18:55 Roscommon

Monday 22 May 2023

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Shanagher Hearing Maiden

Off time: 18:57 | Winning time: 2m 21.97s

(4)

Boston Bongo

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

14/1

€4,500 foal, €11,000 3-y-o, Shantou gelding. Half-brother to several winners, including 1¼m winner Memphis and winner up to 1½m Mandarin, both useful.

Form:

(12)

Federal Street^p²⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: H D McGuigan| OR: 72

150/1

Lightly-raced gelding. 14/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW). Off 8 months. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Archie Watson. Work to do.

Form: 52568-

(6)

Lispendense³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: D Cullen

40/1

Twice-raced gelding on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. Seventh of 14 in maiden (150/1) at Cork (10.1f, good to soft) 31 days ago, not knocked about. Others preferred.

Form: 9/7

(10)

Tasayad

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary

125/1

21,000 gns 3-y-o, Sepoy gelding. Half-brother to useful 1m winner Motawaj. Dam, winner up to 7f (2-y-o 6f winner), half-sister to smart winner up to 1¼m Toolain.

Form:

(17)

Famous Lane

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary

200/1

Famous Name filly. Dam unraced.

Form:

(5)

Ethical Diamond³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: W J Lee| T: Michael W O'Meara

12/1

Once-raced gelding. 50/1, fourth of 12 in maiden at the Curragh (10f, heavy) on debut 36 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 4

(2)

Galileo's Compass

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

10/1

€250,000 yearling, Galileo colt. Brother to smart 10.7f-12.3f winner Changingoftheguard. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

(7)

Gimmie Shelter^t1²⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 88| BF

3/1

Made the frame both starts as a juvenile, latest when third of 9 in maiden at Dundalk (8f) in August. Worth a crack at this longer trip and must enter calculations. Tongue strap on first time.

Form: 33-

(15)

Hutton Glen¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

5/2

Promising sort who built on solid debut effort when second of 15 in maiden (7/2) at Gowran (8f, good to soft) 19 days ago, keeping on well. Up in trip. Likely more to come yet.

Form: 32

(13)

Parish Green²⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Luke McAteer⁽³⁾| T: J S Bolger

33/1

Once-raced colt. Last of 5 in minor event (12/1) at this course (7.4f, good to soft) on debut. Off 9 months. Significantly up in trip. Improvement required.

Form: 5-

(8)

Pearl Of Australia¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L F Roche| T: N Meade| OR: 79

12/1

Lightly-raced colt. 9/1, respectable fourth of 15 in maiden at Gowran (8f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Up in trip. One of likelier contenders.

Form: 643-54

(9)

Astar^h1³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 84

10/3

Posted fairly-useful form last season and returned in similar vane when creditable second of 13 in maiden (4/1) at Gowran (9.6f, heavy) 34 days ago. Stable having good spell. Hood on 1st time. One for the shortlist.

Form: 552-2

(3)

Miss McHenry

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons

12/1

€15,000 foal, Starspangledbanner filly. Half-sister to 10.3f winner Divine Celt and 1½m winner Sadlers Man. Stable's newcomers always command respect.

Form:

(1)

Portunalia

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: M A Enright| T: G M Lyons

22/1

Medaglia D'oro filly. Sister to 1¼m winner Aureum and half-sister to several winners, including smart winner up to 1m Nemoralia and useful winner up to 10.7f Ides of August. Market check advised on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

(14)

Ameerat Jumaira¹⁶¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: M Halford & T Collins J: Reserve 1

(16)

Sparkit¹⁵⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: A Slattery J: Reserve 2

(11)

Booyea¹⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: T Gibney J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Hutton Glen (5/2), Gimmie Shelter (3/1), Astar (10/3), Galileo's Compass (10/1), Pearl Of Australia (12/1), Ethical Diamond (12/1), Miss McHenry (12/1), Ameerat Jumaira (12/1), Boston Bongo (14/1), Portunalia (22/1), Parish Green (33/1), Lispendense (40/1), Sparkit (50/1), Booyea (50/1), Tasayad (125/1), Federal Street (150/1), Famous Lane (200/1)

Preference is for HUTTON GLEN, who has acquitted himself well in both starts so far and is bred to appreciate this longer trip. Gimmie Shelter and Astar head the list of dangers.