19:30 Dundalk

Friday 11 March 2022

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Off time: 19:32 | Winning time: 1m 39.77s

(11)

Agatino¹¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen| T: T Mullins| OR: 74

9/1

Fair maiden. Off 112 days. Form of last run over C&D has worked out and he's one to note on return.

Form: 066-

(1)

Breakintheclouds

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan

25/1

Excelebration gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners abroad. Dam Italian winner up to 1½m (2-y-o 7f winner).

Form:

(10)

Bright Tom

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer

33/1

Dick Whittington colt. Closely related to 7f winner Russet and half-brother to 3 winners, including useful 1¼m-11f winner Pack Leader and 1¾m-2m winner Dagueneau.

Form:

(9)

Ceallach

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: N G McCullagh| T: M Halford

22/1

25,000 gns yearling, Lope De Vega gelding. Half-brother to winner up to 12.4f Stoney Broke and 1½m winner Blue Reflection. Plenty of stamina in pedigree and might need more time.

Form:

(3)

City Of Red

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Gary Carroll| T: L Comer

22/1

Tale of Two Cities colt. Half-brother to 1m-1½m winner Cautious Approach.

Form:

(4)

Dequinto

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: M A Enright| T: D W O'Sullivan

80/1

Requinto gelding. Brother to 6f-8.6f winner Lequinto. Dam maiden (stayed 1m).

Form:

(2)

Derrinlaur Spender

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: G M Ryan| T: Eoin Joseph McDonagh

50/1

Burwaaz gelding. Half-brother to 10.7f-13f winner Ben Rumson.

Form:

(14)

Hibernia Oppositus

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien

9/4

17,500 gns yearling. Dam 6f-1m winner (including Park Express Stakes). Makes belated debut and been gelded, but from top yard, who also have big contender Merisi.

Form:

(5)

Lifeinthefastlane^t¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Declan Carroll| T: G O'Leary

250/1

Half-brother to smart 7f/1m winner Xenobia. Tongue strap on, thirteenth of 14 in maiden (22/1) at this course (6f) on debut 18 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0

(13)

Megnificant

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Wayne Lordan| T: B P Galvin

28/1

Footstepsinthesand gelding. Dam 6f-1m winner.

Form:

(16)

Notwithstanding^h1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: W J Lee| T: H De Bromhead

8/1

€27,000 foal, €29,500 yearling, 40,000 gns 2-y-o, El Kabeir gelding with plenty of winning sprinters on the page. From good NH yard and interesting to see how he fares in the betting.

Form:

(15)

Gorgeous Star²⁷⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: A Murray| BF

7/2

In demand at the Craven Breeze-Ups last year (240,000 gns buy for owners) and showed fair form in 2 runs for Roger Varian. Up in trip on first run for 9 months and she returns in winnable maiden.

Form: 45-

(8)

Havana Pearl^b1,p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 73

9/2

9/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, just sixth of 13 in maiden at this C&D 14 days ago. Blinkers now on and they need to spark her into action.

Form: 93-46

(17)

Merisi⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien

13/2

From a good family and made a promising start when fifth of 14 in maiden at this course (10.7f, 11/1) on debut 7 days ago. Down in trip. Better for that run, will improve and leading claims.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

(12)

Breezy Zoff²⁵⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

(6)

Sidiriya¹⁴⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: Reserve 2

(7)

French Rescue⁶³

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: J Geoghegan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Hibernia Oppositus (9/4), Gorgeous Star (7/2), Havana Pearl (9/2), Merisi (13/2), Notwithstanding (8/1), Agatino (9/1), Sidiriya (16/1), Ceallach (22/1), City Of Red (22/1), Breakintheclouds (25/1), Megnificant (28/1), Bright Tom (33/1), Derrinlaur Spender (50/1), French Rescue (50/1), Breezy Zoff (50/1), Dequinto (80/1), Lifeinthefastlane (250/1)

MERISI made a promising start here last week and makes plenty of appeal in a very winnable maiden with improvement forthcoming. The returning Gorgeous Star is interesting, as is Agatino, who was close up among a number of subsequent winners when sixth here when last seen in November.