13:25 Curragh

Saturday 20 August 2022

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Coolmore Arizona Irish EBF Maiden

Off time: 13:26 | Winning time: 1m 38.63s

(1)

Covent Garden

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

17/2

(Production):brother to several winners, including very smart winner up to 1¼m (stayed 2m) Johannes Vermeer (2-y-o 7f (Criterium International)-8.4f winner), smart 2-y-o 7.4f winner Wembley (runner-up in National Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes) and useful winner up to 9f Elizabeth Browning (2-y-o 7f winner): dam 2-y-o 6f winner.

Form:

(6)

Fleetfoot¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

9/2

Twice-raced colt. 11/2, better effort when third of 11 in maiden at this course (7f, good) 14 days ago, doing too much too soon. Should win a race.

Form: 23

(8)

Hialeah⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: M A Enright| T: C Weld

125/1

80/1, seventh of 14 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.1f, good) on debut 9 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 7

(5)

Hiawatha²¹

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

5/4

Promising type. Second of 7 in maiden at Galway (8.3f, heavy, 8/15) 21 days ago. Has run to a useful level both starts and another bold show likely.

Form: 22

(7)

Hippodrome

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

11/1

Foaled February 16. 650,000 gns yearling, Galileo colt. Dam, 2-y-o 6f winner (runner-up in British/Irish 1000 Guineas. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

(3)

Jalo¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade

125/1

25/1, seventh of 10 in maiden at Gowran (7f, good) on debut 10 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 7

(2)

Lygon Street⁵⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

11/1

Foaled April 26. 125,000 gns yearling, Australia colt. Dam useful German 9f-11f winner out of smart 1m winner (German 1000 Guineas, stayed 1¼m) La Blue. 17/2, seventh of 11 in maiden at this course (7f, soft) on debut 55 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 7

(9)

Sea Legend⁵⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: J A Stack

4/1

Foaled March 12. €350,000 Sea The Stars colt. Dam French 2-y-o 6.5f/7f (Prix Miesque) winner, fourth in Prix de la Foret. Third of 11 in maiden at this course (7f, soft, 5/1) on debut 55 days ago. Should improve and highly respected.

Form: 3

(4)

Valiant King⁴⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: J P O'Brien

10/1

Foaled March 27. Roaring Lion colt out of 1m winner in the US from good family. Third of 7 in maiden (7/1) at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) on debut 40 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 3

Forecasts

Hiawatha (5/4), Sea Legend (4/1), Fleetfoot (9/2), Covent Garden (17/2), Valiant King (10/1), Hippodrome (11/1), Lygon Street (11/1), Jalo (125/1), Hialeah (125/1)

An above-average maiden, and it might be worth taking a chance on SEA LEGEND, who ran to a high level here on debut 8 weeks ago, and is bound to improve. Hiawatha has shown a similar level both starts and is the choice of Ryan Moore, while Hippodrome, a stablemate of Hiawatha, was a very expensive buy and is another one much respected.