17:20 Leopardstown

Sunday 6 March 2022

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:20

TRI Equestrian Superstore & Cafe (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 4m 9.90s

El Capitaine²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr A Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: A Lynch

40/1

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to point winner Midnight Legacy. Bred to need time and distance and offered little when distant fifth in a Naas bumper last month.

Form: 5

Joshua Des Flos

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: S R B Crawford

3/1

€60,000 3-y-o, Joshua Tree half-brother to 4 winners, including useful hurdler/top-class chaser Balko des Flos, stays 4¼m and fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Salut Flo. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Laser Focus

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Murphy

10/1

Sea The Stars gelding. Dam placed on Flat. Market should prove a useful guide making racecourse debut.

Form:

Must Meet Cecil

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr D Kelleher⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss K Brown

100/1

Mustameet gelding. Dam (h94), bumper/2¼m hurdle winner, half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Maxanisi.

Form:

Nights Of Doyen

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr C G Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

11/1

€12,000 3-y-o, Doyen gelding. Closely related to point winner Well Dick. Dam unraced sister to ungenuine but fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Its Crucial.

Form:

The Four Sixes

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

5/6

Westerner gelding. Closely related to bumper winner/fair hurdler King of Strings, and half-brother to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Innovated. Yard's newcomers always command respect.

Form:

Ballybawn Belter

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Miss J Townend⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

13/2

€5,000 3-y-o, Valirann filly. Dam (b78), ran twice in bumpers, closely related to useful hurdler/chaser (2¼m-19f winner) Cigliano out of 15f-17f hurdle winner La Reine Chic.

Form:

We Will Rock You

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: A Donoghue

50/1

Great Pretender filly. Dam (h113) 17f-19f hurdle winner in France. Rates a likely outsider making racecourse debut.

Form:

Forecasts

The Four Sixes (5/6), Joshua Des Flos (3/1), Ballybawn Belter (13/2), Laser Focus (10/1), Nights Of Doyen (11/1), El Capitaine (40/1), We Will Rock You (50/1), Must Meet Cecil (100/1)

THE FOUR SIXES makes appeal on paper for a powerful yard and could well be the way to go without the benefit of market clues. Similar comments also apply to Joshua des Flos who is also worthy of consideration. Laser Focus may do best of the remainder.