17:20 Leopardstown

Monday 7 March 2022

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Leopardstown Members Flat Race

Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 4m 5.5s

Champagne Town^t1¹⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: G P Cromwell

15/2

£180,000 buy after winning a point in November. Tongue tied for Rules debut. Interesting runner.

Form: 31

Curley Finger²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

17/2

25/1, third of 15 in bumper at Thurles (15.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 25 days ago. Potential improver for his leading stable.

Form: 3

Getaway Charlie⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 25/1, seventh of 9 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 65 days ago.

Form: 0-27

Golden Wonder's^t⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: M Brassil

11/1

Well held in bumper last spring but in process of showing more when falling 2 out in Limerick maiden hurdle on return in December. Has potential but likely to find a few too good here.

Form: 8-F

Monty's Star⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

15/2

Half-brother to 5 winners, including connections' smart hurdler/top-class chaser Monaleee. Runner-up both starts in points. Would enter reckoning if betting vibnes strong.

Form: 22

Rath Gaul Boy¹²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

8/13

Cost £80,000 after winning his sole starts in points last autumn. Joined a top yard with an outstanding bumper record. Bold show highly likely.

Form: 1

The Tiger Tank

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: J Feane

11/1

Mayson gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including bumper winner Dubai Or Not Dubai.

Form:

Non-Runners

Hartur D'arc⁴⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: T Gibney J: Mr D G Lavery

Largy Shark

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: S R B Crawford J: Mr B G Crawford

Forecasts

Rath Gaul Boy (8/13), Hartur D'arc (7/1), Champagne Town (15/2), Monty's Star (15/2), Largy Shark (8/1), Curley Finger (17/2), Golden Wonder's (11/1), The Tiger Tank (11/1), Getaway Charlie (125/1)

An intriguing bumper to conclude and one which may be dominated by point recruits, with RATH GAUL BOY getting the nod ahead of Monty's Star and Champagne Town. Hartur d'Arc and Curley Finger also showed promise on their respective Rules debuts and the betting here will be very interesting.