15:40 Naas

Sunday 5 January 2025

All12:2512:5513:2513:5514:3015:0515:40

Fifty Stars At Sunnyhill Stud (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 4m 21.80s

Chantilly Wings

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

4/1

First foal, dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/high-class chaser (stayed 3m) Benefficient and fairly useful hurdler/chase winner (stayed 2¾m) Leader In The Park.

Form:

Chez Fred

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: Liz Doyle

7/2

Saddex gelding. Dam, no promise in bumpers/over hurdles, closely related to smart hurdler/chase winner (stayed 21f) Le Vent d'Antan. Trainer’s newcomers command respect.

Form:

Ripsnorter^h1,t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

9/1

Australia gelding. Dam, 8.3f winner, closely related to fairly useful hurdler (winner around 2m) Adelar. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Test The Market

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr H C Swan| T: G Elliott

11/2

Cracksman gelding. Dam 7f winner in Spain who stayed 9f. Represents leading yard and won't lack for speed if his pedigree is any guide.

Form:

Through The Storm¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly

12/1

Bred for the Flat and didn't quite see it out when fourth of 12 in bumper at Hereford (16.2f, good to soft, 11/1) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 4

Good Eye

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr F Maguire| T: Connor King

18/1

Expert Eye filly. Half-sister to 7f/1m winner Styledome. Dam French 7.5f winner.

Form:

Isabella Johnson

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr T A Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: Aidan Melia

40/1

Rajj filly. Half-sister to 2 winners on Flat, including useful 5f/6f winner Strong Johnson. Dam unraced.

Form:

Light Up The Dark

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien

2/1

Camelot filly. Half-sister to 2 winners on Flat, including 1m winner Wilkins. Dam 2-y-o 7f winner who stayed 1½m. Noteworthy newcomer for in-form yard.

Form:

Scarriff Bridge

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr L P Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

28/1

Mukhadram filly. Half-sister to 1m winner Swan Band. Dam 2-y-o 1m winner who stayed 1½m.

Form:

Non-Runners

Portetta

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: Miss T L Cogan J: Paddy Hanlon

Forecasts

Light Up The Dark (2/1), Chez Fred (7/2), Chantilly Wings (4/1), Test The Market (11/2), Ripsnorter (9/1), Through The Storm (12/1), Good Eye (18/1), Portetta (20/1), Scarriff Bridge (28/1), Isabella Johnson (40/1)

The market will help shape this but as things stands, LIGHT UP THE DARK, Test The Market and Chez Fred look the interesting candidates on paper and are preferred in that order.