17:45 Roscommon

Tuesday 22 August 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 1m 38.48s

(9)

Alto Sax⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons

28/1

Once-raced gelding. 28/1, tenth of 13 in maiden at Gowran (7f, good) on debut 6 days ago.

Form: 0

(10)

Aucusn⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

125/1

Twice-raced colt. 125/1, fourteenth of 16 in maiden at the Curragh (6f, good) 9 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 90

(7)

Beauty Thunder²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

11/4

Twice-raced colt. Fourth of 7 in maiden at Galway (7f, heavy, 15/2) 22 days ago, not knocked about. Should have more to offer.

Form: 64

(1)

Cambridge

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

4/1

Foaled April 13. Dubawi colt. Brother to 9f winner Black Sand and half-brother to useful 1m-1¼m winner Maqsad. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

(6)

Gibbs Island⁷⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: A Oliver

18/1

Once-raced colt. Sixth of 9 in maiden at Fairyhouse (6f, good to firm, 22/1) on debut 74 days ago. Up in trip with more needed.

Form: 6

(2)

Interestnpenalties²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Halpin| T: Sean Davis

33/1

Once-raced colt. Fourth of 7 in maiden (80/1) at Down Royal (7f, good to soft) on debut 25 days ago, not knocked about. Should progress. Considered.

Form: 4

(4)

Star Hunter⁹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

15/8

Once-raced colt. 12/1, third of 14 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.3f, good) on debut. Off 95 days. Likely to improve. In the picture.

Form: 3

(3)

Thor's Hammer³⁶

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

10/3

Twice-raced colt. Second of 13 in maiden (8/1) at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Holds good form claims.

Form: 02

Non-Runners

(8)

Bad Desire¹⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: J P O'Brien J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(5)

T Or Coffey⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: Paul Mulligan J: Rory Cleary

Forecasts

Star Hunter (15/8), Beauty Thunder (11/4), Bad Desire (3/1), Thor's Hammer (10/3), Cambridge (4/1), Gibbs Island (18/1), Alto Sax (28/1), Interestnpenalties (33/1), T Or Coffey (100/1), Aucusn (125/1)

BAD DESIRE shaped well when a debut runner-up at Galway and is fancied to build on it and go one better now at the chief expense of form-pick Thor's Hammer. Aidan O'Brien's Dubawi newcomer Cambridge is much respected too, especially if the market speaks in her favour.