18:45 Cork

Wednesday 7 September 2022

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery Handicap

Off time: 18:45 | Winning time: 1m 30.13s

(6)

Goa Gajah²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Mikey Sheehy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 90| D

11/5

Winner at Down Royal in June. 2/1, matched previous form when second of 5 in minor event at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft) 23 days ago, clear of rest. Shortlist material.

Form: 9122

(7)

Spirit Genie^t²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 87| D

6/4

Promising individual. Tongue strap on for 1st time, won 11-runner maiden (9/1) at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft) 23 days ago, running on. Bred to be useful, he's open to further improvement on handicap debut.

Form: 271

(4)

Bossy Parker¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Jamie Powell⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 84| D

7/2

15/2, showed improved form to get off the mark switched to nurseries at the Curragh (7f, good) 11 days ago, keeping on well. Should go well again now up and running.

Form: 6751

(2)

McCauley's Tavern³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: M A Enright| T: J A Stack| OR: 84

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 3/1, fifth of 7 in maiden at Galway (7f, soft) 38 days ago, forced to switch after not clear run approaching final 1f. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 62365

(1)

Palace Gardens^v1⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: K J Condon| OR: 75

20/1

Winner at the Curragh in August. Fifth of 6 in nursery (8/1) at Navan (5f, good to soft) 4 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Significantly back up in trip. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 789135

Non-Runners

(3)

Hasten Slowly¹¹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 2

T: N Meade J: Chris Hayes

(5)

Malbay Madness²⁰

Weight: 8-7| Age: 2

T: E Linehan J: Wayne Lordan

Forecasts

Spirit Genie (6/4), Goa Gajah (11/5), Bossy Parker (7/2), Hasten Slowly (9/2), Malbay Madness (8/1), McCauley's Tavern (10/1), Palace Gardens (20/1)

Cases can be made for a few in this feature contest but preference is for SPIRIT GENIE. Jessica Harrington's charge showed improved form to get off the mark sporting a first-time tongue tie at Roscommon last month and with further progress on the cards, he's fancied to follow up and make a winning start to life in handicaps. Goa Gajah and Hasten Slowly may emerge as the main dangers.