17:40 Gowran Park

Thursday 9 April 2026

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Irish Injured Jockeys Fillies Maiden

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 2m 9.82s

(5)

Cape Primrose¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| BF

9/4

St Mark's Basilica filly is bred to be smart, and she improved for her Naas debut fifth when runner-up in 1m Thurles maiden last October. Must go close with longer trip expected to suit (entered in Oaks and Irish Oaks).

Form: 52-

(2)

Chestnut Palace¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade

14/1

€145,000 Palace Pier filly attracted support and showed plenty under a considerate ride when fifth of 10 on Naas (1m) debut. Improvement expected upped in trip (half-sister to useful 1¼m winner).

Form: 5

(3)

De Vega Queen

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: J A Stack

25/1

€38,000 foal, €45,000 yearling, Lope De Vega filly. Half-sister to useful 1m/8.5f winner Succeedandsurpass and 1¼m/10.4f winner Gaasy. Dam winner up to 1¼m (2-y-o 1m winner). Newcomer makes some pedigree appeal, though this looks a fairly useful maiden.

Form:

(7)

Feel The Love²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Chris Hayes| T: Donnacha O'Brien

9/2

St Mark's Basilica filly, half-sister to stable's smart 1¼m winner Fancy Blue. Not given a hard time when promising third over 7f on debut at Curragh and improvement expected over markedly longer trip.

Form: 3

(1)

Johanna Walsh^t¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

7/4

€460,000 Sea The Stars filly shaped with plenty of promise when third behind more-experienced Cape Primrose on debut at Thurles, pulling clear of the remainder. She's bred to be smart (entered in The Oaks) and will improve.

Form: 3-

(6)

Rebel Moon

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J M Sheridan| T: J P O'Brien

8/1

500,000 gns yearling, Lope De Vega filly. Closely related to useful 7f/1m winner Pemba Bay and half-sister to several winners, including smart 1m-1¼m winner Tasman Bay. Dam 1¼m-12.5f winner. Makes plenty of appeal on paper, and she's well worth a market check for yard also saddling Johanna Walsh.

Form:

(4)

Sounds Great¹⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

11/1

Churchill filly hails from a family her yard knows well, and she's open to improvement, having shaped with promise when fourth of 10 on debut at Galway (1m) in October.

Form: 4-

Forecasts

Johanna Walsh (7/4), Cape Primrose (9/4), Feel The Love (9/2), Rebel Moon (8/1), Sounds Great (11/1), Chestnut Palace (14/1), De Vega Queen (25/1)

Only ¾ of a length separated Group 1 entrants Cape Primrose and JOHANNA WALSH at Thurles last October. The latter was making her racecourse debut and with improvement expected, she's fancied to reverse the form. Feel The Love hails from a family her trainer knows well and could do much better second time up.