Pulse²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr E Mahon⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 16/1, fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, soft) 24 days ago. Switches from hurdles to bumpers.

Form: 5-4400

Mount Brown⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 4/1, fifth of 9 in bumper at Navan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 49 days ago. Likely to do better at some stage.

Form: 5

Sizing Mauritius

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr M McGuane⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

14/1

Martaline gelding. Dam (c102/h86) 2m chase winner. May need more time, but worth noting if the market speaks in his favour.

Form:

So Scottish²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

9/2

Once-raced maiden. Third of 12 in bumper (11/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 8 months. Probably more one for the longer term.

Form: 3-1

Stonehall

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr Darragh Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Foley

80/1

Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Brother to useful hurdler Thedevilscoachman. Dam unraced.

Form:

Tenzing

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr C Mullins⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins

12/1

Milan gelding. Dam, fairly useful 21f hurdle winner, half-sister to smart hurdler/high-class chaser (stays 29f) Blaklion. Trainer’s newcomers command respect.

Form:

Toor Moon⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: Ms M Flynn

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 17 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good to soft, 100/1) on NH debut 97 days ago.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

General Maximus

Weight: 11-11| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Mr C P Millar

Forecasts

Facile Vega (10/11), So Scottish (9/2), Landrake (8/1), Cool Survivor (17/2), Harry Des Ongrais (10/1), Tenzing (12/1), Sizing Mauritius (14/1), Joyeux Machin (18/1), General Maximus (33/1), Mount Brown (50/1), All For Rachel (50/1), Captain Lightfoot (66/1), Barty's Call (66/1), Stonehall (80/1), Diamond Union (80/1), Magnetic Pulse (150/1), Toor Moon (200/1)

FACILE VEGA is the pick of the Willie Mullins-trained pair based on jockey bookings and he's bred to have enough speed for this sort of test, so he gets the nod ahead of his stablemate Tenzing and point winner Harry Des Ongrais. Cool Survivor shaped well on debut, so he also warrants consideration looks a strong bumper on paper.