17:51 Cork

Monday 1 April 2024

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Cork & Waterford Mares Point-To-Point Flat Race

Off time: 17:52 | Winning time: 4m 14.2s

Air Of Entitlement¹²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

1/1

€90,000 3-y-o, Westerner mare. Dam, little show in bumpers, half-sister to winning hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 4m) Rogue Angel. Successful on second of 2 starts in points (Dec 2023). Likely type.

Form: 31

Beacon Storm⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr A T Feeney⁽⁷⁾| T: D W O'Sullivan

100/1

€1,200 3-y-o, September Storm mare. Dam unraced half-sister to smart hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Jessies Dream and useful bumper winner Very Much So. Maiden pointer, pulled up last time (Jan 7).

Form: 47U-P3P

Born Bright⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J C Barry⁽³⁾| T: C O'Connell

66/1

Kalanisi mare. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Born Famous. Dam (h88), point winner, made frame once over hurdles. Placed on second of 2 starts in points (Feb 17).

Form: 53

Deravarra Rose^t1²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Ms C Skerry⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

25/1

Soldier of Fortune mare. Half-sister to fair 3m hurdle winner Kaletto. Wears tongue strap. Placed both completed starts in points, runner-up last time (Mar 10).

Form: 3F2

Grainne A Chroi^h1³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss M Harding

9/1

Mount Nelson mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including fairly useful 2½m hurdle winner Gaillimh A Stor, stays 3m, and fair hurdler Mag Dillane. Dam dual bumper winner. Successful on last of 3 starts in points (Feb 25). Wears hood.

Form: U51

Ma Bess^h1¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Brien

9/4

Thrice-raced maiden. 14/1, 11¼ lengths fourth of 9 to Aurora Vega in listed bumper at Gowran (16f, heavy) 6 months ago. Winning pointer since, third last time. Hooded.

Form: 1-2243

Ocean Brew³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J M Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

7/1

€46,000 3-y-o, Westerner mare. Half-sister to dual bumper winner/useful hurdler Eric Bloodaxe. Successful on second of 2 starts in points (Mar 2). Obvious player on Rules debut.

Form: U1

Red Night Sky⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr C J Shine⁽⁷⁾| T: L J Archdeacon

100/1

Zambezi Sun mare. Dam maiden pointer. Maiden pointer, last of 3 finishers last time (Feb 11). Others more persuasive.

Form: 9-77P43

Shantou Princess¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr B M Coonan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

10/1

€40,000 3-y-o, Shantou mare. Half-sister to 4 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chase winner. Successful on last of 3 starts in points (Mar 17), so worthy of plenty of respect on Rules bow.

Form: 421

Forecasts

Air Of Entitlement (1/1), Ma Bess (9/4), Ocean Brew (7/1), Grainne A Chroi (9/1), Shantou Princess (10/1), Deravarra Rose (25/1), Born Bright (66/1), Red Night Sky (100/1), Beacon Storm (100/1)

AIR OF ENTITLEMENT has already won a point and has since been picked up by top connections, so she's preferred to Ocean Brew, who arrives with a similar profile. Shantou Princess is also considered.