15:05 Naas

Thursday 14 September 2023

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Goffs Sportsman's Challenge

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 1m 11.92s

(3)

Apollo Prince¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 40/1, last of 13 in maiden at Tipperary (7.5f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 20

(1)

Beechwood Star^v1¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gavin Ryan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 77| BF

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 8 in nursery at Newcastle (7.1f, 12/1) 14 days ago. Trainer going well. Visored for 1st time.

Form: 3238

(5)

Bid For Chester¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 79| D

12/1

Lightly-raced winner. Career best when winning 8-runner nursery at Navan (5.8f, good to soft, 7/2) 14 days ago, driven clear.

Form: 47651

(14)

Duplantis²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Leigh Roche| T: G M Lyons| OR: 76| D

25/1

Lightly-raced winner. 14/1, career best when winning 11-runner nursery at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 25 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race.

Form: 5801

(2)

Excel In Space^p1,t1¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Wesley Joyce| T: M Mulvany| OR: 67

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tailed-off last of 8 to Bid For Chester in nursery at Navan (5.8f, good to soft, 33/1) 14 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time, cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 33008

(12)

Jakajaro²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Luke McAteer| T: D Marnane| OR: 93| D

4/1

Fairly useful colt. Winner at the Curragh in July. Good 1¼ lengths fourth of 11 to Duplantis in nursery at the Curragh (6f, good to soft, 10/3) 25 days ago.

Form: 603124

(15)

James's Delight¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: C G Cox| OR: 84| BF| D

4/1

Promising sort. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Fourth of 13 in minor event at Windsor (6f, good to firm, 10/11) 19 days ago. Should have more to offer. Respected British runner.

Form: 14

(6)

King Cuan⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: P Twomey| BF| D

4/7

Promising individual. Won 7-runner auction event (1/2) at Cork (6f, good to firm) 8 days ago, impressively. Should progress. Lading claims.

Form: 41

(4)

Martinelli⁷⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: K P Cotter

80/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 18 in maiden (33/1) at the Curragh (6f, good) on debut 76 days ago, slowly away. Open to improvement.

Form: 0

(7)

Ocean Baroque⁵⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 82

22/1

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Navan in July. 9/4, 8 lengths sixth of 9 to Jakajaro in nursery at the Curragh (6f, soft) 54 days ago, finding little.

Form: 25416

(11)

Truly Kodi⁷⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, good, 66/1) on debut 75 days ago.

Form: 9

(10)

Velvet Skies⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen| T: M Mulvany| OR: 70

80/1

Fair gelding. Career best when winning 9-runner nursery (5/1) at Down Royal (7f, good to firm) 6 days ago, pushed out.

Form: 400551

(9)

Copie Conforme

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

100/1

Foaled April 29. €18,000 yearling, Make Believe filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including 1m winner Akwaan and 11.5f/12.5f winner Pidoyne.

Form:

(13)

La Juliana¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Emma Anne Murphy| T: Kevin Coleman

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in maiden at Tipperary (7.5f, good to soft, 25/1) 11 days ago, slowly away. Down in trip.

Form: 89

Non-Runners

(8)

Nemonte⁵

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

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

Forecasts

King Cuan (4/7), Jakajaro (4/1), James's Delight (4/1), Nemonte (4/1), Bid For Chester (12/1), Ocean Baroque (22/1), Duplantis (25/1), Beechwood Star (28/1), Truly Kodi (66/1), Velvet Skies (80/1), Martinelli (80/1), Copie Conforme (100/1), Apollo Prince (125/1), La Juliana (125/1), Excel In Space (150/1)

A valuable contest. KING CUAN looked highly promising when effortlessly drawing clear of his rivals in a Cork auction event last week and could take a bit of stopping assuming he can cope with 2 outings in fairly quick succession. The Clive Cox-trained British raider James's Delight is another who is likely capable of better after only 2 starts and is second choice ahead of Jakajaro and Nemonte.