Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Race

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 1m 11.95s

(4)

Snapdragon^v⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 90

1/1

Fairly useful colt. Creditable second of 9 in maiden at this course (5f, good to firm, 11/4) 9 days ago. Ought to make a bold bid to go one better this time.

Form: 464222

(2)

Grande Marques¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J A Heffernan| T: J A Stack| OR: 85

5/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Bit below form fourth of 12 in maiden at Naas (5.9f, good to soft, 7/2) 13 days ago. Merits respect.

Form: 3574

(3)

Rhodreego^b1⁶³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: D Dias| OR: 74

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in minor event at Naas (5.9f, good, 10/1) 63 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and sizeable step forward required.

Form: 567

(1)

Shimmy Jimmy^p²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: G M Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 80| CD

3/1

Lightly-raced winner. C&D winner. Winner here in July. Bit below form sixth of 12 in nursery (5/1) at the Curragh (6f, good to firm) 21 days ago.

Form: 72146

Forecasts

Snapdragon (1/1), Grande Marques (5/2), Shimmy Jimmy (3/1), Rhodreego (16/1)

A deserved first taste of success beckons for SNAPDRAGON, who found just one too good for the third time in a row in a maiden here recently. The Ballydoyle colt may have most to fear from Shimmy Jimmy, who finished around 5½ lengths adrift of the selection in a nursery at the Curragh last month but now renews rivalry on 9 lb better terms. The filly Grande Marques shouldn't be too far away but Rhodreego seemingly has a fair bit to find.