16:25 Down Royal

Friday 8 September 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms Irish EBF Maiden

Off time: 16:27 | Winning time: 1m 0.81s

(5)

Ballysax Lil' Mick⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: D M Simmonson⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 61

10/1

Modest gelding. Remains a maiden after 8 Flat runs. 33/1, first run since leaving Thomas Dowling when sixth of 7 in minor event at Catterick (7f, good) 9 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 8-86006

(8)

My Joker⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 40

66/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. First run since leaving Adrian McGuinness when seventeenth of 21 in handicap at Navan (5f, good to soft, 150/1) 6 days ago.

Form: 09090-0

(7)

Cross Border²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen| T: E Lynam

5/2

Promising type. Fourth of 15 in maiden (14/1) at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 20 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 84

(1)

Keke^t1⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: W J Lee| T: E Lynam

9/1

Twice-raced colt. Fifth of 8 in maiden at Navan (5.8f, good to soft, 16/1) 8 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time with more needed.

Form: 85

(11)

Roman Harry²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: J M Sheridan| T: J McAuley

14/1

Twice-raced gelding. First run since leaving G. M. Lyons when fourth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f, 8/1) 24 days ago. Down in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 34

(2)

Static Charge^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: M W Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 44

80/1

Modest gelding. Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Twenty first of 24 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good, 100/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 008-000

(9)

Carna Blue²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 40

28/1

Lightly-raced filly. 50/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Lots more required.

Form: 007/0-9

(3)

Daughteroffortune^b1⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J A Powell⁽⁵⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 52

20/1

Modest filly. Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft, 25/1) 4 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 9-54050

(6)

Loma Larnee⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: A Oliver

20/1

Once-raced filly. 50/1, eleventh of 13 in maiden at Navan (8f, good to soft) on debut 6 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 0

(4)

Maggie McGrath²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Declan McDonogh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 72

7/2

Fair filly. Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. 16/1, last of 13 in handicap at Cork (5f, heavy) 21 days ago. Looks competitive on form if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 72-4890

(10)

Smullen's Pride⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J Feane| OR: 69

5/2

Lightly-raced filly. Good third of 10 in maiden (4/1) at Cork (5f, good to soft) 84 days ago. Has good claims.

Form: 3026-3

Forecasts

Smullen's Pride (5/2), Cross Border (5/2), Maggie McGrath (7/2), Keke (9/1), Ballysax Lil' Mick (10/1), Roman Harry (14/1), Loma Larnee (20/1), Daughteroffortune (20/1), Carna Blue (28/1), My Joker (66/1), Static Charge (80/1)

A few of these arrive with question marks against them so this looks a good opportunity for form-pick SMULLEN'S PRIDE to get off the mark on the back of her good Cork third. Roman Harry and Cross Border both have better days ahead of them and can chase home the selection in that order.