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Saturday 5 October 2024

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Darley Irish European Breeders Fund Brigid's Pastures Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Listed)

Off time: 14:17 | Winning time: 1m 13.74s

(6)

Shandy^h²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: J A Stack| OR: 100| D

25/1

Useful filly. Latest win at Naas in August. Twenty fourth of 25 in handicap at this C&D (good, 40/1) 20 days ago. Sort to bounce back.

Form: 607610

(3)

Ano Syra⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Nathan Crosse| T: J Feane| OR: 99| C| D

13/2

Useful mare. Course winner. 2¾ lengths seventh of 11 to My Mate Alfie in Renaissance Stakes at this C&D (good to soft, 22/1) 6 days ago. Nineteen runs since last win in 2022.

Form: 257307

(1)

Dance Night Andday²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 98| CD

9/2

Useful filly. C&D winner. 3 wins from 7 runs this year. 12/1, career best when winning 17-runner handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good) 21 days ago. Big shout.

Form: 154281

(5)

Little Queenie³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Robert Whearty| T: P W Flynn| OR: 99| C| D

20/1

Useful mare. Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. 5/1, below form 4½ lengths fourth of 10 to She's Quality in listed race at Tipperary (5f, good) 34 days ago. Still enters calculations.

Form: 201314

(9)

Ostraka^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: Daniel Murphy| OR: 89| CD

20/1

Fairly useful filly. C&D winner. Latest win at Navan in September. Respectable sixth of 15 in handicap (11/1) at this course (5f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 560116

(7)

Oujda⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: S Foley| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 97

10/1

Useful filly. Latest win at La Teste in June. 66/1, 2½ lengths sixth of 11 to My Mate Alfie in Renaissance Stakes at this C&D (good to soft) 6 days ago. Stable in good form. Should go well again.

Form: 0-34196

(8)

Elinor Dashwood^h⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 83| D

80/1

Fairly useful filly. 12/1, good second of 6 in minor event at this course (7f, good to soft) 6 days ago, no match for winner. Very hard to make a case for though.

Form: 837542

(2)

Firebird⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: W J Lee| T: P Twomey| OR: 100| BF| D

8/11

Lightly-raced winner. Excellent head second of 11 to Shandy in Ballyogan Stakes at Naas (5.9f, good to soft, 15/8) 41 days ago. Stable in good form. Another bold show likely.

Form: 2-112

(4)

Navassa Island^b⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 95| CD

16/1

Fairly useful filly. C&D winner. Creditable 2¾ lengths fourth of 11 to Shandy in Ballyogan Stakes at Naas (5.9f, good to soft, 10/1) 41 days ago. More needed here however.

Form: 3-53554

Forecasts

Firebird (8/11), Dance Night Andday (9/2), Ano Syra (13/2), Oujda (10/1), Navassa Island (16/1), Ostraka (20/1), Little Queenie (20/1), Shandy (25/1), Elinor Dashwood (80/1)

FIREBIRD arrives on the up and looks the way to go on the back of her excellent Naas second last time out. Recent Leopardstown scorer Dance Night Andday rates a big threat though, with Oujda and Little Queenie also in the picture.