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Saturday 22 April 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Salsabil Stakes (Fillies' Listed)

Off time: 16:05 | Winning time: 2m 23.89s

(8)

Lumiere Rock¹⁹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: M P Sheehy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 103

7/1

Lightly-raced winner. Career best when winning 7-runner Staffordstown Stud Stakes at the Curragh (8f, soft, 11/1) by 1½ lengths from Gozen, keeping on well. Off 6 months. Can make presence felt.

Form: 4221-

(3)

Aurifodina²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Luke McAteer| T: J S Bolger| OR: 87

14/1

Fairly useful filly. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap (8/1) at Leopardstown (10f, heavy) 20 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 01512-4

(2)

Emotivo²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 78

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 3 lengths third of 10 to Jackie Oh in maiden at Naas (8f, heavy, 8/1) 27 days ago. Up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 66-3

(9)

Foniska¹⁹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 94

11/2

Thrice-raced winner. One win from 3 runs last year. 5/2, won 8-runner maiden at Thurles (8f, soft), kept up to work. Off 6 months and now steps up in class/trip. Open to improvement. Yard also saddles Village Voice.

Form: 721-

(1)

Jackie Oh²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

11/10

Highly promising sort. Won 10-runner maiden at Naas (8f, heavy, 4/1) on debut 27 days ago, always holding on. Likely to benefit from this step up in trip and she's clearly a good prospect.

Form: 1

(4)

Keep In Touch¹⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 98

9/2

Lightly-raced winner. 5/1, good ½-length second of 10 to Caernarfon in listed race at Newmarket (8f, soft). Off 175 days. Up in trip and expected to be bang there.

Form: 43132-

(6)

Village Voice¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 93

7/1

Promising sort. One win from 2 runs last year. 14/1, 2¾ lengths third of 6 to Speirling Beag in Eyrefield Stakes at Leopardstown (9f, soft). Off 6 months. Should have more to offer.

Form: 13-

Non-Runners

(5)

Diamondsareforever¹²²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: J A Heffernan

(7)

Drummin Life¹⁸⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: W McCreery J: W J Lee

Forecasts

Jackie Oh (11/10), Keep In Touch (9/2), Foniska (11/2), Village Voice (7/1), Lumiere Rock (7/1), Diamondsareforever (7/1), Drummin Life (12/1), Aurifodina (14/1), Emotivo (50/1)

Several of these have Classic aspirations and JACKIE OH, who made a winning start to her career in a Naas maiden last month, appeals as the most likely of them to develop into a serious contender for major honours this season. She is taken to maintain her 100% record. Keep In Touch and Lumiere Rock both bring Group form to the table and merit respect but so does Village Voice and she is feared most.