Greenmount Equine Hospital Flat Race

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 4m 27.4s

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Ballymaster

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: P Neville

20/1

Yeats gelding out of a Habitat mare related to jumps winners Augusta Kate, Thomas Campbell and the Tony Martin stalwart Tudor City. Tough ask on debut.

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Doctor P's Getaway¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee

33/1

Has produced a number of third-rate performances in three point-to-point contests and hard to construct a case for the gelding on stable debut.

Form: PP-F

Simon's Castle^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: A J McNamara

14/1

Cheap purchase by Mahler out of a Busy Flight mare related to Market Rasen St Stephens Day winner Randy Pike. Tough ask on debut with first-time tongue-tie fitted.

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Big Nick

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D Roche⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

11/4

Gelding by Sea The Stars out of a Unbridled's Song related to the ill-fated Starchitect. Worth a market check for yard that has had four winner in the last two days.

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Diamond Turf^t1²⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Ms L O'Neill⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

2/1

Fell at the last when beaten on sole point-to-point start for powerful connections. Yard have had six winners and 13 place positions from 48 runners in the last two days.

Form: F-

High Sparrow²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr T Hamilton⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien

13/8

Promising second of 13 on sole point-to-point start earlier in the month beaten ¾L. Yard have a 28% win and place strike-rate with stable debutantes.

Form: 2

Sherryorport⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr R J Kiely⁽³⁾| T: J R Barry

50/1

Grandera gelding out of a Luso mare beaten 105L on debut in a Thurles bumper in October and more of the same expected here.

Form: 0

Wilson Avenue

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr R O Harding⁽³⁾| T: A Leahy

25/1

Frozen Fire gelding out of a Mtoto mare. Yard are without a win from 15 bumpers runners this term and things unlikely to change here.

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Forecasts

High Sparrow (13/8), Diamond Turf (2/1), Big Nick (11/4), Simon's Castle (14/1), Ballymaster (20/1), Wilson Avenue (25/1), Doctor P's Getaway (33/1), Sherryorport (50/1)

Intriguing bumper to close the card with real chances for Gordon Elliott debutante Diamond Turf and Sea The Stars gelding Big Nick who is half brother to the ill-fated Starchitect. Preference is for Joseph O'Brien's narrowly beaten point-to-point import HIGH SPARROW.