17:00 Curragh

Wednesday 7 June 2023

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Holden Plant Rentals Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 17:02 | Winning time: 1m 26.86s

(4)

Chandigah

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary

28/1

Foaled April 13. €20,000 yearling, Churchill colt. Dam, 7f winner (including at 2 yrs) who stayed 1m, closely related to smart winner up to 1¼m Hannibal Barca. Second of 7 in barrier trial at Naas in May.

Form:

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(6)

Chicago Fireball

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

11/1

Foaled February 20. Acclamation colt. Dam French maiden half-sister to 1¼m winner (including US Grade 1 event, and stayed 1½m) Shamdinan and 11f/1½m winner (stayed 21.7f) Shahwardi (both smart) out of smart 1¼m/10.5f winner Shamdara. Stable in good form.

Form:

(1)

Glengarriff⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Browne

66/1

16/1, hinted at ability when last of 7 in maiden at Navan (5.8f, heavy) on debut 46 days ago. Up in trip. Entitled to do better.

Form: 7

(5)

Huxley

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

7/2

Foaled February 6. Galileo colt. Brother to useful 1½m winner Law of One and closely related to top-class winner up to 10.5f Cloth of Stars and useful winner up to 1½m Warrior of Light. Dam lightly raced. Lots to like.

Form:

(2)

Islandsinthestream

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

9/1

Foaled March 16. €135,000 yearling, Wootton Bassett colt. Dam Australian 4.5f-6f winner, half-sister to smart Australian Groupm 2/3 1m winner Into The Mist.

Form:

(3)

Meriwether Lewis

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

11/2

Foaled April 1. Quality Road colt. Dam, lightly-raced 1m winner, sister to high-class winner up to 1½m Minding. Interesting newcomer and one of 3 for this yard.

Form:

(8)

Portland

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

5/2

Foaled May 9. Dubawi colt. Dam, 2-y-o 1m winner, half-sister to very smart winner up to 7f Garswood. A must for shortlist on debut given connections.

Form:

(9)

School Of Law

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: M O'Callaghan

5/2

Foaled February 26. €24,000 foal, 115,000 gns 2-y-o, Inns of Court colt. Dam unraced out of smart 1m-1¼m winner Deauville Vision. Second of 5 in barrier trial at Naas in May.

Form:

Non-Runners

(11)

Capall Donn⁶⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A Murray J: Jack Kearney

(10)

Diego Velazquez

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: R L Moore

(7)

Instant Appeal¹⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Shane Foley

Forecasts

Diego Velazquez (15/8), School Of Law (5/2), Portland (5/2), Huxley (7/2), Instant Appeal (7/2), Meriwether Lewis (11/2), Islandsinthestream (9/1), Chicago Fireball (11/1), Chandigah (28/1), Glengarriff (66/1), Capall Donn (100/1)

DIEGO VELAZQUEZ fetched a mouth-watering 2,400,000 gns as a yearling and, seemingly the choice of Ryan Moore, he's selected to make a winning start before the benefit of market clues. Instant Appeal showed fairly useful form first time up when second at Leopardstown last month, so he's put forward as the main threat, ahead of the selection's stablemate Portland.