16:05 Thurles

Thursday 7 November 2019

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Flat Race

Off time: 16:06 | Winning time: 4m 0.6s

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Casamari Abbey²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Fahy

12/1

Placed in two bumpers last season but disappointed since and jumped poorly when ninth of 11 on hurdles bow at Gowran Park last month; more demanded back in this sphere.

Form: 828-796

Pistol Smoke

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr H D Dunne⁽⁵⁾| T: S Doyle

8/1

€25,000 Califet gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Shaky Gift. Dam, 6f winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (2m-2¾m winner) Chief Yeoman.

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Rosgalme

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J Archdeacon⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

20/1

€22,000 Mahler gelding. Dam, maiden pointer, out of fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Woodville Star (stayed 3m). Represents excellent yard and market prominence would have to be noted.

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Beeverstown Bullet²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr T Hamilton⁽³⁾| T: M A Cahill

25/1

Sans Frontieres half-brother to modest hurdler West To Crossgales, appeared to lack a gear change on debut in Fairyhouse bumper 26 days ago.

Form: 7

Thedancingman

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: A Keatley

40/1

€5,000 three-year-old Jeremy gelding, doesn't make significant appeal on paper ahead of first start.

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Ballyhot Boy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr M J O'Hare| T: N Meade

10/3

An €18,000 Le Fou half-brother to three winners, including useful chaser Dunowen Point and fairly useful hurdler/chaser Mr Hudson. Second runner for Noel Meade and betting check demanded on both.

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Part Time Affair³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

12/1

Scorpion gelding, better effort on second start in heavy-ground Roscommon bumper in September; respected connections and should improve before long.

Form: 0-3

Bentanya¹⁷⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: G Ahern

50/1

Rio De La Plata gelding out of a Slickly mare, last to finish on debut in Killarney bumper in May and off since.

Form: 0

Farsideofthemoon²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P J Vaughan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

5/1

Fame And Glory half-brother to fair 2½m hurdle winner Kilbrew Boy, fourth of 11 on debut in Fairyhouse bumper and should soon be capable of bettering that. Second runner for Gordon Elliott.

Form: 4

Feelgood Island²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: Miss E Doyle

10/1

Prominent in betting for debut at Fairyhouse last month, unable to sustain a challenge and finished sixth of 11 in the end. Can do better.

Form: 6

No Grey Area's²⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hassett| BF

14/1

Promising second on debut at Naas in February (66/1) before weakening rapidly from the front at Punchestown 11 days later (7-4f). Off since and hard to know version to trust.

Form: 25-

Wingin A Prayer²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

5/2

Point-to-point winner in Britain and third of 11 in bumper at Fairyhouse on debut last month, represent top team and much-respected.

Form: 2P-13

Tempting Tara^p1,t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Miss R Dudfield⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

25/1

Beaten 26L in soft-ground Galway bumper last month, will have to improve in first-time cheekpieces to take front rank.

Form: 57

Serpolette^h⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr L J McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: E D Delany

100/1

Dylan Thomas, 33-1 chance and down the field in a bumper at Navan on debut in September; others make more appeal for now.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

Eat The Book¹⁸⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: D P Dunne J: Mr S W Condon

Forecasts

Wingin A Prayer (5/2), Ballyhot Boy (10/3), Farsideofthemoon (5/1), Pistol Smoke (8/1), Feelgood Island (10/1), Casamari Abbey (12/1), Part Time Affair (12/1), No Grey Area's (14/1), Rosgalme (20/1), Beeverstown Bullet (25/1), Tempting Tara (25/1), Thedancingman (40/1), Bentanya (50/1), Serpolette (100/1), Eat The Book (100/1)

No Grey Area's run on debut at Naas in February belied his place in the market but, just 11 days later, he was sent off favourite and ran more like a 66-1 chance. It could well prove worth giving him another chance to prove himself. PART TIME AFFAIR was third at Roscommon in September and didn't really seem to get going as well as expected on testing ground, having been ridden patiently. That was still an improved run and with more to come he's got to have claims. Wingin A Prayer joins the Noel Meade pair of Rosgalme and Ballyhot Boy as newcomers worth paying attention.