16:46 Leopardstown

Saturday 21 October 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 16:47 | Winning time: 1m 54.93s

(3)

Bard Of Avon

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Mikey Sheehy| T: J P O'Brien

20/1

Foaled May 29. Galileo colt. Brother to 2-y-o 1m winner Albula. Dam, useful 1m-9f winner, closely related to smart winner up to 1m Osaila.

Form:

(1)

Blackpool

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: A P O'Brien

16/5

Foaled May 26. Galileo colt. Dam winner up to 1¼m (2-y-o 7f winner), including of 1000 Guineas and Nassau Stakes, stayed 1½m. Newcomer for powerful connections.

Form:

(9)

Double Agent

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

10/1

Foaled January 28. 600,000 gns yearling, Galileo colt. Brother to very smart 1¼m-14.5f winner Free Wind and 1¼m winner Martinstown. Plenty to like on paper.

Form:

(13)

Fine Point

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger

16/1

Foaled May 7. Awtaad gelding. Half-brother to 2-y-o 7f winner Penpal and useful 2-y-o 8.3f winner French Fusion. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 1½m winner My Renee.

Form:

(16)

Imarajan

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford & T Collins

20/1

Foaled February 10. Camelot colt. Half-brother to 2-y-o 7f winner Imadpour. Dam 11.3f winner out of 1¼m winner She Is Great.

Form:

(15)

Invention¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien| BF

3/1

Highly promising sort. 10/3, fourth of 16 in maiden at the Curragh (9f, soft) on debut 14 days ago. Open to significant progress so he's of major interest.

Form: 4

(17)

Lord Church⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: N G McCullagh| T: M Halford & T Collins

66/1

Twice-raced colt. Ninth of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, soft, 80/1) 9 days ago.

Form: 99

(14)

Maxwell Smart^v⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Leigh Roche| T: W McCreery

100/1

33/1 and visored, eleventh of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f) on debut 8 days ago.

Form: 0

(5)

Nakasero⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: M Halford & T Collins

150/1

40/1, tenth of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, soft) on debut 9 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 0

(11)

Ocean Of Dreams

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

9/2

Foaled February 15. Fastnet Rock colt. Brother to useful 9f winner Alluringly, and half-brother to useful 2-y-o 6f winner Toogoodtobetrue and 2-y-o 9f winner Ballet de La Reine. One of 3 Aidan O'Brien debutants.

Form:

(12)

Positive Energy¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery

14/1

Sixth of 13 in maiden (10/1) at Thurles (8f, soft) on debut 16 days ago, missing break. Should progress.

Form: 6

(10)

Raydamann

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

11/1

Foaled February 9. Sea The Stars colt. Brother to useful 2-y-o 7f winner Ridenza, and half-brother to 6f winner Radiyka and useful 2-y-o 7.5f/1m winner Rajapour.

Form:

(8)

Vestigia²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 79| BF

15/2

Lightly-raced colt. Good second of 8 in nursery at the Curragh (7f, heavy, 11/4) 27 days ago.

Form: 9042

(2)

Walter Hartright¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

22/1

Seventh of 16 in maiden at the Curragh (9f, soft, 33/1) on debut 14 days ago.

Form: 7

(7)

Warrior Lord⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy

50/1

66/1, eleventh of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, soft) on debut 9 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(6)

Jurality¹⁶

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary J: D N Curran

(4)

Kinesiology⁶⁵

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Nathan Crosse

Forecasts

Invention (3/1), Blackpool (16/5), Kinesiology (10/3), Ocean Of Dreams (9/2), Vestigia (15/2), Double Agent (10/1), Raydamann (11/1), Positive Energy (14/1), Fine Point (16/1), Bard Of Avon (20/1), Imarajan (20/1), Jurality (20/1), Walter Hartright (22/1), Warrior Lord (50/1), Lord Church (66/1), Maxwell Smart (100/1), Nakasero (150/1)

KINESIOLOGY was nicely clear of the rest when runner-up over C&D in August and given that race worked out, he's very much the one to beat. Invention will have derived plenty from his debut and could be open to a lot of improvement, with Blackpool one of a trio of likely-looking Aidan O'Brien newcomers.