17:30 Dundalk

Friday 23 September 2022

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William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Claiming Maiden

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 1m 13.71s

(8)

Baby Rosabella⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: J Davison| OR: 55

10/1

Modest filly. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Tongue strap on for 1st time, twelfth of 15 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good, 9/1) 4 days ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 240650

(6)

Instrumental^p1,t¹³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S Foley| T: J McAuley

14/1

Twice-raced gelding. 7/1, fourth of 12 in maiden at Navan (5f, good), best work finish. Off 132 days. First run for yard after leaving Aidan O'Brien. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Open to improvement. Could be the answer.

Form: 64

(4)

The Gray Chapter²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁷⁾| T: L Smyth

33/1

Twice-raced filly. Eighth of 13 in maiden at Navan (8f, good to soft, 80/1) 20 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 78

(3)

Battle Manoueuvre

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: J McAuley

50/1

£50,000 yearling, 1,500 gns 3-y-o, Dandy Man gelding. Dam, 2-y-o 7f winner (stayed 1m), sister to useful British/US 1m-1¼m (including minor US stakes) winner Royal Albert Hall.

Form:

(5)

Irish Act^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: W J Lee| T: J McAuley

9/1

2,500 gns 3-y-o, Sea The Stars gelding. Half-brother to useful 1m winner Long Tradition. Dam, 8.3f winner, closely related to high-class 1m-11.5f winner Echo of Light. Wears tongue strap. Billy Lee booked. betting should guide.

Form:

(9)

Tawaazon^b,t³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S D Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 61

7/4

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. 16/1 and blinkered for 1st time tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable fourth of 14 in handicap at Listowel (7.1f, good) 3 days ago. Likely to go well.

Form: 840384

(1)

Cometh The Man¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 57

11/5

Unreliable sort. Remains a maiden after 42 Flat runs. Very good fourth of 8 in minor event (22/1) at Laytown (7f) 15 days ago.

Form: 960504

(7)

The Rebel Breen²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 58

5/1

Fair gelding. Tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 10 in handicap at Clonmel (9.6f, good to firm, 9/2) 22 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 784708

(2)

Vernotstoppen^b1³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 40

40/1

Lightly-raced gelding. Tongue strap on for 1st time, twentieth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good to firm, 50/1) 34 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 70080

Forecasts

Tawaazon (7/4), Cometh The Man (11/5), The Rebel Breen (5/1), Irish Act (9/1), Baby Rosabella (10/1), Instrumental (14/1), The Gray Chapter (33/1), Vernotstoppen (40/1), Battle Manoueuvre (50/1)

Those with the best form are long-standing maidens so it may be worth chancing INSTRUMENTAL who more than hinted at ability in 2 outings for Aidan O'Brien in the spring. Tawaazon has had 18 attempts without success but has been performing respectably in low-grade handicaps lately and may provide the main threat ahead of Noel Meade's The Rebel Breen.