17:40 Fairyhouse

Saturday 8 October 2022

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Flat Race

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 3m 54.6s

Knockwilliambridge^p,t1²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr C J Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

50/1

Eighth of 13 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good, 50/1) 20 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 049-568

Nucky Johnson¹⁶⁵

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

2/5

Once-raced maiden. 14/1, third of 15 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 165 days ago. Hard to beat.

Form: 3-

The Wallpark²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Ms L Ward⁽⁷⁾| T: V C Ward

33/1

Once-raced maiden. Tenth of 16 in bumper (66/1) at Navan (15.8f, good) on NH debut 21 days ago.

Form: 0

Wee Saying

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

17/2

Valirann gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful but unreliable chaser (stayed 4¼m) Earth Planet and modest hurdler (23f winner) Ahgetawayoutadat. Merits respect on debut.

Form:

Chainofconsequence⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: Aengus King

9/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 9 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Galway (19.1f, soft) 4 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: PPP-S74

Nouliak^h1,t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J Kelly Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith

20/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 16 in bumper (50/1) at Navan (15.8f, good) 21 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 509

Lakefield Flyer^t1²⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: J J Hanlon

10/1

Affinisea gelding. Wears tongue strap. Placed once from 3 starts in points (latest Mar 19). Worthy of interest starting out in a weak event.

Form: 344-

Man After Midnight^t¹⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 125/1, ninth of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20.2f, good to soft) on hurdles bow. Off 6 months. Switches from hurdles to bumpers. Back down in trip.

Form: 409-

Rathnaleen Zoey¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

12/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, good, 125/1) 19 days ago, well positioned. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: 04

Forecasts

Nucky Johnson (2/5), Wee Saying (17/2), Chainofconsequence (9/1), Lakefield Flyer (10/1), Rathnaleen Zoey (12/1), Nouliak (20/1), The Wallpark (33/1), Man After Midnight (33/1), Knockwilliambridge (50/1)

NUCKY JOHNSON has a reasonable pedigree and showed plenty when third in a more competitive race than this at Punchestown 5 months ago, so he's an obvious choice to open his account. Wee Saying is a notable newcomer and Lakefield Flyer should be respected having displayed some ability between the flags.