15:40 Naas

Sunday 7 January 2024

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Fifty Stars 'What About Those First Foals' (Pro/Am) Flat Race

4YO only | 2m | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 10 Runners | Turf

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: E J O'Grady

Zambezi Sun gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Commandant and fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser Harvey's Quay. Wears hood. One to note.

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Call Back Tuesday

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: A McCann

Fast Company gelding. Half-brother to useful 5f-6f winner Aleef. Dam ran once on Flat. Stamina could be an issue.

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Frogman

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: R O'Brien

€17,000 3-y-o, Ol' Man River gelding. Dam maiden on Flat. Worth a market check.

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Kaikoura

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: J P Dempsey

€80,000 3-y-o, Beaumec De Houelle gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful 17f hurdle winner Invictus Machin. Not dismissed.

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Shuttle Diplomacy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: T Cooper

Dschingis Secret gelding. Dam, lightly raced on Flat in France, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 25f) De Boitron. Jockey booking catches the eye.

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Squire Darlin

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany

Workforce gelding. Dam (h93) ran twice over hurdles. Doesn't make much appeal on paper.

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Zazir

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan

€2,500 3-y-o, Kingman gelding. Half-brother to 1½m/13f winner in France Zaniyka. Dam 1¼m-1½m winner. Worth monitoring in the betting.

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I'm Flattered

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche

Churchill filly. Dam fairly useful 1¼m winner on Flat. Likely to be suited by this sort of test.

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Kelley Kapowski

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott

Elusive Pimpernel filly. Closely related to 2 winners on Flat, including useful 6f-1m winner Elusive Time and half-sister to a winner. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 6f). Worth a chance to make a winning start.

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Paudie's Wings

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: D H Kelly

Wings of Eagles filly. Dam (c117), 2½m/21f hurdle/chase winner (stayed 25f), half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stays 23f) Ajp Kingdom.

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Forecasts

Kelley Kapowski (9/4), Shuttle Diplomacy (4/1), I'm Flattered (5/1), Kaikoura (8/1), Frogman (10/1), Balovale (10/1), Zazir (12/1), Call Back Tuesday (12/1), Paudie's Wings (14/1), Squire Darlin (16/1)

KELLEY KAPOWSKI is related to a few Flat winners and represents a top stable, so she's the one to side with without the benefit of market clues. Shuttle Diplomacy is one to note with Patrick Mullins on board and Balovale is of interest on pedigree.