14:40 Curragh

Saturday 6 August 2022

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:4516:1516:5517:25

John Ormonde Gallop & Arena Construction Irish EBF Maiden

Off time: 14:43 | Winning time: 1m 13.71s

(8)

Cairo

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

16/5

Foaled April 16. Quality Road colt. Half-brother to US 1m winner River Redemption. Market support for this newcomer would look very siginificant.

Form:

(13)

Desert Haven²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: N Meade

15/2

Twice-raced colt. 50/1, fifth of 11 in maiden at this course (7f, good to soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 85

(2)

Mount Ruapehu¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrew Slattery| T: J F Grogan

28/1

Thrice-raced colt. Well-held second of 10 in maiden at Naas (5.9f, good, 50/1) 17 days ago. Likely vulnerable.

Form: 002

(15)

Slieve Binnian²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

66/1

Once-raced colt. Eleventh of 12 in maiden at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft, 18/1) on debut 23 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 0

(9)

Teejaydee^v1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: K J Condon

22/1

Foaled February 14. €34,000 yearling, Elzaam gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including 7f/1m winner Comeonfeeltheforce and winner up to 6f Twentytwowontdo. Dam 7f/1m winner (including at 2 yrs). Visored on debut.

Form:

(5)

Calamint

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy

25/1

Foaled March 22. Camacho filly. Half-sister to 2-y-o 7f winner Homemade Andrea. Dam French winner up to 1m (including at 2 yrs).

Form:

(7)

Decorated My Life

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J A Stack

18/1

Foaled February 11. £82,000 Mehmas filly. Half-sister to 1¼m winner Sir I'll Chance It. Dam of little account, half-sister to useful 1¼m-1¾m winner Balaythous. Worth a market check on debut.

Form:

(11)

Eye Of Envy

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

16/1

Foaled March 19. €80,000 Expert Eye filly. Half-sister to 2-y-o 6f winner Eriskay. Dam, 7f winner, sister to smart winner up to 8.4f Imaging out of smart 1¼m/10.3f winner Mirror Lake. Betting should help guide to expectations with this newcomer.

Form:

(10)

Gloves Off

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger

20/1

Foaled April 14. Make Believe filly. Half-sister to 7f/1m winner Dream of Words. Dam 2-y-o 7f winner who stayed 1¼m. Yard in good form.

Form:

(6)

Highly Desirable

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Lee| T: N Lupini

15/2

Foaled March 1. Twilight Son filly. Dam lightly raced.

Form:

(1)

Speirling Beag

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

12/1

Foaled March 3. Mastercraftsman filly. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 2-y-o 6f winner Zumbi. One of 2 nerwcomers for a stable in form.

Form:

(4)

Spirit Gal

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: W P Browne

10/1

Foaled April 4. Invincible Spirit filly. Dam, maiden (stayed 13f), half-sister to 9f-1¼m winner Street Secret and 15f winner Awesome Star (both useful).

Form:

(3)

Wave Machine²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| BF

5/2

Twice-raced filly. Third of 12 in maiden at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft, 7/4) 23 days ago. Stable in good form. Big player.

Form: 33

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to board prices only - deduction 20p in the pound

Non-Runners

(12)

Beauty Crescent⁸⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: G M Lyons J: Colin Keane

(14)

Yuzu

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Shane Foley

Forecasts

Wave Machine (5/2), Cairo (16/5), Beauty Crescent (10/3), Desert Haven (15/2), Highly Desirable (15/2), Spirit Gal (10/1), Yuzu (10/1), Speirling Beag (12/1), Eye Of Envy (16/1), Decorated My Life (18/1), Gloves Off (20/1), Teejaydee (22/1), Calamint (25/1), Mount Ruapehu (28/1), Slieve Binnian (66/1)

Perhaps WAVE MACHINE can make it third time lucky for the Johnny Murtagh team, although a strong market move for Aidan O'Brien newcomer Cairo would put a different slant on things. Yuzo is another debutante who makes paper appeal, while Beauty Crescent also has the form to play a part, especially if blinkers give him a lift.