18:35 Down Royal

Friday 27 July 2018

All17:3018:0518:3519:0519:3520:0520:35

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 18:40 | Winning time: 1m 28.70s

1^st

(3)

No Needs Never

29-5

3/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: D O'Brien

Held up behind leaders, ran freely early, 4th halfway, closer in 3rd on outer 2f out, ridden to challenge 1 1/2f out, disputed over 1f out, edged ahead final 200 yards, kept on well to assert closing stages op 5/2 tchd 10/3

2^nd

(1)

Cruciatus

29-5

5/4f

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Chased leader in 2nd, ridden to challenge 1 1/2f out, disputed over 1f out, under pressure in 2nd final 200 yards, no extra closing stages tchd 11/8

3^rd

(5)

Biltmore

29-5

16/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: Shane Kelly (3)

Led, ridden and pressed 1 1/2f out, soon headed, no extra in 3rd final furlong, kept on one pace tchd 14/1 and 20/1

4^th

(6)

Zander

29-5

15/8

T: G M LyonsJ: Colin Keane

Held up in rear, ridden in 4th 2f out, soon no impression and kept on one pace from over 1f out op 5/2 tchd 7/4

5^th

(4)

The Lady's Bid

29-0

66/1

T: P M RogersJ: Chris Hayes

Held up behind leaders, 3rd halfway, dropped to rear over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra tchd 80/1

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Non-Runners

(2)

Aishling's Vision⁵

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: K H Clarke J: R P Downey

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.30Pl:€1.50, €1.10EX:€5.80Trifecta:€24.40SF:€7.33

Forecasts

Cruciatus (5/4), Zander (15/8), No Needs Never (3/1), Biltmore (16/1), Aishling's Vision (50/1), The Lady's Bid (66/1)

With the Jim Bolger stable in such good form right now it can be expected that the Teofilo colt CRUCIATUS will improve enough to take this prize getting off the mark at the third time of asking. The Coventry at Royal Ascot may have been a step too far for the Joseph O'Brien-trained No Needs Never last month but the colt can build on a promising debut run at Cork here to battle it out for a place with Biltmore, in first-time cheekpieces.