17:15 Leopardstown

Thursday 10 August 2017

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 17:18 | Winning time: 1m 17.15s

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(7)

Danehill Quest

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: S Lavery

50/1

Camacho colt, cost €26,000 as a foal and €15,000 as a yearling. Half-sister to an Italian winner at two-years-old over a mile and dam placed in France and is a half-sister to Listed winners Canasita and Chalin. Trainer had just one winner from his last 44 runners here and perhaps best watched on debut.

Form:

(1)

Landshark

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington

4/1

Bated Breath colt, cost 5,000 gns as a yearling and €210,000 as a Breeze-Up purchase. Half-brother to winners Mefite, a sprint winner as a two-year-old and dam a half-sister to 7f Listed winner Dream Eater. Trainer's debutantes warrant respect but yard have been a little quieter than usual in recent weeks.

Form:

(9)

Man Power^t1²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Smullen| T: M O'Callaghan

13/8

Dandy Man colt, cost €62,000 as a yearling and dam a half-sister to winners around this trip. Very promising debut in a maiden over C&D and first-time tongue-tie applied now. Leading contender with that run under his belt and top jockey booked.

Form: 2

(4)

Ox Trot

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien

16/1

Oxbow colt, dam a useful US winner at around this trip. Yard's debutantes usually forward and yard have a 15.81% strike-rate (34-215) when employing this jockey. Could go well.

Form:

(3)

Sneem¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: W J Lee| T: Mrs J Harrington

20/1

Sir Prancealot gelding, cost €8,000 as a foal, €12,000 as a yearling and €21,000 as a Breeze-Up purchase. Half-brother to mile winner Fastar and dam was out of a US Grade 2 winner. Not disgraced on debut but well beaten and seemingly the yard's second string here on jockey bookings.

Form: 6

(5)

Zizum^t²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: O J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: D Marnane

25/1

Showcasing colt, cost 29,000 gns as a foal, €38,000 as a yearling and £50,000 as a Breeze-Up purchase. Tongue-tie retained after a moderate debut effort but entitled to do better now and gets the services of a useful 5lb claimer. Interesting runner.

Form: 5

(8)

New To Town¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

13/8

New Approach filly, full-sister to Novis Adventus and closely related to several other winners. Dam a granddaughter of middle distance US Grade 1 winner Dispute. Nice debut over 7f here earlier in the year and another solid effort at the Curragh last month. Leading player on form but yard form has to be a concern.

Form: 22

(6)

Sappho¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Colin Keane| T: H De Bromhead

12/1

Teofilo filly, cost €30,000 as a yearling. Nice debut at the Curragh last month but will have to improve to land this. Eye-catching jockey booking at least.

Form: 4

(2)

Vocatio¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: B W Duke

66/1

Vocalised filly, dam a half-sister to Group 1 winner Loch Garman. Well beaten and green on debut and likely to need further than this.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Man Power (13/8), New To Town (13/8), Landshark (4/1), Sappho (12/1), Ox Trot (16/1), Sneem (20/1), Zizum (25/1), Danehill Quest (50/1), Vocatio (66/1)

LANDSHARK is the pick of Jessica Harrington's stable jockey and that could prove significant. The expensive purchase may be the one to side with despite the yard being a little out of form. Yard form would also have to be a concern for New To Town backers but she holds leading form claims after a pair of runner-up efforts but Man Power may be the main danger to the selection after a promising run last time out.