14:15 Curragh

Sunday 9 August 2026

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Guidenstown Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden

Off time: 14:27 | Winning time: 1m 23.96s

(10)

Anchor Road²²

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

5/1

Couldn't justify short odds but still stepped up on his debut when third of 6 in a useful C&D maiden 22 days ago. Open to further progress and should go well.

Form: 53

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(4)

Benown

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan| T: J P O'Brien

33/1

Foaled February 29. 120,000 gns Starspangledbanner half-brother to winner abroad by Kingman. Loughrea N Roll looks to be the stable first string on jockey bookings.

Form:

(12)

Consenza

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade

100/1

Foaled April 30. €60,000 Coulsty colt. Best watched on debut unless the betting hints otherwise.

Form:

(11)

Fort Dearborn^t1²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Lee| T: J P Murtagh

25/1

25/1, fifth of 6 on C&D debut (good to firm) 22 days ago, with reopposing Anchor Road ahead in third. Tongue strap on first time. Open to improvement.

Form: 5

(1)

Lake Lugano

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A P O'Brien

33/1

Foaled May 16. Starspangledbanner colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful winner up to 7.5f Agartha and 7f/1m winner Kahu. Dam 11.7f-1¾m winner. Shakespeare has to be considered the yard first string but still needs checking out in the betting.

Form:

(6)

Loughrea N Roll

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

16/1

Foaled April 19. 145,000 gns Lope De Vega colt. Brother to smart 7f winner Noble Champion and half-brother to several winners, including smart winner up to 1m Pogo. Makes obvious paper appeal for top stable which won this with Al Riffa in 2022.

Form:

(5)

Raging Bull

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: J Cleary⁽⁵⁾| T: A P O'Brien

18/1

Foaled May 5. Wootton Bassett half-brother to 3 winners, including smart winner up to 1m Precise and US 7f-1m winner No Way It's Today. Highly respected on debut, particularly if the betting vibes are strong.

Form:

(7)

Romayan

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Jamie Powell| T: J P Murtagh

125/1

Foaled February 9. Siyouni half-brother to useful 10.4f winner Romzina. Dam, 1½m winner, half-sister to very smart winner up to 1m Rajsaman and smart winner up to 1¼m Rosawa. One of 2 from his yard. The market should provide more clues as to expectations.

Form:

(3)

Shakespeare¹⁷

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

8/15

Promise both starts, finishing 2 lengths second of 5 in maiden at Leopardstown (1m, good to firm, 4/9) 17 days ago. Open to further progress and the one to beat.

Form: 32

(13)

Supreme Lord¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: D Egan| T: Robson Aguiar

7/1

Third on 6f Fairyhouse debut last month. Well held when fast tracked to Group company at Leopardstown since. This is more realistic.

Form: 35

(9)

The Captains Day

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M O'Callaghan

12/1

Foaled April 23. €90,000 breeze-up purchase. Acclamation half-brother to 2-y-o 7f winner Latifolia. Dam unraced daughter of useful French winner up to 1m Lunaska. This newcomer needs monitoring in the betting with Oisin Murphy taking the reins.

Form:

Non-Runners

(2)

Selosse

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Shane Foley

(8)

Ocean Surge⁵⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: W McCreery J: Declan McDonogh

Forecasts

Shakespeare (8/15), Anchor Road (5/1), Supreme Lord (7/1), The Captains Day (12/1), Loughrea N Roll (16/1), Raging Bull (18/1), Selosse (20/1), Fort Dearborn (25/1), Ocean Surge (25/1), Benown (33/1), Lake Lugano (33/1), Consenza (100/1), Romayan (125/1)

SHAKESPEARE is the mount of Ryan Moore from the Ballydoyle trio and can make it third time lucky in a race in which his stable has saddled a future Group 1 winner in each of the last 3 years. Anchor Road shaped well when third over C&D last time and may provide the chief threat. Loughrea N Roll and the selection's stablemate Raging Bull are just a couple of many newcomers in the line-up who are bred to have good futures.