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Friday 27 October 2023

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Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden (Div 2)

Off time: 20:02 | Winning time: 1m 40.14s

(3)

Cuban Confusion²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: O J Orr| T: D Marnane| OR: 70

14/1

Lightly-raced colt. Very good third of 14 in nursery at this course (7f, 11/2) 21 days ago. Booking of Orr a plus. Needs to improve further if he's to seriously feature.

Form: 0403

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(15)

Puente Romano^t1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien

20/1

Foaled March 29. 55,000 gns yearling, Sea The Moon colt. Half-brother to several winners, including useful 8.6f winner Mukaddamah and 7f-1m winner Kylla Instinct. Dam maiden (would have been suited by 1½m+). One to consider.

Form:

(16)

Benvoy²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Lee| T: H De Bromhead

11/2

Promising type. Fourth of 12 in maiden at Navan (8f, soft, 8/1) on debut 23 days ago. Open to improvement and should get involved.

Form: 4

(1)

Casapulla

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty

150/1

Foaled February 19. €40,000 foal, €40,000 yearling, Magna Grecia gelding. Dam, German 11f/1½m winner, half-sister to useful winner up to 1m Angel Palm.

Form:

(14)

Keeper's Heart⁴³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

4/7

Promising individual. 11/4, second of 9 in maiden at Naas (7f, good to soft) on debut 43 days ago, no match for winner.

Form: 2

(7)

Nine Lives²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

7/1

Once-raced gelding. Fourth of 9 in maiden (5/2) at Tipperary (9f, heavy) on debut 26 days ago. Stable having good spell. Likely to improve.

Form: 4

(12)

Seas And Oceans²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Leigh Roche| T: Eoghan O'Neill

250/1

Twice-raced colt. 200/1, twelfth of 13 in maiden at Thurles (8f, soft) 22 days ago, folding.

Form: 00

(5)

Auguste Lumiere⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 77

14/1

Lightly-raced colt. 40/1, eighth of 10 in maiden at Leopardstown (7.1f, heavy) 6 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Others make more appeal.

Form: 8948

(6)

Solomon Coop⁴³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: N Lupini

18/1

Once-raced colt. Tenth of 14 in maiden (16/1) at Naas (7f, good to soft) on debut 43 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0

(8)

Cherry Wild

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Killian Leonard| T: Donnacha O'Brien

20/1

Foaled May 17. Australia filly. Sister to 7f-9.4f winner Altair and useful winner up to 1¼m Alder, and closely related to 1½m winner Hyperbola. Dam ran twice. Worthy of interest on debut.

Form:

(10)

Presence

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

33/1

Foaled June 4. New Bay filly. Half-sister to winner up to 10.5f Life's A Breeze and useful 1¼m winner Westerton. Dam lightly raced. Notable newcomer.

Form:

(4)

Old Mexican

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Nathan Crosse| T: L Comer

125/1

Foaled January 22. Second Thought colt. Dam maiden half-sister to useful 1m/1¼m winner Viva Vettori out of winning half-sister to high-class winner up to 1½m Ouija Board.

Form:

(2)

Wonderwalk⁶⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Gary Halpin| T: A McNamara

66/1

Once-raced filly. Fourth of 7 in minor event at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft, 40/1) on debut 66 days ago.

Form: 4

(9)

Miami Sunshine¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Jamie Powell⁽³⁾| T: A Murray

100/1

Twice-raced filly. 200/1, fifth of 12 in maiden at this course (7f) 14 days ago. Needs to improve.

Form: 95

Non-Runners

(13)

Jurality²²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 2

T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary J: Reserve 1

(11)

Ateenosix¹⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: M Halford & T Collins J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Keeper's Heart (4/7), Benvoy (11/2), Nine Lives (7/1), Ateenosix (12/1), Cuban Confusion (14/1), Auguste Lumiere (14/1), Solomon Coop (18/1), Cherry Wild (20/1), Puente Romano (20/1), Jurality (25/1), Presence (33/1), Wonderwalk (66/1), Miami Sunshine (100/1), Old Mexican (125/1), Casapulla (150/1), Seas And Oceans (250/1)

KEEPER'S HEART and Benvoy both arrive on the back of encouraging debut and may well dominate this, with the former (who achieved a bit more) taking marginal preference. Presence looks the pick of the newcomers.