14:00 Curragh

Saturday 20 July 2024

All13:3014:0014:3515:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Barberstown Castle Sprint Nursery Handicap

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 13.10s

(1)

Rudi's Apple¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 90| BF

5/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 6/4, second of 13 in maiden at Fairyhouse (6f, good) 10 days ago, beaten only by another useful prospect. Still holds a Group entry and he's well worth considering on nursery debut.

Form: 362

(8)

Snapdragon^v¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 83

3/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Visored for 1st time, fourth of 13 in maiden at Fairyhouse (6f, good, 13/2) 10 days ago, racing freely and no extra when headed over 1f out. Makes nursery debut.

Form: 464

(5)

Shimmy Jimmy^p⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 82| D

11/8

Thrice-raced winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, won 19-runner maiden at Navan (5.8f, good to firm, 9/4) 7 days ago, finding extra when tackled. Makes handicap debut. Has good chance on form.

Form: 721

(7)

Withoutfurtherado²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: James Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 74

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 13 in maiden at Down Royal (7f, good, 40/1) 29 days ago, keeping on. Drops back in trip for nursery debut.

Form: 693

(3)

Hugo's Girl⁴⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: Thomas Dowling| OR: 73

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 12/1, sixth of 11 in maiden at Listowel (6.3f, good) 48 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 436

Non-Runners

(2)

Powerful Lady²⁹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 2

T: N Lupini J: Wayne Lordan

(4)

Bamako²⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 2

T: A Oliver J: Andrew Slattery

(6)

In The Minus¹⁰

Weight: 8-7| Age: 2

T: Sean Davis J: Sean Davis

Forecasts

Shimmy Jimmy (11/8), Rudi's Apple (5/2), Snapdragon (3/1), Bamako (8/1), Powerful Lady (8/1), Withoutfurtherado (11/1), Hugo's Girl (18/1), In The Minus (33/1)

SHIMMY JIMMY continued his theme of race-by-race progress and displayed a good attitude in the process when opening his account in a big-field Navan maiden 7 days ago. His rider takes off a handy 5 lb on nursery debut and all looks set fair for another big run. Top-weight Rudi's Apple rates the chief threat, whilst Powerful Lady likely has a bigger performance in her also.