13:20 Curragh

Saturday 27 August 2022

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Manguard Plus Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 13:21 | Winning time: 1m 40.99s

1^st

(10)

Cairo

29-5

4/7f

T: A P O'BrienJ: Wayne Lordan

Disputed lead on outer, led 2f out, soon pushed along, ridden clear 1f out, reduced advantage close home and kept on, all out op 8/13

2^nd

(9)

Gulf Of Mexico

29-5

13/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: Seamie Heffernan

Tracked leaders on outer, pushed along in 4th 2f out, went 2nd and ridden 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, not reach winner tchd 7/1

3^rd

(7)

Voice Of Reason

29-5

14/1

T: G M LyonsJ: Colin Keane

Dwelt, in rear, pushed along in 8th 2f out, ridden and went 3rd 1f out, kept on well final furlong, not reach leaders

4^th

(8)

Pearl Of Australia

29-5

66/1

T: N MeadeJ: Chris Hayes

Towards rear, closer in 6th and pushed along 2f out, ridden in 4th 1f out, kept on one pace op 33/1

5^th

3 ½

(1)

Warrior Lion

29-5

10/3

T: J P O'BrienJ: S M Crosse

Disputed lead on inner, ridden and headed 2f out, dropped to 5th over 1f out, no impression op 3/1

6^th

1 ¾

(3)

Kingswood

29-5

25/1

T: John O'DonoghueJ: Ronan Whelan

Dwelt, mid-division, ridden 2f out, 7th 1f out, no impression op 33/1 tchd 28/1 and tchd 50/1

7^th

(6)

Our Boy Wes

29-5

14/1

T: E MullinsJ: Billy Lee

Disputed lead, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened op 18/1

8^th

(2)

High Court Judge

29-5

50/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: Ben Coen

Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened

9^th

nse

(5)

Broad Daylight

29-5

50/1

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon ridden and weakened op 40/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Malacanne²¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J P Murtagh J: Shane Kelly

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.58Pl:€1.02, €1.70, €3.00EX:€7.00Trifecta:€32.50SF:€5.58

Forecasts

Cairo (4/7), Warrior Lion (10/3), Gulf Of Mexico (13/2), Voice Of Reason (14/1), Our Boy Wes (14/1), Kingswood (25/1), Malacanne (25/1), High Court Judge (50/1), Broad Daylight (50/1), Pearl Of Australia (66/1)

This looks a strong maiden with CAIRO fancied to build on the promise of his runner-up effort on debut over 6f at this track 3 weeks ago. Stablemate Gulf of Mexico cost seven-figures as a yearling so he demands respect, along with Warrior Lion.

CAIRO (IRE)
GULF OF MEXICO (IRE)
WARRIOR LION

Previous Winners

2021

Bluegrass

Weight: 9-5 |Age: 2

J: Seamie Heffernan | T: A P O'Brien

5/2

Prize Money

1st: €9,900.002nd: €3,300.003rd: €1,651.004th: €825.005th: €495.006th: €330.00