17:45 Wexford

Saturday 5 May 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 4m 5.2s

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Selected odds by:

Absentee³⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

33/1

Well beaten in a maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (good-to-yielding) on debut and again well held in a bumper at Cork a year ago.

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Chisholm Trail^t1⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: P Nolan

2/1

€72,000 half-sister to some useful sorts, including the multiple winning hurdler/chaser Morning Royalty. Well beaten on both bumper starts, but this a lot easier than last time and rider booking is interesting.

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Ifyoucatchmenow¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D H Dunsdon| T: W P Mullins| BF

5/2

Won a point-to-point on good ground but was still second in desperate ground on second rules start. Looked slow last time when trying 2m4f, but the same front-running tactics may be worth employing around here and back at a shorter trip.

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Just Klass¹⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr T Hamilton⁽⁵⁾| T: M L Fagan

66/1

Failed to figure in three bumpers so far most recently when ninth of fourteen at Tramore in December. That form will not be good enough.

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Kilbarry Calling⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D Roche⁽³⁾| T: C O'Keeffe

8/1

Made a pleasing bumper debut in December but has failed to run to the same level despite market support. Has been given a break and connections may be waiting for better ground.

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Lady Mccabe

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr W J Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: M P Fitzgerald

33/1

Yeats mare and first foal of an unraced half-sister to Champion Hurdle winner Binocular. Makes plenty of appeal with that pedigree, but yard are just 2-54 in bumpers since 2001.

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Lady Sue

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: C Kidd

20/1

Milan mare and the first foal of a dam who was a useful chaser. Yard are 0-30 in bumpers since 2008.

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Oscars Sera⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar

50/1

Has finished tailed off on on both starts and hard to see where she will find the necessary improvement.

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Praesagium Latina

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss S Ahern⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Keeffe

20/1

Presenting mare out of a dam who won a bumper and over hurdles. Yard are 7-80 in bumpers since 1994.

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What A Benefit^h1³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr M K Tobin⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds

66/1

Daughter of Beneficial out of a Supreme Leader mare related to Cooldine. Has shown little in either bumper start and a hood is tried this time.

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Backsheesh

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr L K Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins

16/1

Big Bad Bob filly out of a dam with a decent Flat pedigree being a half-sister to Irish Derby third Shalapour. Trainer has a career record of 27-278 in bumpers.

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Patriciadplasterer^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr S F O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

10/3

Presenting mare and the fist foal of an unraced mare. Granddam has produced some good horses such as Benvolio and On The Other Hand. Trainer 32-311 in bumpers over the past 20 years.

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Non-Runners

Last One¹²⁵

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Mr H D Dunne

Forecasts

Chisholm Trail (2/1), Ifyoucatchmenow (5/2), Patriciadplasterer (10/3), Kilbarry Calling (8/1), Last One (14/1), Backsheesh (16/1), Praesagium Latina (20/1), Lady Sue (20/1), Absentee (33/1), Lady Mccabe (33/1), Oscars Sera (50/1), What A Benefit (66/1), Just Klass (66/1)

The presence of Ifyoucatchmenow may uphold the prices for some of the opposition and it would be no surprise to see the market swing against one of the weaker Mullins' mares. Backsheesh, Lady Mccabe and Patriciadplaster have the most interesting pedigrees of the debutantes so need to be checked in pre-race trading. Kilbarry Calling and Last One made pleasing debuts but have both disappointed since. CHISHOLM TRAIL has contested two stronger races than this and the booking of Patrick Mullins, plus the application of a tongue-tie, indicate that an improved display is planned.