15:50 Naas

Sunday 2 January 2022

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Rushe's Supervalu (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 18.10s

Ceroc

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: E J O'Grady

12/1

Champs Elysees gelding. Closely related to 2 winners on Flat, including 7f/1m winner Rezeki and half-brother to 2 winners. Worth monitoring in the betting.

Form:

Douglas Dc

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

13/8

Zoffany gelding. Dam 7f winner. Represents top stable and sire's progeny often go well with cut in the ground, so makes plenty of appeal first time out.

Form:

Famous Agent

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D N Nevin⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

10/3

No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler Sandsend and bumper winner Marble Sands.

Form:

Impulsive Dancer

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Brien

15/2

Dragon Pulse gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including fair hurdler Voice of Hope. Dam maiden on Flat.

Form:

Single Edition

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr L J McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin

50/1

Buratino gelding. Half-brother to 6f winner Misterio. Dam 2-y-o 5.7f winner. Doesn't make much appeal on paper.

Form:

Design Flaw¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

14/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 11 in bumper at Newbury (12.6f, good to soft, 8/1) on NH debut 18 days ago. Up in trip. Will need to improve

Form: 6

Fuoco

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: N J Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

4/1

Requinto filly. Half-sister to 7 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Crassus. Dam French 7.5f winner. Worth chancing to make a winning start.

Form:

Sapporo Tower

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: D H Kelly

16/1

Soldier of Fortune filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser King of The Picts, stayed 19f. Dam unraced, from outstanding Flat family. Likely to need time.

Form:

Forecasts

Douglas Dc (13/8), Famous Agent (10/3), Fuoco (4/1), Impulsive Dancer (15/2), Ceroc (12/1), Design Flaw (14/1), Sapporo Tower (16/1), Single Edition (50/1)

In a field made up of mostly newcomers, a chance is taken on FUOCO without the benefit for market clues. Although by Requinto, there's enough stamina on the dam's side of her pedigree to think she'll get the trip, so she's narrowly preferred to Gordon Elliott's representative, Douglas DC. Design Flaw has an experience edge and showed ability at Newbury on debut, so he's also considered.