17:30 Galway

Friday 4 August 2023

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James's Gate Irish EBF Median Auction Maiden

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 1m 30.32s

(2)

Megarry³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell

9/4

Progressed from debut when second of 11 in maiden (20/1) at Roscommon (7.3f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Player.

Form: 92

(7)

Sportingsilvermine

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan

50/1

Foaled April 2. €15,000 yearling, Holy Roman Emperor gelding. Half-brother to 1m winner Himalayan Beauty.

Form:

(4)

Aucusn

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery

18/1

Foaled April 28. €11,500 yearling, Galileo Gold colt. Brother to winner up to 1¾m Uncs and half-brother to several winners, including useful winner up to 1m Lexington Grace and 2-y-o 7f winner Scutum.

Form:

(12)

Mokotow Glory

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: K P Cotter

50/1

Foaled March 20. 11,000 gns foal, €16,000 yearling, Le Brivido gelding. Half-brother to several winners, including smart 6f/7f winner Firebeam and 1m winner Bombina. Dam 2-y-o 6f-7.5f winner.

Form:

(10)

Quickstepping¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: W J Lee| T: N Lupini

11/4

22/1, shaped with promise amidst greenness when fourth of 18 in maiden at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft) on debut 15 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 4

(5)

Cornahilt Soldier¹¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Robbie Colgan| T: K Smith

80/1

Twice-raced filly. Seventh of 8 in maiden at the Curragh (5f, heavy, 18/1). Off 110 days. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 67

(11)

Aafoor

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien

7/1

Foaled March 17. €70,000 2-y-o, Qurbaan colt. Dam, US 2-y-o 8.5f winner (third in 1m minor stakes there), half-sister to smart 1¼m-12.5f winner Raabihah. Newcomer from good stable.

Form:

(9)

Captain Maverick^p1²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

10/3

Ran to a fair level first time up when second of 11 in maiden at Bellewstown (7.8f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Stable having good spell. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Likely to improve.

Form: 2

(3)

Not Far To Fall⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Halpin| T: K Prendergast

10/1

Once-raced gelding. Seventh of 14 in maiden at Down Royal (7f, good, 28/1) on debut 42 days ago. May improve.

Form: 7

(6)

Katie Kabeir¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: J A Heffernan| T: D Hogan

125/1

Once-raced filly. 125/1, last of 13 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) on debut 18 days ago.

Form: 0

(8)

Tatum³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: J A Powell⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade

20/1

Twice-raced filly. 25/1, eighth of 11 in maiden at Roscommon (7.3f, good to soft) 31 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 08

(1)

Needle Night^t1

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger

18/1

Foaled May 18. Parish Hall filly. Dam unraced out of half-sister to very smart miler Docksider. Wears tongue strap.

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Forecasts

Megarry (9/4), Quickstepping (11/4), Captain Maverick (10/3), Aafoor (7/1), Not Far To Fall (10/1), Needle Night (18/1), Aucusn (18/1), Tatum (20/1), Mokotow Glory (50/1), Sportingsilvermine (50/1), Cornahilt Soldier (80/1), Katie Kabeir (125/1)

CAPTAIN MAVERICK made an encouraging start to his career when runner-up at Bellewstown 4 weeks ago and is the percentage call to go one better with improvement on the cards. Megarry stepped up quite markedly on his debut when finding only one too good at Roscommon last month and is an obvious threat, while Aafoor is an interesting newcomer to keep a close eye on in the betting.