16:35 Gowran Park

Wednesday 16 August 2023

All16:3517:1017:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:10

Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 1m 24.94s

(5)

Cuban Confusion¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: D Marnane

66/1

Fourth of 7 in maiden (16/1) at Galway (7f, soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 04

(10)

Alto Sax

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons

28/1

Foaled April 12. Saxon Warrior gelding. Half-brother to 1m/9f winner Aristovic.

Form:

(9)

State's Evidence^t⁴⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

4/1

Promising sort. 7/4, fourth of 11 in maiden at Bellewstown (7.8f, good to soft) 40 days ago. Open to progress given his pedigree.

Form: 34

(14)

Nitti

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: N Meade

66/1

Foaled May 11. €15,000 yearling, Make Believe colt. Dam, German 1¼m-1½m winner, sister to German Group 3 1m winner Butzje out of German 2-y-o 6f winner Beltana.

Form:

(13)

School Of Law³⁰

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

5/2

Back on track when fourth of 13 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft, 13/2) 30 days ago. Sets a good standard.

Form: 264

(11)

Dramatic Entrance²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Nathan Crosse| T: Mrs J Harrington

25/1

Twice-raced filly. Third of 5 in minor event at Killarney (8.2f, good, 16/1) 28 days ago.

Form: 53

(6)

Mo Ghille Mar²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

7/2

Third of 18 in maiden at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft, 9/1) on debut 27 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 3

(1)

Straya

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J Davison

22/1

Foaled March 2. €11,000 foal, €10,000 yearling, €70,000 2-y-o, Australia filly. Dam, 11f winner (would probably have stayed 1¾m), half-sister to useful sprinter Open Wide.

Form:

(4)

Magic Defense

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: K Purcell

150/1

Foaled March 13. National Defense gelding. Half-brother to smart 2-y-o 5f-6f winner Aspen Darlin and 6f-1m winner Konstantin. Dam unraced from family of Grand Lodge.

Form:

(8)

Small Fry

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: K Purcell

200/1

Foaled April 11. €1,000 yearling, Harzand gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

(7)

Tachos⁶⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

33/1

14/1, last of 6 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.1f, good) on debut 69 days ago, slowly away. In good hands and sure to know more this time.

Form: 6

(3)

Sun Never Sets⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| BF

7/1

Twice-raced filly. 10/11, fifth of 11 in maiden at Bellewstown (7.9f, good to soft) 41 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 75

(2)

Asian Daze²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: J P Murtagh

10/3

Promising type. Fourth of 13 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.2f, good to soft, 20/1) 20 days ago, running on. Should progress, particularly as stamina is drawn out.

Form: 544

Non-Runners

(12)

Enchanted Garden²⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 2

T: A Mullins J: Seamie Heffernan

Forecasts

School Of Law (5/2), Asian Daze (10/3), Mo Ghille Mar (7/2), State's Evidence (4/1), Sun Never Sets (7/1), Enchanted Garden (20/1), Straya (22/1), Dramatic Entrance (25/1), Alto Sax (28/1), Tachos (33/1), Nitti (66/1), Cuban Confusion (66/1), Magic Defense (150/1), Small Fry (200/1)

STATE'S EVIDENCE still looked green when fourth at Bellewstown last month but that race has worked out well and this well-bred colt is fancied to take a step forward here. School of Law sets the clear standard so has to be feared, along with Asian Daze.