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Thursday 5 October 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 51.34s

(9)

Abel Mabel¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: Arthur Goulding

150/1

150/1, went backwards from debut when eleventh of 19 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, heavy) 11 days ago.

Form: 70

(4)

Alpheratz

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy

11/1

Foaled April 9. 15,000 gns yearling, Phoenix of Spain filly. Half-sister to winner up to 8.3f Immutable. Dam unraced half-sister to winner up to 13.3f Arrest and winning sprinter Spring Loaded, both smart.

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(3)

Gleaning^b1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁵⁾| T: A P O'Brien

17/2

Foaled January 30. 250,000 gns foal, 500,000 gns yearling, Wootton Bassett filly. Dam, French 1½m winner, half-sister to very smart winner up to 10.5f Ocovango, won Prix Greffulhe/third in Grand Prix de Paris. Noteworthy newcomer, 1 of 2 for Aidan O'Brien. Wears blinkers.

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(2)

Gushing

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

6/1

Foaled May 5. $435,000 yearling, American Pharoah filly. Half-sister to 3 minor US winners. Dam, US 1m/9f winner, third in US Grade 3 9f event, closely related to high-class 1m-easy 1½m winner Gio Ponti, won Arlington Million. Interesting newcomer, 1 of 2 for yard.

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(5)

Harbour Gem

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Luke McAteer| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

13/2

Foaled April 12. Zoffany filly. Half-sister to useful 1m-1¾m winner Harbour Wind. Dam, 1½m winner, half-sister to very smart 1¾m-2m winner Forgotten Rules.

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(7)

Je Zous³⁹

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

13/8

Promising sort. 10/1, showed a bit when seventh of 16 in maiden at Naas (7f, good to soft) on debut 39 days ago. Entitled to do better.

Form: 7

(1)

Kilworth Kate¹⁴

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

28/1

Thrice-raced filly. Third of 10 in maiden (17/2) at Listowel (8f, soft) 2 weeks ago. Looks one for low-grade handicaps.

Form: 843

(6)

Magical Circle⁹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: Mrs J Harrington

5/2

In need of experience when fifth of 7 in minor event (17/2) at Haydock (7f, firm) on debut 3 months ago, the penny starting to drop late on. First run for yard after leaving Richard Fahey (60,000 gns). Should have more to offer.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

(8)

Balanda²²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: D K Weld J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Je Zous (13/8), Magical Circle (5/2), Gushing (6/1), Harbour Gem (13/2), Balanda (8/1), Gleaning (17/2), Alpheratz (11/1), Kilworth Kate (28/1), Abel Mabel (150/1)

Aidan O'Brien saddles a couple of newcomers in this back-end maiden and it's $435,000 yearling GUSHING who gets the nod ahead of stablemate Gleaning before market clues. Je Zous and Magical Circle are both once-raced fillies that could also feature with improvement anticipated.