17:10 Leopardstown

Friday 9 March 2018

All13:2513:5514:2514:5515:3016:0516:3517:10

TRM Excellence In Equine Nutrition (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 4m 37.2s

Barntown

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr J J Codd| T: C W J Farrell

20/1

Unraced son of Jeremy purchased for €22,000 at the sales last June. Half-brother to AW bumper winner Flash The Steel and has a leading jockey in the saddle for today's debut.

Form:

Dancingwith Storms

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

25/1

Unraced son of New Approach cost €12,000 at the horses-in-training sale in the autumn. Half-brother to a couple of Flat winners and an interesting runner on his racecourse debut.

Form:

Eagle Roque²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: P Nolan

12/1

Ran well to finish runner-up in a bumper at Naas (2m, heavy) when making his debut last month. Looks likely to run well again today.

Form: 2

Sizing Pottsie

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss K Harrington⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

11/4

Unraced Kapgarde gelding cost connections €220,000 at the sales in June last year. Dam was a useful performer over jumps in France and he is an interesting runner in this contest.

Form:

The Big Galloper

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

10/3

Unraced son of Mahler bought for €13,000 at the sales as a foal. Half-brother to useful staying chaser What A Moment and worth a check in the market for a yard who have had a couple of winners in this sphere in recent times.

Form:

Whoshotthesheriff

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Ms N Carberry| T: G Elliott

6/5

Unraced Dylan Thomas gelding bought for €100,000 at the sales last year. Half-brother to a number of winners and represents a leading stable on today's debut.

Form:

Another Katie

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Ms L O'Neill⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

20/1

Unraced daughter of Carlotamix and a half-sister to useful hurdler Dani California among others. Looks the stable second string on jockey bookings.

Form:

Non-Runners

Redfield

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Mr P W Mullins

Forecasts

Whoshotthesheriff (6/5), Redfield (7/4), Sizing Pottsie (11/4), The Big Galloper (10/3), Eagle Roque (12/1), Barntown (20/1), Another Katie (20/1), Dancingwith Storms (25/1)

In what looks a potentially decent bumper to end proceedings preference is for Jessica Harrington's charge SIZING POTTSIE who was an expensive purchase at the sales last year and who hails from a stable with a 33% strike-rate (2/6) in recent weeks. Redfield hails from a yard who's runners demand the utmost respect in these contests and he can finish second ahead of Eagle Roque, the only one of these to have raced so far.

Sizing Pottsie
Redfield
Eagle Roque

Previous Winners

2017

High Tide

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 4

J: Mr J J Codd | T: J P O'Brien

9/1

Prize Money

1st: €7,084.002nd: €2,197.003rd: €1,046.004th: €471.005th: €184.00