ITM Stallion Trail January 16th & 17th (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 4m 16.30s

Early Dawning²⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

5/6

€60,000 3-y-o, Authorized gelding who shaped well amid greenness when third of 17 in a C&D bumper (soft, 11/1) on debut in April, running on. Hard to oppose with improvement on the cards.

Form: 3-

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Home By The Sea

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Maguire| T: P A Fahy

28/1

Affinisea gelding. Dam maiden on Flat.

Form:

Seven Towers²⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: G P Cromwell

3/1

£52,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Glimpse of Gold, stayed 2½m. Runner-up on second of 2 starts in points (Mar 2025) and one to take seriously on Rules debut.

Form: 32-

Some See Stars¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss H Ross⁽⁷⁾| T: A L T Moore

16/1

Twice-raced maiden. 80/1, eighth of 15 in bumper at Naas (16f, heavy) 17 days ago, left with lot to do.

Form: 5/8

With Nolimit²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr H C Swan| T: G Elliott| BF

3/1

Bought for 250,000 after winning start in points (Mar 2025) and offered something to work on when fourth of 8 in a Navan bumper (2m, heavy) on debut 26 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 1-4

Non-Runners

Native Deal²⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: A McCann J: Miss A B O'Connor

Forecasts

Early Dawning (5/6), With Nolimit (3/1), Seven Towers (3/1), Some See Stars (16/1), Home By The Sea (28/1), Native Deal (50/1)

EARLY DAWNING shaped with plenty of encouragement amidst greenness when third in a bigger field event over C&D last spring and should prove hard to beat with improvement forthcoming. With Nolimit, a big-money buy after winning his sole outing in points, ought to build on his opening effort, with Seven Towers a respected Rules newcomer.