20:00 Kilbeggan

Friday 23 August 2024

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John Thomas McNamara Series Flat Race

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 3m 53.60s

Bayrann

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Doyle| T: T Doyle

22/1

Valirann gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler No Fussing, stays 3m. Dam (h101), maiden hurdler (stayed 2½m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (winner around 2m) Beatabout The Bush.

Form:

El Toro Rocco^p⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F J Gillen⁽⁴⁾| T: E Mullins

22/1

Twice-raced maiden. 40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fourteenth of 15 in bumper at this C&D (good to soft) 67 days ago.

Form: P882-P0

Leave In Secret²²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F R Buckley⁽⁴⁾| T: T Gibney

11/4

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 13 in bumper (10/1) at Galway (18f, good to soft) on bumper debut 22 days ago. One to consider.

Form: FP-333

Navy Guitar³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S Cavanagh| T: A Murray

11/1

Twice-raced maiden. 22/1, fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good) 39 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: 05

Nohilltoosteep^t1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr L P Barnett⁽⁴⁾| T: Ms M Mullins

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, fourteenth of 15 in bumper at Cork (18.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 18 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 6P-0

On Cloud Wine

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr C Mullins| T: W P Mullins

11/8

€80,000 3-y-o, Sea The Stars gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners on Flat, including useful 7f/1m winner Dalkova. Bred to have the requisite spead for this sort of test and looks an obvious one for top connections.

Form:

People Pleaser

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B J Walsh| T: S Doyle

10/1

€17,000 3-y-o, Lauro gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to bumper winner/useful chaser (stayed 3m) War of The World and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 23f) Push The Tempo.

Form:

Sunrise Quest

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P J O'Neill| T: J Conheady

33/1

€5,000 3-y-o, Quest For Peace gelding. Dam fair maiden on Flat (stayed 1½m). Not an obvious sort on paper.

Form:

Wild River Fall³²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J Dunne| T: V Wilson

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.5f, soft, 150/1). Off 10 months. Makes bumpers debut. Down in trip.

Form: RP-

Cailin Deas^t1³⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽²⁾| T: J Fahey

25/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1, fifth of 8 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 11 months. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Hard to fancy.

Form: 5-

Clahada Rosie¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss Georgie Benson⁽²⁾| T: R Donohoe

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 13 in bumper (125/1) at Wexford (16.7f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 9-0

Miss Dishy²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽²⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

9/2

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving Mrs Lorna Fowler when seventh of 19 in bumper (40/1) at Galway (16f, soft) 20 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 837

Forecasts

On Cloud Wine (11/8), Leave In Secret (11/4), Miss Dishy (9/2), People Pleaser (10/1), Navy Guitar (11/1), Bayrann (22/1), El Toro Rocco (22/1), Cailin Deas (25/1), Sunrise Quest (33/1), Wild River Fall (66/1), Nohilltoosteep (125/1), Clahada Rosie (150/1)

ON CLOUD WINE has an appealing Flat pedigree and represents powerful connections, so he's an obvious choice to make a winning start in a race where the bar isn't set very high by those with experience. Leave In Secret is the likeliest to capitalise if the selection doesn't come up to expectations.