15:42 Naas

Saturday 5 July 2025

All13:5714:3215:0715:4216:1716:5017:20

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 1m 11.31s

(8)

Oxford Rock^t1²⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Julian Pietropaolo⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 82

14/1

40/1, below form 5 lengths eighth of 13 to Lady With The Lamp in listed race at Dundalk (5f). Off 9 months. Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 773218-

(6)

Where's Clare^p1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Wayne Lordan| T: P F McEnery| OR: 79| D

50/1

First run since leaving Kevin Ryan when 24½ lengths last of 5 to Aurora Nova in handicap at Down Royal (5f, good, 18/1) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 5159-75

(1)

White Clover^p⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Coen| T: J G Murphy| OR: 73| D

14/1

Latest win at Listowel in June. 22/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, good) 6 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 1-05109

(2)

Agouti Bear^p³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: Daniel Murphy| OR: 77| D

7/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner at Sligo in May. 8/1, 4¾ lengths tenth of 14 to Gazelle D'or in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good) 31 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Uphill task.

Form: 2246-10

(3)

Aurora Nova²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 69| D

7/4

3 wins from 5 runs this year. 85/40, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Bellewstown (5f, good) 2 days ago. Expected to be firmly in the mix again turned out under a penalty.

Form: 0-10611

(4)

Irish Rumour^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 67

5/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. Below form seventh of 13 in handicap at Navan (5f, good, 7/1) 28 days ago. Can make presence felt if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 790-827

(5)

Kwa Herini³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Luke McAteer| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 65

7/2

15/2, creditable second of 23 in handicap at the Curragh (6.3f, good) 31 days ago, running on. Can give a good account.

Form: 948402

(9)

Tropical Retreat²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: T Mullins| OR: 71

9/1

Lightly-raced winner. Very good second of 9 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good to soft, 11/1) 22 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Progressing well recently.

Form: 4-1592

Non-Runners

(7)

Gazelle D'or³¹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: M C Grassick J: J Cleary

Forecasts

Aurora Nova (7/4), Gazelle D'or (3/1), Kwa Herini (7/2), Irish Rumour (5/1), Agouti Bear (7/1), Tropical Retreat (9/1), White Clover (14/1), Oxford Rock (14/1), Where's Clare (50/1)

GAZELLE D'OR showed the benefit of cheekpieces when going in at the Curragh last time and can defy a 7 lb rise in the weights with the headgear again sported. Tropical Retreat is next on the list on the back of a very good Fairyhouse second with thriving mare Aurora Nova and Kwa Herini also in the mix.