16:45 Galway

Tuesday 4 October 2022

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Student Raceday On Monday 31st October Flat Race

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 20.3s

Affordale Fury²¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

5/2

€8,000 3-y-o, Affinisea gelding. Dam, lightly raced in bumpers/over fences, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser (stayed 21f) A Little Swifter. Of obvious interest on debut.

Form: 1-

Allibaba

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

2/1

Alhebayeb gelding. Half-brother to temperamental 1¼m winner Night Bear. Dam ran twice on Flat. Makes plenty of appeal.

Form:

Carlas Big Jim¹³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr W T Cronin⁽⁷⁾| T: L J Archdeacon

125/1

Moohaajim gelding. Half-brother to French 9f-13f winner Dandy Place. Dam, maiden on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Blue Surf.

Form: 7-S

Jack Venturi

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: A A Howard

33/1

Vita Venturi gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 19f) Dunraven Storm.

Form:

Pickanumber

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J P Murray⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke

50/1

Shantou gelding. Dam, fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (23f/3m winner), sister to fair hurdle winner/useful chaser (stayed 3½m) Mattock Ranger.

Form:

Soldante

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

12/1

Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam, bumper winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stays 25f) Duke Debarry out of bumper winner Blue Dante.

Form:

Sonny Fella¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr F Maguire| T: W M Roper

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 11 in bumper (200/1) at Listowel (16f, good) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 5

Spanish John²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr S Cavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

33/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, sixth of 12 in bumper at Ballinrobe (16f, good) on NH debut 25 days ago.

Form: 6

Spitalfield

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: D Bergin

20/1

Mahler gelding. Brother to bumper winner/fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Red Jack, stays 25f. Dam, unraced, out of 2m-3m chase winner Fatal Hesitation.

Form:

Walkonthebriteside

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: S Curling

7/1

Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to very smart hurdler/high-class chaser Champ and 19f bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Drury.

Form:

Wasthatok¹⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: G P Cromwell| BF

3/1

Promising individual. 5/2, eighth of 15 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) on NH debut 170 days ago, travelling strongly. Open to progress.

Form: 8-

Non-Runners

Cherry Red⁴²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: S Donohoe J: Mr L P Shanahan

Forecasts

Allibaba (2/1), Affordale Fury (5/2), Wasthatok (3/1), Walkonthebriteside (7/1), Soldante (12/1), Spitalfield (20/1), Jack Venturi (33/1), Spanish John (33/1), Cherry Red (33/1), Pickanumber (50/1), Sonny Fella (50/1), Carlas Big Jim (125/1)

Although his pedigree is nothing out of the ordinary, ALLIBABA should have enough speed for this sort of test and his stable is dominant in this sphere, so he gets the nod over fellow newcomer Affordale Fury, with Wasthatok the clear pick of those with experience.