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Friday 13 October 2023

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Irish EBF Median Sires Series (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 17:16 | Winning time: 1m 27.64s

(3)

Dandy Sands^b1,t1¹⁰¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien

100/1

Twice-raced gelding. 40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 11 in maiden at Roscommon (7.3f, good to soft). Off 101 days. Wears first-time blinkers and tongue strap combination.

Form: 00

(12)

Liamo^p1²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: Donnacha O'Brien

12/1

Sixth of 8 in claimer at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft, 9/2) on debut 25 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 6

(6)

Admiral Mae^b⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 68

15/2

Thrice-raced gelding. Eleventh of 13 in maiden at Thurles (8f, soft, 5/1) 8 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 530

(5)

Ford Island

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Coen| T: Daniel Murphy

7/1

Foaled February 21. €24,000 foal, €9,000 2-y-o, U S Navy Flag gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful winner up to 1¼m Stephensons Rocket.

Form:

(10)

Suilleabhain²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: J A Powell⁽⁵⁾| T: K P Cotter

12/1

Twice-raced colt. 80/1, showed a bit more than first time up when sixth of 14 in maiden at Naas (7f, good to soft) 29 days ago.

Form: 06

(11)

Wackerjack

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: J A Heffernan| T: H De Bromhead

12/1

Foaled April 16. 15,000 gns yearling, resold €11,000 yearling, Tamayuz gelding. Half-brother to useful 5f-7f winner Tawaazon. Dam 7f winner (including at 2 yrs).

Form:

(2)

Mokotow Glory⁴⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: Daniel Murphy

125/1

Down the field in 2 maidens. First run for yard after leaving Kieran Patrick Cotter.

Form: 00

(4)

Barnso³⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: W J Lee| T: N Lupini

6/4

Twice-raced colt. 11/1, second of 6 in minor event at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft) 39 days ago, running on. May do better still and has leading claims.

Form: 82

(9)

Harry The Rogue²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 74

10/3

Fair maiden who ran below form when fifth in 10-runner event (3/1) at Listowel (8f, soft) 22 days ago. Makes polytrack debut and bounce back required.

Form: 5235

(1)

I've Been Dreaming²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: L F Roche| T: M Fahey

125/1

Well held in a trio of maidens.

Form: 898

(7)

Maxwell Smart^v1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Nathan Crosse| T: W McCreery

33/1

Foaled March 25. €22,000 yearling, Belardo gelding. Half-brother to several winners, including smart winner up to 1¼m Ajman Bridge and useful winner up to 6f Royal Mezyan. Wears visor.

Form:

(14)

Small Fry³⁹

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

16/1

125/1, showed more than first time up when third of 6 in minor event at Roscommon (7.2f, good to soft) 39 days ago.

Form: 93

(16)

Ateenosix

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford & T Collins

16/1

Foaled February 16. €5,500 yearling, The Irish Rover colt. Dam unraced due to injury.

Form:

(13)

Darazeni²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: N G McCullagh| T: M Halford & T Collins

50/1

Ninth of 14 in maiden at this course (6f, 16/1) on debut 21 days ago. Should do better somewhere down the line. RESERVE.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

(8)

Sobriety Blue³⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 2

T: A Slattery J: A J Slattery

(15)

State's Evidence⁴⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 2

T: G M Lyons J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Barnso (6/4), Harry The Rogue (10/3), Sobriety Blue (6/1), Ford Island (7/1), Admiral Mae (15/2), Liamo (12/1), Suilleabhain (12/1), Wackerjack (12/1), Ateenosix (16/1), Small Fry (16/1), Maxwell Smart (33/1), Darazeni (50/1), Dandy Sands (100/1), I've Been Dreaming (125/1), Mokotow Glory (125/1)

BARNSO was no match for a useful sort at Roscommon last month, but it was still a step forward in form terms and, with today's contest looking a far more suitable assignment, he's put forward as the answer. Harry The Rogue is sure to pose a big threat if bouncing back from a lesser effort at Listowel, while Small Fry also enters calculations having not finished all that far behind the selection last time.