13:35 Curragh

Saturday 21 May 2022

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Tally Ho Stud Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 13:34 | Winning time: 1m 15.07s

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Awesome Spirit

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Leigh Roche| T: M O'Callaghan

14/1

Foaled April 2. €135,000 foal, 110,000 gns 2-y-o, Invincible Spirit colt. Dam unraced half-sister to useful winner up to 1m Sweepstake.

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(1)

Blanc De Noir

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

7/1

Foaled March 7. 110,000 gns yearling, Showcasing colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including smart 5f (including at 2 yrs) winner Havana Grey (Sapphire/Flying Five Stakes winner, by Havana Gold). Lots of appeal on paper.

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(12)

Blindsided

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

22/1

Foaled March 1. 100,000 gns yearling, No Nay Never colt. Dam 1¼m-12.5f winner who stayed 14.5f.

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Congo River

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

13/8

Foaled April 5. $400,000 yearling, Mendelssohn colt. Closely related to useful US 5f winner up to 5.5f Jo Jo Air and half-brother to 2 minor winners there. Got to be of interest. Stable also run standard-setter Age of Kings.

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(10)

Eastern Legend

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

22/1

Foaled April 23. €140,000 yearling, Teofilo colt. Half-brother to 6f winner Deep Thinker and 2-y-o 7f winner Faakhirah. Dam winner up to 7f (2-y-o 6f winner).

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(8)

Hellsing

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

11/2

Foaled March 18. €100,000 yearling, Dandy Man colt. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 7f winner Hawke out of smart winner up to 10.5f (2-y-o 1m winner) (stayed 12.5f) Australie. Interesting newcomer.

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McCauley's Tavern¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Danny Gilligan⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J A Stack

9/2

Twice-raced colt. Second of 15 in maiden at Roscommon (7.3f, soft, 14/1) 12 days ago. Has made a fair start but suspect he'll be vulnerable in this company.

Form: 62

(4)

Paulliac

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: K J Condon

33/1

Foaled April 18. €28,000 yearling, Starspangledbanner colt. Dam, German 2-y-o 6f winner, half-sister to useful 8.6f-11.5f winner Party Doctor and 5f/6f winner Rosebride.

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Where R U Now Bob

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: R Sweeney

150/1

Foaled April 24. €3,000 yearling, Anjaal colt. Half-brother to 2-y-o 6f winner Putemintheboot. Dam twice-raced half-sister to smart winner up to 7f Prime Defender.

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Woodcock Flight¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast

9/2

Third of 14 in maiden at this C&D (good to soft, 22/1) on debut 19 days ago, keeping on. More to come.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

(2)

Age Of Kings¹⁴

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: Wayne Lordan

(11)

Pearling Path¹⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: John O'Donoghue J: Gary Halpin

Forecasts

Congo River (13/8), Age Of Kings (11/4), McCauley's Tavern (9/2), Woodcock Flight (9/2), Hellsing (11/2), Blanc De Noir (7/1), Awesome Spirit (14/1), Eastern Legend (22/1), Blindsided (22/1), Pearling Path (25/1), Paulliac (33/1), Where R U Now Bob (150/1)

It's hard to oppose AGE OF KINGS after his very promising start at Naas for all there are some appealing newcomers here, not least stablemate Congo River, who is partnered by Ryan Moore. Blanc de Noir and Hellsing are also interesting first time up, while Woodcock Flight can improve on his first run here 3 weeks ago.