Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 1m 8.79s

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(4)

Dadoozdart

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade

10/1

Unraced fourth foal by Dawn Approach out of a maiden dam (Hairpin) who was a half-sister to Dewhurst Stakes winner Intense Focus. Cost €14,000 as a yearling.

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(5)

Land Force

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

11/4

Unraced seventh foal by No Nay Never out of the Group 3 6f winning dam Theann. Half-brother to three winners including US Grade 1 scorer Photo Call, so fully understandable why he cost €350,000 as a yearling.

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(3)

Lord Rapscallion

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S Foley| T: J P Murtagh

8/1

Unraced fifth foal by Alhebayeb out of the sprint maiden Simply Topping. Resold for 35,000 gns as a yearling, and a half-brother to a minor race winner in Greece.

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(6)

Sunday Spark

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: P J Prendergast

10/3

Unraced eighth foal by Fast Company out of Reign Of Fire. Cost €35,000 as a yearling (€13,000 foal), and is a half-brother to various winners including Not Bad For A Boy (7f) and King Dragon (6f).

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(2)

Urban Light

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: N G McCullagh| T: J P Murtagh

8/1

Unraced fifth foal by Moohaajim out of an unraced dam (Pandoras Secret). Cost €12,000 as a yearling and is likely to need a trip in time being a half-brother to Italian 1m2f winner Thinkandlink.

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(1)

Engles Rock¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: O J Orr⁽³⁾| T: M M McNiff

2/1

Excelebration filly (cost €7,000 as a yearling) who appeared to get the message as the race developed when finishing a never nearer 2L runner up to Pride Of Pimlico over C&D last month.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Engles Rock (2/1), Land Force (11/4), Sunday Spark (10/3), Urban Light (8/1), Lord Rapscallion (8/1), Dadoozdart (10/1)

Engles Rock has that all important racecourse experience (over C&D), but she's also the sole filly in the line up against some rather intriguing colts. The pick of whom is undoubtedly the Aidan O'Brien trained LAND FORCE. This trainer had a whole host of options for this contest at the initial entries stage, so it's telling that he relies solely upon this €350,000 son of No Nay Never.