19:20 Ballinrobe

Monday 26 June 2023

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Lodge At Ashford Castle Maiden

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 2m 2.59s

(13)

Angelus Griseo^t1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Leigh Roche| T: K Dempsey

150/1

Twice-raced gelding. 66/1, first run since leaving Joseph O'Brien when ninth of 10 in maiden at Listowel (8f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 4-9

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(9)

Black Soul²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: N G McCullagh| T: J & T Kiely

28/1

Twice-raced gelding. First run since leaving John E. Kiely when eighth of 13 in maiden (200/1) at Tipperary (12.5f, good) 27 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 0-8

(5)

Chicago Storm^p1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Coen| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 71

11/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Respectable tenth of 18 in handicap at Fairyhouse (10f, good, 14/1) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 837-550

(12)

Cornmarket^p1¹⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Robbie Colgan| T: M Flannery

150/1

Twice-raced gelding on Flat. Tenth of 13 in juvenile hurdle (80/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy). Off 6 months. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Poor on last Flat run.

Form: 09-

(4)

Expound^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 68

5/1

Fair gelding. Creditable third of 13 in handicap (16/1) at Gowran (9.4f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 353053

(3)

Game Nation²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: E McNamara| OR: 56

20/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 12 Flat runs. Tongue strap on for 1st time, good third of 10 in claimer (50/1) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 25 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Brian Barr.

Form: 866453

(6)

Granville Street⁴⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Lee| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 68

5/1

Lightly-raced gelding. 15/2, creditable second of 10 in maiden at Sligo (10.4f, good to soft), no match for winner. Off 13 months but will be a threat if ready to roll.

Form: 53/22-

(1)

Plunkett Street⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Andrew Slattery| T: Michael W O'Meara

33/1

150/1, tenth of 11 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) on Flat debut 41 days ago, very slowly away.

Form: 0

(8)

Rock Basher^t²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Nathan Crosse| T: L Comer

80/1

Once-raced colt. 125/1 and tongue strap on, sixth of 10 in maiden at Listowel (8f, good to soft) on debut 23 days ago.

Form: 6

(7)

So Easy Way¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Rory Cleary| T: I Madden

150/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. 25/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (16.2f, good to soft) 14 days ago, possibly amiss.

Form: 6-

(10)

Banned^h²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 71| BF

11/4

Fair filly. Remains a maiden after 12 Flat runs. 5/2 and hooded for 1st time, creditable second of 9 in maiden at Roscommon (11.7f, good) 25 days ago. Another bold show likely.

Form: 24-2642

(11)

Lizzy's Filly¹⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Colin Keane| T: P Martin| OR: 73| BF

6/4

Fairly useful filly. Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. Respectable second of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (8f, 5/2) when last seen in December. Since rejoined former yard and she has to be high on the shortlist with Colin Keane booked.

Form: 325222-

Non-Runners

(2)

Celebrating Ethel²⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: A Kinirons J: Luke McAteer

Forecasts

Lizzy's Filly (6/4), Banned (11/4), Expound (5/1), Granville Street (5/1), Celebrating Ethel (6/1), Chicago Storm (11/1), Game Nation (20/1), Black Soul (28/1), Plunkett Street (33/1), Rock Basher (80/1), So Easy Way (150/1), Angelus Griseo (150/1), Cornmarket (150/1)

This represents a good opportunity for both BANNED and Lizzy's Filly to get off the mark. The latter will not go down without a fight if fully tuned-up following six months off but preference is for Banned, who put in a good shift equipped with a first-time hood (retained) when runner-up back from a break at Roscommon. She is unlikely to be inconvenienced by this drop back in trip and similar conditions are forecast here. Granville Street is third choice.