15:50 Down Royal

Saturday 2 November 2024

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Ladbrokes (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 13.1s

Classical Creek¹⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr H C Swan⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

2/9

€65,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Mill House Creek. Easy winner sole start in points (Apr 28) and makes obvious appeal.

Form: 1-

Dance Monkey¹⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

15/2

€12,000 3-y-o, Desinvolte gelding. Half-brother to fair 2m hurdle winner L Anamour, stays 2½m, and fair French 17f hurdle winner Marble Eyes. Third sole start in points (May 25).

Form: 3

Faithful Follower¹⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽³⁾| T: E Mullins

8/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 13 in bumper at Kilbeggan (19f, good, 50/1) 169 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Paul Hennessy.

Form: 0-7

Hunsaker

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Maguire| T: Peter Fahey

18/1

Palavicini gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including bumper winner/smart stayer on Flat Ever Present. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 1½m). Interesting newcomer on paper.

Form:

King Conor²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: P Flood

40/1

Twice-raced maiden. 66/1, last of 6 in bumper at Cork (19f, good) 20 days ago. Up against it.

Form: P6-86

Knockraha Eagle²⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: Ian Donoghue

33/1

€20,000 3-y-o, Free Eagle gelding. Failed to complete both starts in points, pulled up latest (Mar 2024). Hard to make much of a case for.

Form: FP-

Mileview⁵⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr N McParlan| T: C A McBratney

50/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Califet gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Eye Van. Runner-up completed start in points (Apr 2023).

Form: P2/

Non-Runners

Koktail Brut²⁰²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Mr J M Halford

Forecasts

Classical Creek (2/9), Koktail Brut (15/8), Dance Monkey (15/2), Faithful Follower (8/1), Hunsaker (18/1), Knockraha Eagle (33/1), King Conor (40/1), Mileview (50/1)

Gordon Elliott introduces two exciting recruits from points and it's likely to develop between the pair, with CLASSICAL CREEK fancied to edge out stablemate Koktail Brut in what should be a fascinating duel. Hunsaker also makes some appeal on paper.