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Friday 11 April 2025

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John Madden & Sons Flat Race

Off time: 19:47 | Winning time: 4m 17.40s

Blazing Duke

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: G P Cromwell

6/1

Harzand gelding from the family of multiple bumper winner/useful 2m hurdle winner Lyrical Theatre and smart hurdler/chaser who became ungenuine (stayed 3m) Bright New Dawn. Got to be respected for Gavin Cromwell.

Form:

Danalii¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr O T Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

80/1

Order of St George gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2½m) Max Ward. 100/1, ninth of 15 in bumper at Clonmel (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 9

Facile Ocean⁶²

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

15/2

Affinisea gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/chase winner Fascile Mode. Third of 4 in bumper at Naas (15.7f, good to soft, 5/4) on NH debut 62 days ago for Thomas Mullins, needing stronger gallop. Could be seen in a better light in this.

Form: 3

Grey Gardens

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan

10/1

€40,000 3-y-o, Nirvana Du Berlais gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including fairly useful chaser Urumqi. Dam 9f winner on Flat in France.

Form:

Grey Jude

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

11/1

€10,000 3-y-o, Capri gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Kinder Kid. Dam, no form, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 4¼m) Final Nudge.

Form:

Jules Winfield^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: A J Martin

9/1

Siyouni gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including 1½m winner in France Amalfina. Dam 10.5f/11.5f winner on Flat in France. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Katchforce

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

66/1

Workforce gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

Le Diablo

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr F Maguire| T: P M J Doyle

10/3

Bathyrhon gelding. Dam, maiden over hurdles/fences in France, sister to French 17f hurdle winner Ariane Nopolis.

Form:

Leopard D'irlande

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

11/4

€20,000 Manatee gelding out of 11f-12.5f winner on Flat in France, half-sister to useful bumper winner/2m hurdle winner Urubu d'Irlande and fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3¼m) Saint John Henry. Yard has targeted this in recent years with a few that have gone well.

Form:

Shabra Diya²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Miss A B O'Connor| T: A McCann

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 11 in bumper at Thurles (15.6f, good, 25/1) 27 days ago. Vulnerable.

Form: 545

Test The Market⁹⁶

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

25/1

11/2, seventh of 9 in bumper at Naas (16f, heavy) on NH debut 96 days ago.

Form: 7

Isabella Johnson⁹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽³⁾| T: Aidan Melia

20/1

40/1, eighth of 9 in bumper at Naas (16f, heavy) on NH debut 96 days ago.

Form: 8

Middlethird Marvel

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee

80/1

Barraquero filly. Half-sister to 3 winners on Flat, including 9f-10.5f winner Scorpio. Dam unraced.

Form:

Miss Kingston

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr D M Russell⁽⁷⁾| T: P F McEnery

50/1

Kingston Hill filly. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 2½m) Gentleman Duke.

Form:

Sarah The Jewel

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Tobin

66/1

Fulbright filly. Half-sister to Polish 1¼m/11f winner Kwinto. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 8.5f).

Form:

Master Sydney

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Ms N Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn

18/1

Mastercraftsman filly. Dam lightly raced on Flat. RESERVE.

Form:

Non-Runners

Never Late

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: C Byrnes J: Mr R W Barron

Springhill Warrior⁴¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Springhill Warrior (2/1), Leopard D'irlande (11/4), Le Diablo (10/3), Blazing Duke (6/1), Facile Ocean (15/2), Never Late (8/1), Jules Winfield (9/1), Grey Gardens (10/1), Grey Jude (11/1), Shabra Diya (16/1), Master Sydney (18/1), Isabella Johnson (20/1), Test The Market (25/1), Miss Kingston (50/1), Sarah The Jewel (66/1), Katchforce (66/1), Middlethird Marvel (80/1), Danalii (80/1)

The betting will be revealing but Sam Curling usually targets this race and his LEOPARD D'IRLANDE looks interesting before any further clues. Blazing Duke has to be respected, while Facile Ocean, who was well backed when showing a bit in a messy race on debut for Thomas Mullins 2 months ago, could fare a lot better this time. Springhill Warrior would be an obvious player if getting a run.