13:00 Naas

Saturday 6 May 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 1m 1.38s

(8)

Carnegie Hall

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

5/2

Foaled February 20. No Nay Never colt. Dam, third at 1m in US, half-sister to useful 1¼m winner Elegant Verse out of smart winner up to 1m (2-y-o 5.5f/6f winner) Special Duty. Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

(2)

Devious

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

11/5

Foaled April 3. 100,000 gns foal, 140,000 gns yearling, Starspangledbanner colt. Half-brother to 1¼m winner At Liberty and 2-y-o 6f winner Hitoyogiri.

Form:

(5)

Jalaybee²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

8/1

Foaled February 8. 80,000 gns foal, 100,000 gns yearling, Showcasing colt. Dam 2-y-o 5f winner (scored on debut). Second of 5 in maiden at the Curragh (6f, heavy, 9/2) on debut 20 days ago. Likely to improve and highly respected.

Form: 2

(6)

Mr Saturday

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

6/1

Foaled January 25. 70,000 gns yearling, Blue Point colt. Closely related to 10.5f winner Royal Monarch and half-brother to 9f winner Court of Appeal. One to take seriously on debut.

Form:

(4)

Smash Factor¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrew Slattery| T: J A Stack

9/1

€80,000Y. Half-brother to 5f-6f winner Morty (by Kingman) and 2-y-o 7f winner Tiverton (by Expert Eye). Fourth of 7 in maiden (17/2) at Navan (5.8f, heavy) on debut 14 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 4

(9)

Glor Alainn

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger

33/1

Foaled April 4. Vocalised filly. Dam maiden half-sister to useful 1m winner Wexford Native. Trainer going well.

Form:

(7)

Matter Of Fact

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

13/2

Foaled March 26. No Nay Never filly. Half-sister to useful 5f/6f winner Provocateuse. Highly respected on debut.

Form:

(1)

Smart Impression

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Coen| T: M McCullagh

22/1

Foaled April 23. €14,000 yearling, Elzaam filly. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 2-y-o 5f winner Mr Scarlet.

Form:

(3)

Travel Candy¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: M Mjoka⁽³⁾| T: Kevin Coleman

125/1

Foaled April 25. Dandy Man filly. Dam unraced half-sister to smart winner up to 8.2f Rajeem. 33/1, seventh of 9 in maiden at this course (5.9f, heavy) on debut 12 days ago.

Form: 7

Forecasts

Devious (11/5), Carnegie Hall (5/2), Mr Saturday (6/1), Matter Of Fact (13/2), Jalaybee (8/1), Smash Factor (9/1), Smart Impression (22/1), Glor Alainn (33/1), Travel Candy (125/1)

A few interesting newcomers, but JALAYBEE is speedily bred and shaped well on debut, so he's the most likely winner. Carnegie Hall, Mr Saturday and Devious are all newcomers with appeal, and market support for any of them should be highly respected.