13:25 Gowran Park

Sunday 18 June 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 13:32 | Winning time: 1m 29.63s

(1)

Air Commander

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

5/1

Foaled February 16. Kingman colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including 2-y-o 7f/1m winner Fleeting and 10.5f-1¾m winner Jannah Flower, both smart. Dam 1¼m-1¾m winner. Makes obvious appeal.

Form:

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(3)

Carter Hall³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan| T: J A Stack

150/1

Yet to beat a rival in 2 starts so easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 60

(4)

Familiar

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: K J Condon

7/1

Foaled April 19. €80,000 yearling, Holy Roman Emperor colt. Dam, 1¼m winner who stayed 1½m, half-sister to very smart winner up to 9f Mufarrh.

Form:

(2)

Rich Horse

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

22/1

Foaled March 23. €16,000 yearling, Acclamation colt. Brother to 6f winner Raven's Applause and half-brother to 3 winners abroad. Dam US 6f winner.

Form:

(10)

Latin³⁰

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

11/4

Promising sort. Showed plenty to work on when fifth of 14 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.3f, good, 15/2) on debut 30 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 5

(5)

Mariner³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

9/4

16/1, showed plenty to work on when sixth of 14 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.3f, good) on debut 30 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 6

(8)

Oligopoly¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

3/1

Showed fairly useful form when second of 11 in maiden (7/1) at Roscommon (7.2f, good) on debut 17 days ago, running on but no match for easy winner. Fancied to be bang there.

Form: 2

(11)

The Man Above

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Neve Bennett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey

80/1

Foaled April 2. Coulsty gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 2-y-o 5f-6f winner Rockin Roy.

Form:

(9)

Bhean Saibhre¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: A A Howard

150/1

Well held in pair of maidens so impossible to fancy.

Form: 07

(7)

Parish Record¹⁵

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

80/1

Shaped as if in need of the experience when eighth of 14 in maiden (18/1) at Listowel (6.3f, good to soft) on debut 15 days ago.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

(6)

Starliner

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: Donnacha O'Brien J: Gavin Ryan

Forecasts

Mariner (9/4), Latin (11/4), Oligopoly (3/1), Air Commander (5/1), Familiar (7/1), Starliner (7/1), Rich Horse (22/1), Parish Record (80/1), The Man Above (80/1), Carter Hall (150/1), Bhean Saibhre (150/1)

OLIGOPOLY bumped into a near useful sort at Roscommon earlier this month and, with improvement on the cards, he gets the verdict to go a place better. Aidan O'Brien saddles a couple in Latin and newcomer Air Commander, and they could be the pair to give the selection most to think about, with Johnny Murtagh's Mariner also fancied to go well.