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Saturday 3 December 2022

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Willie Elliott Memorial (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 4m 1.0s

Another Million²⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽³⁾| T: D Leahy

33/1

Malinas gelding. Dam unraced. In front when unseated 2 out only start in points (Mar 6).

Form: U-

Attaboyarchie³³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss E J Sweeney⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin

18/1

Fair hurdler. 25/1, very good second of 10 in bumper at Wexford (16.4f, heavy) 33 days ago. Looks vulnerable to potentially above-average types.

Form: 52-4042

Doctor Bravo

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

15/2

€55,000 3-y-o, Doctor Dino gelding. Dam placed on Flat in France. One to take seriously on debut.

Form:

Nick Rockett⁴⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

5/2

Walk In The Park gelding. Dam, unraced, sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 21f) Emily Gray. Won sole start in points (Oct 2021). Obvious player starting out under Rules for a top yard.

Form: 1-

Ostend

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B Lawless⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke

28/1

Marcel gelding. Half-brother to French 1m winner Lahqa. Dam 11f/1½m winner in France.

Form:

Park Of Kings

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: P Nolan

10/1

£44,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Dam (c123/h116), 2m-2½m hurdle/chase winner, closely related to bumper winner/fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Minella Tara.

Form:

Shannon Royale²⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

3/1

€100,000 3-y-o, £300,000 4-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to 5 winners, including useful hurdler/chaser Minella Foru. Runner-up only start in points (Feb 13). Interesting.

Form: 2-

Stellar Story²⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

3/1

€60,000 3-y-o, £310,000 5-y-o, Shantou gelding. Brother to 3 winners, including very smart hurdler/top-class chaser The Storyteller,. Dam fair 2m-19f hurdle winner. Successful on second (only completed) of 2 starts in points (Mar 6). Noteworthy Rules newcomer.

Form: U1-

Bohemian Summer²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Cosgrave

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 10 in bumper at Naas (16f, soft, 80/1) 21 days ago. Unlikely to feature.

Form: 6-4

Magic Dawn

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Hickey

25/1

Doyen mare. Sister to useful 2m hurdle winner/smart 2m/17f chase winner Magic Daze. Dam unraced. Not an obvious sort on paper.

Form:

Youre A Derry Girl²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Paddy Cody⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in bumper at Cork (16f, heavy, 33/1) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 6

Non-Runners

Skradin

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: C O'Dwyer J: C G O'Dwyer

Forecasts

Nick Rockett (5/2), Stellar Story (3/1), Shannon Royale (3/1), Doctor Bravo (15/2), Park Of Kings (10/1), Attaboyarchie (18/1), Magic Dawn (25/1), Ostend (28/1), Another Million (33/1), Skradin (50/1), Bohemian Summer (66/1), Youre A Derry Girl (150/1)

This has the making of a very strong bumper with 3 notable point recruits representing top yard, with the pick of them arguably being SHANNON ROYALE, who cost a large sum and appears to be the preference of Jamie Codd. His stablemate Stellar Story, who has a similar price tag, is a danger, while Nick Rockett merits plenty of respect debuting for Willie Mullins.