16:10 Gowran Park

Thursday 23 January 2020

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P.J. Foley Memorial Flat Race

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 4m 25.0s

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Grimm Star

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J M Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

50/1

First foal related some to fair National Hunt bred winners over hurdles and fences; clues from the betting ring will shed some light on stable confidence.

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Homme D'Un Soir

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

5/4

First foal; Flat bred related to multiple winners over middle distances; stable won this contest two years ago and looks one of the more likely winners.

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Leading Line

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr T Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

25/1

Cost 10,000 euros as a two-year-old; from a family of decent Flat performers and looks an interesting recruit to bumpers; market may provide more information on his chances.

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Light Brigade

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P Byrnes⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

4/1

Cost 27,000 euros as a foal; half-brother to winners Spider Web and Colreevy; looks the pick of the unraced contestants on breeding: fair chance.

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Nancy Miles

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: T Donohue

20/1

Cost 5,000 euros as a yearling; out of a bumper placed mare and related to some fair Flat performers; difficult to assess on debut.

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Quite Incredible

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr M J O'Hare| T: N Meade

7/2

Fetched 15,000 euros as a three-year-old; stoutly-bred type related to plenty of National Hunt winners; looks an interesting candidate on his debut for leading stable.

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Aodhan May¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr T B Lyons⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

33/1

Vinnie Roe filly out of dam who won a point and a 2m6f hurdle; some late headway after sluggish start on debut at Thurles earlier this month; entitled to improve and could be there or thereabouts.

Form: 0

Miss Seery^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: P Twomey

9/2

Third foal related to some competent AW performers up to around a mile; hard to make a case for on breeding alone and best guide will be in the betting ring.

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Pass It On^t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: M Mulvany

33/1

Yorgunnabelucky filly is a half-sister to three winners, including fairly useful hurdler Turtle Watch; led for a long way before weakening in the closing stages on debut at Naas earlier this month; should be stronger here and one to consider.

Form: 8

Forecasts

Homme D'Un Soir (5/4), Quite Incredible (7/2), Light Brigade (4/1), Miss Seery (9/2), Nancy Miles (20/1), Leading Line (25/1), Pass It On (33/1), Aodhan May (33/1), Grimm Star (50/1)

HOMME D'UN SOIR comes from the stable who landed this event two years ago and if market vibes are positive then it could go the way of a Gordon Elliott runner once again. The gelding is a fairly bred Frence type who will likely know here job and given the paucity of quality in opposition he could make a winning debut. Pass It On, one of the few with racecourse form, led for a long way on her debut at Naas in early January and there is no reason why she would not be open for improvement. Quite Incredible is bred to do well in this type of contest and hails from a stable who send out their fair share of bumper winners.