17:22 Naas

Thursday 30 March 2023

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Nursery Of Champions Flat Race

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 4m 12.00s

Ask Anything⁹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J Dunne| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

Once-raced maiden. 12/1, fifth of 10 in bumper at Leopardstown (20f, soft) on NH debut 93 days ago.

Form: 3-15

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He's My Hero^t1³⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: P Nolan

20/1

£40,000 3-y-o, £120,000 4-y-o, Telescope gelding. Half-brother to smart hurdler/unreliable but useful chaser Killala Quay. Dam unraced. Wears tongue strap. Runner-up sole start in poitns and merits respect on Rules debut.

Form: 2-

Mahon's Way^h1¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Roche| T: H De Bromhead

10/3

€80,000 3-y-o, £360,000 4-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Bubbles In May. Wears hood. Successful on sole outing in points and acquired by top connections since. Looks an obvious player on Rules debut.

Form: 1

Mirazur West¹³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: W P Mullins

1/2

€160,000 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Brother to useful hurdler/top-class chaser Ferny Hollow, and half-brother to 5 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Nonbinding. Leading when fell last sole start in points (Nov 13). Makes obvious appeal on paper.

Form: F

Rhaenyra^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J P O'Rourke| T: Colm Murphy

11/2

Jet Away mare. Half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner/useful chaser Ubetya. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Full Cry. Wears hood.

Form:

Starry Heights¹⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J W Hendrick| T: N Dooly

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 17 in bumper at Tipperary (16f, good, 125/1) 179 days ago.

Form: 07

Warmer Days Ahead

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J C Barry| T: O McKiernan

16/1

€80,000 3-y-o, Waldpark gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including French 8.5f-10.5f winner Phosphene. Dam 1m winner in Germany.

Form:

Royal Sunset

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: L Comer

125/1

Royal Vigil filly. Dam unraced. Not an obvious sort on paper.

Form:

Non-Runners

Alvaniy⁹³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: Paul Gammell J: Mr R W Barron

Forecasts

Mirazur West (1/2), Mahon's Way (10/3), Rhaenyra (11/2), Warmer Days Ahead (16/1), He's My Hero (20/1), Ask Anything (25/1), Alvaniy (25/1), Starry Heights (125/1), Royal Sunset (125/1)

MIRAZUR WEST is a brother to Ferny Hollow and was in front when coming down at the last in a point, so he seems like the obvious way to go starting out for Willie Mullins. Mahon's Way, another expensive acquisition, looks the obvious danger in a race where those with bumper experience don't set the bar very high.