Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 3m 0.28s

(1)

Birdman²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

9/4

Once-raced winner. 1 win from 1 run this year. Won 7-runner maiden (8/1) at Cork (12.1f, good to soft) on debut 22 days ago, readily. Open to progress.

Form: 1

(4)

Gasper De Lemos³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 96

8/11

Lightly-raced winner. Creditable 6½ lengths sixth of 10 to Jayarebe in listed race at Newmarket (9f, good to firm, 4/1) on reappearance 31 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Leading claims for top yard with an excellent record in this race.

Form: 412-6

(3)

Bellezza²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

9/2

Twice-raced winner. 4¼ lengths fifth of 7 to Ezeliya in Salsabil Stakes at this course (10f, good to soft, 15/2) on reappearance 21 days ago, not knocked about. Up in trip. Likely to improve.

Form: 1-5

(2)

Pearl Jewel^h1⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: C Timmons

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 8 in maiden at Cork (10.2f, good, 40/1) 8 days ago. Up in trip. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 0-45

Non-Runners

(5)

The Equator³⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Forecasts

Gasper De Lemos (8/11), Birdman (9/4), The Equator (5/2), Bellezza (9/2), Pearl Jewel (50/1)

GASPAR DE LEMOS is taken to build on his reappearance in similar company at Newmarket and provide his trainer with a fifth win in the last 6 runnings of this listed prize. Bellezza is another who could step up on her comeback run last month and can provide the chief threat ahead of the selections's stablemate The Equator.