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Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden (Smullen Series)

  • 2YO only  |   1m  |   Yielding to Soft  |   23 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:19  |   Winning time: 1m 46.80s
1st
Horse silk
6
(10)
Choctaw Nation
29-7
4/9f
T: A P O'BrienJ: Paddy Harnett (3)
Chased leaders, 2nd halfway, progress to lead over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and kept on well inside final furlong tchd 2/5 and tchd 8/15
2nd
Horse silk
3 ¼
11
(6)
Favour Royal
29-7
20/1
T: A OliverJ: Billy Lee
Rear of mid division, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to go 6th over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home op 16/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ½
9
(12)
Erico
29-7
33/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: Declan McDonogh
Mid division, pushed along 3f out, headway to track leaders over 2f out, went 4th over 2f out, soon ridden and kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home op 40/1 tchd 28/1
4th
Horse silk
hd
7
(8)
Cracks And Sparks
29-7
25/1
T: A OliverJ: Donagh O'Connor
Tracked leaders, pushed along to go 2nd over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra from over 1f out, lost 2 places close home op 33/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ¼
1
(13)
Adversity
29-7
13/2
T: N LupiniJ: Chris Hayes
Tracked leaders, progress to go 3rd over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra from over 1f out, lost 2 places close home op 7/1 tchd 5/1
6th
Horse silk
1 ¼
13
(19)
Piero Manzoni
29-7
20/1
T: A P O'BrienJ: Liam Keniry
Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden in 7th over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 6th close home op 16/1 tchd 22/1
7th
Horse silk
¾
18
(11)
Thunder Bay
29-7
20/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: Seamie Heffernan
Mid division, progress to go 5th over 2f out, ridden in 4th over 1f out, soon no extra and weakened inside final furlong op 28/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ¼
3
(17)
Book Of Kells
29-7
15/2
T: A P O'BrienJ: J Cleary (5)
Mid division, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and kept on one pace from over 1f out tchd 7/1 and tchd 9/1
9th
Horse silk
1 ¾
10
(22)
Etawann
29-7
40/1
T: J P MurtaghJ: Ben Coen
Rear of mid division, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and kept on one pace from over 1f out op 33/1
10th
Horse silk
2 ¾
19
(16)
Too Too Much
29-7
33/1
T: M O'CallaghanJ: Reese Holohan (5)
Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, weakened over 1f out op 40/1
11th
Horse silk
½
15
(9)
State Of Play
29-7
16/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: J M Sheridan
Mid division, pushed along over 2f out, ridden in 8th over 1f out, soon no extra and weakened inside final furlong op 14/1
12th
Horse silk
hd
22
(2)
Silent Promise
29-2
150/1
T: A McGuinnessJ: Rory Cleary
Mid division, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, kept on one pace from over 1f out tchd 200/1
13th
Horse silk
6 ½
16
(1)
System Reset
29-7
150/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Andrew Slattery
Rear of mid division, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression from over 1f out op 100/1 tchd 250/1
14th
Horse silk
1 ¼
12
(5)
One Point Five
29-7
300/1
T: E DoyleJ: Luke McAteer
Rear of mid division, no impression from over 2f out op 200/1
15th
Horse silk
½
14
(23)
Rock On Johnny
29-7
100/1
T: A McGuinnessJ: Cillian Rowan (10)
Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon no extra and weakened over 1f out op 125/1 tchd 80/1
16th
Horse silk
½
8
(21)
Eastern Passage
29-7
250/1
T: P McCreeryJ: Gearoid Brouder (5)
Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, weakened over 1f out op 200/1
17th
Horse silk
2 ¼
17
(18)
The Pintline
29-7
300/1
T: M HassettJ: Nathan Crosse
Always towards rear, never a factor op 150/1
18th
Horse silk
1 ¼
21
(20)
Grecian Pearl
29-2
150/1
T: G KeaneJ: Nicola Burns (5)
Always towards rear, never a factor op 125/1
19th
Horse silk
1 ¼
5
(7)
Byzantine Gold
29-7
200/1
T: A SlatteryJ: Leigh Roche
Always towards rear, never a factor tchd 150/1
20th
Horse silk
2
20
(4)
Wassily Kandinsky
29-7
16/1
T: A P O'BrienJ: Gavin Ryan
Always towards rear, never a factor op 14/1 tchd 18/1
21st
Horse silk
2 ¼
4
(15)
Bright Dream
29-7
100/1
T: J G MurphyJ: Gary Carroll
Always towards rear, never a factor op 66/1 tchd 125/1
22nd
Horse silk
¾
23
(3)
Tinshona
29-2
200/1
T: S LaveryJ: Robbie Colgan
Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon no extra and weakened tchd 125/1
23rd
Horse silk
19
2
(14)
Blue Glory
29-7
300/1
T: Aengus KingJ: Jessica O'Gorman (7)
Soon led, pushed along and headed over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened over 2f out op 200/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.50Pl:€1.02, €5.20, €10.20EX:€14.40Trifecta:€337.10SF:€20.32

Forecasts

Choctaw Nation (4/9), Adversity (13/2), Book Of Kells (15/2), State Of Play (16/1), Wassily Kandinsky (16/1), Favour Royal (20/1), Piero Manzoni (20/1), Thunder Bay (20/1), Cracks And Sparks (25/1), Erico (33/1), Too Too Much (33/1), Etawann (40/1), Rock On Johnny (100/1), Bright Dream (100/1), Silent Promise (150/1), System Reset (150/1), Grecian Pearl (150/1), Byzantine Gold (200/1), Tinshona (200/1), Eastern Passage (250/1), One Point Five (300/1), The Pintline (300/1), Blue Glory (300/1)

Verdict

Plenty of these look longer-term projects but CHOCTAW NATION shaped promisingly behind one who set a tall standard for a maiden on debut at Navan 25 days ago. Beating the rest handsomely himself on that occasion, he's clearly another above-average Ballydoyle colt and rates the one to beat with improvement forthcoming. Book of Kells and State of Play are a couple of likely newcomers before betting clues, with Cracks and Sparks and Adversity completing the shortlist.

  1. CHOCTAW NATION (IRE)
  2. BOOK OF KELLS (IRE)
  3. STATE OF PLAY (FR)

Previous Winners

2025
James J Braddock
Weight: 9-7  |Age: 2
J: Wayne Hassett  |  T: J P O'Brien
9/4

Prize Money

1st: €15,000.002nd: €5,000.003rd: €2,500.004th: €1,250.005th: €750.006th: €500.00

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