13:45 Curragh

Saturday 13 August 2022

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Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden

Off time: 13:48 | Winning time: 1m 14.99s

(1)

Daamberdiplomat²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

10/1

40,000 gns half-brother to smart winner up to 1m Dragon Pulse and useful 6f-7f winner Presidential. Seventh of 11 in maiden (50/1) at this course (7f, good to soft) on debut 28 days ago. Stable having good spell. Open to progress.

Form: 7

(6)

Dappled Light^t1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: J J Murphy

80/1

Foaled April 27. 21,000 gns yearling, Twilight Son colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful 1m winner Mostawaa and 7f winner Rose Fandango. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

(10)

Slieve Binnian⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

150/1

Twice-raced colt. 66/1, eleventh of 13 in maiden at this C&D (good) 7 days ago.

Form: 00

(16)

Asfastaslightening

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: J Davison

66/1

Foaled May 3. Camacho colt. Dam lightly-raced half-sister to smart winner up to 1m Majestic Queen.

Form:

(9)

Behind Enemy Lines

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

4/1

Foaled February 28. 88,000 gns foal, 90,000 gns yearling, Sioux Nation colt. Dam once-raced sister to useful 2-y-o 6f winner Figure of Speech. Interesting newcomer.

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(8)

Pop Star

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

3/1

Foaled March 3. 215,000 gns yearling, Sioux Nation colt. Half-brother to 5f winner Terrier Spirit and smart 5f winner Royal Aclaim. Dam 5f/6f winner (including at 2 yrs). Very appealing newcomer with a host of big-race entries.

Form:

(2)

Sarlaochra

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: K J Manning| T: P J Flynn

14/1

Foaled January 20. €4,000 foal, €55,000 2-y-o, Sioux Nation colt. Dam unraced out of winning half-sister to Prix Maurice de Gheest winner King's Apostle. Certainly the part on paper and worth a look.

Form:

(18)

Barney's Joy

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: N G McCullagh| T: M Halford

100/1

Foaled March 22. Gutaifan colt. Dam 1¼m/10.4f winner. Suspect he'll come on for the run.

Form:

(4)

Bird Of Play

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: H De Bromhead

18/1

Foaled April 22. €3,500 yearling, Free Eagle colt. Half-brother to 9f winner Mount Fairweather. Dam, 2-y-o 5f winner, half-sister to smart 6f winner Valbchek.

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(17)

Gustav Ucicky

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: A Kinirons

80/1

Foaled April 2. Gustav Klimt colt. Half-brother to winners abroad by Thewayyouare and Dashing Blade. Dam, temperamental 5f/6f winner, half-sister to useful winner up to 8.5f Jader.

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(5)

Jer Batt

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gavin Ryan| T: D H Kelly

125/1

Foaled May 1. Dragon Pulse gelding. Dam, 5f winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 7.6f Another Batt.

Form:

(11)

Knockmore Prince³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade

66/1

Twice-raced gelding. 9/1, thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Navan (5.8f, good to firm) 35 days ago.

Form: 00

(20)

Lord Massusus⁷

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

14/1

Once-raced gelding. Ninth of 11 in maiden at this course (7f, good, 80/1) on debut 7 days ago.

Form: 9

(14)

American Sonja

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Gary Halpin| T: J P O'Brien

18/1

Foaled April 3. 22,000 gns foal, £30,000 yearling, 95,000 gns 2-y-o, Tasleet filly. Half-sister to 7f-1¼m winner Kodi Dream. Dam, maiden (stayed 1m), half-sister to useful 1m-16.2f winner (stayed 2½m) Island Brave. Makes some appeal on paper.

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(12)

Ocean Jewel

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery

10/3

Foaled March 30. €230,000 yearling, Sioux Nation filly. Half-sister to several winners, including smart winner up to 1m Mother Earth and useful 2-y-o 1m winner Night Colours. Dam 7f-9f winner. Good page and well worth a look for yard that can ready one.

Form:

(7)

Sioux Spirit^v²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: K J Condon

5/1

14/1 and visored, fourth of 11 in maiden at Cork (5f, good to soft) on debut 22 days ago, running on late. Entitled to improve.

Form: 4

(19)

Fairfield Girl

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan

40/1

Foaled March 3. €3,000 foal, €18,000 yearling, Charm Spirit filly. Half-sister to several winners, including 2-y-o 5f/6f winner Looting and 7f/1m winner Alice Thornton.

Form:

(13)

Scat Maggie

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Robbie Colgan| T: D Broad

80/1

Foaled May 5. Smooth Daddy filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including winner up to 6f Terre Brune and 6f-1m winner Sequin Dress.

Form:

(15)

Lightupthesky²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast

150/1

Twice-raced filly. 150/1, seventh of 10 in maiden at Naas (5.9f, good) 24 days ago.

Form: 07

Non-Runners

(3)

Summer Snow⁴²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 2

T: R O'Sullivan J: T P Madden

Forecasts

Pop Star (3/1), Ocean Jewel (10/3), Behind Enemy Lines (4/1), Sioux Spirit (5/1), Daamberdiplomat (10/1), Sarlaochra (14/1), Lord Massusus (14/1), Bird Of Play (18/1), American Sonja (18/1), Summer Snow (33/1), Fairfield Girl (40/1), Knockmore Prince (66/1), Asfastaslightening (66/1), Scat Maggie (80/1), Dappled Light (80/1), Gustav Ucicky (80/1), Barney's Joy (100/1), Jer Batt (125/1), Slieve Binnian (150/1), Lightupthesky (150/1)

POP STAR makes plenty of appeal on paper and is well entered up, so it would be no surprise to see him hit all the right notes on debut. Ocean Jewel and Behind Enemy Lines also catch the eye in a maiden that looks set to be dominated by the newcomers.