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Saturday 26 April 2025

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 14.09s

(4)

Balance Of Trade

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mulvany

100/1

Foaled March 19. €1,000 yearling, Magna Grecia colt. Dam maiden (stayed 7f). Unlikely first-time-out winner on paper.

Form:

(2)

Canon Law

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: B W Duke

150/1

Foaled April 28. €10,500 yearling, Waldgeist colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including 7f winner Ship of Dreams and 6f winner Woodford General, both useful. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form:

(7)

Charles Darwin¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| BF

8/11

Promising sort. 4/6, fourth of 7 in minor event at the Curragh (5f, good) on debut 14 days ago. Open to improvement for his powerful connections.

Form: 4

(1)

Clarity of Thought

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien

7/1

Foaled February 24. 50,000 gns foal, 160,000 gns yearling, Mehmas colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including 1¼m-1½m winner Look Closely and 1m winner River Eden, both useful. One to monitor closely in the betting.

Form:

(8)

Cliadh Dubh¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Darragh O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: D W O'Sullivan

250/1

Once-raced colt. Last of 6 in maiden (80/1) at Dundalk (5f) on debut 15 days ago.

Form: 6

(3)

Echo Of Faith

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

14/1

Foaled January 27. €55,000 foal, Lucky Vega colt. Half-brother to useful 7f/1m winner Sakti. Dam 2-y-o 7f winner from family of Dewhurst Stakes/National Stakes winner Teofilo. Appealing on paper and he's one to note in the betting.

Form:

(5)

Estoublon

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

14/1

Foaled March 4. €160,000 yearling, Wootton Bassett colt. Dam, 1½m winner, sister to very smart 1¼m-1½m winner (stayed 1¾m) Leo de Fury and half-sister to high-class winner up to 1½m Luxembourg. Clarity of Thought is presumably the stable No 1.

Form:

(6)

Harmani

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons

9/2

Foaled February 3. €50,000 foal, Phoenix of Spain colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including 13f-2m winner Sign From Above and 5f/6f winner I Am Thunder. Yard can ready a newcomer and it'll be interesting to see what the market has to say.

Form:

(12)

Ipanema Beach

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

8/1

Foaled March 18. Siyouni colt. Half-brother to 1m winner Maximum Dividend. Dam winner up to 1¾m (2-y-o 7.4f winner). Likely type on paper and the market should be revealing.

Form:

(9)

Nakamura¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

125/1

Once-raced colt. 33/1, last of 10 in maiden at the Curragh (6f, good) on debut 14 days ago.

Form: 0

(11)

Swinging The World

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J Davison

18/1

Foaled March 8. Kool Kompany colt. Dam winning hurdler. Probably best watched on this occasion.

Form:

(10)

Smart Sioux¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Lee| T: C O'Connell

100/1

Once-raced filly. 40/1, sixth of 7 in minor event at the Curragh (5f, good) on debut 14 days ago.

Form: 6

Forecasts

Charles Darwin (8/11), Harmani (9/2), Clarity of Thought (7/1), Ipanema Beach (8/1), Estoublon (14/1), Echo Of Faith (14/1), Swinging The World (18/1), Balance Of Trade (100/1), Smart Sioux (100/1), Nakamura (125/1), Canon Law (150/1), Cliadh Dubh (250/1)

Though CHARLES DARWIN failed to live up to his market billing on debut at the Curragh a fortnight ago, he should be all the better for that run and could prove a tough nut to crack, unless one of the newcomers turns out to be well above-average. Echo of Faith could be the pick of the debutants, albeit Ipanema Beach, Harmani and the Joseph O'Brien-trained pair Clarity of Thought and Estoublon are likely-looking types, too.