13:45 Gowran Park

Monday 6 June 2022

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Thomastown Maiden

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 1m 28.78s

(5)

Coreman

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Gavin Ryan| T: P J F Murphy

16/1

Divine Prophet gelding. Dam, 1m winner who stayed 1¼m, half-sister to useful winner up to 1½m Inter Royal Lady out of useful winner up to 1m (2-y-o 1m winner) Fearn Royal.

Form:

(4)

Culcor^b²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 79

5/6

Lightly-raced colt. 2/1 and blinkered for 1st time, creditable second of 6 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, soft) 20 days ago. Obvious claims.

Form: 4362

(3)

Deuteronomy¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S M Crosse| T: R P Burns

20/1

Once-raced gelding. 150/1, eleventh of 13 in maiden at this course (8f, soft) on debut 13 days ago, never on terms. This should reveal more.

Form: 0

(9)

Fiddlers Green

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

18/1

£9,000 yearling, Awtaad gelding. Half-brother to 11.6f-2m winner Cosette and 1¼m-1½m winner Dark Pearl. Betting should unearth some clues ahead of racecourse bow.

Form:

(8)

Grant Wood

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Kelly| T: J P Murtagh

4/1

68,000 gns yearling, Caravaggio gelding. Half-brother to 7.5f winner Zero Maybe Hero and winner up to 9.5f Super Cute. Dam useful French 6f winner. No surprise to see him in the mix on debut.

Form:

(7)

Lex Maxima¹⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell

50/1

Once-raced gelding. 66/1, eleventh of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (8f) on debut in December, always behind. Gelded subsequently and this ought to reveal more.

Form: 0-

(1)

Vernotstoppen

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty

7/1

Es Que Love gelding. Dam ran once in Canada at 2 yrs, from family of Irish Derby winner Salsabil. Interesting what the market make of him on debut.

Form:

(2)

Gran Roque¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray

7/1

Once-raced filly. 20/1, seventh of 15 in maiden at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) on debut 17 days ago, not knocked about. Likely she can build on that effort.

Form: 7

(10)

Hastily¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Killian Leonard| T: Tom McGuinness

125/1

Once-raced filly. Eleventh of 13 in maiden (66/1) at this course (9.4f, soft) on debut 13 days ago. Down in trip now and she can only be watched.

Form: 0

(6)

Merida Pulse

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: A McCann

25/1

Dragon Pulse filly. Dam unraced out of 2-y-o 7f winner Taibhseach. Yard wouldn't be a regular source of winning newcomers.

Form:

Forecasts

Culcor (5/6), Grant Wood (4/1), Gran Roque (7/1), Vernotstoppen (7/1), Coreman (16/1), Fiddlers Green (18/1), Deuteronomy (20/1), Merida Pulse (25/1), Lex Maxima (50/1), Hastily (125/1)

CULCOR has shown enough to think a race of this nature is well within reach, back to form when runner-up in first-time blinkers a Killarney maiden (1m) 3 weeks ago. He earns the vote in the hope the headgear has the desired effect again. Newcomers Grant Wood and Vernotstoppen are also worth a look.