16:10 Cork

Sunday 12 July 2020

All14:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:1517:45

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10)

Off time: 16:12 | Winning time: 2m 9.46s

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(16)

Dumhach Thra²⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: D E Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

50/1

Hurdles and bumper winner; has only raced once on the Flat when finishing well beaten in a maiden at the Curragh; experience may serve him well but perhaps not the most likely winner.

Form: 9-

(11)

Regal Beau³⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn

125/1

Gelded son of Holy Roman Emperor purchased for €38,000 as a yearling. Last of five on debut at Gowran Park last July, the gelding getting worked up entering the stalls before being slowly away.

Form: 5-

(4)

Wiggles¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: T P Madden| T: D Howard

150/1

By Rock Of Gibraltar out of a prolific Flat winning mare; has shown little promise in three racecourse appearance to date including in a bumper usually letting herself down with a slow start.

Form: 90

(14)

Eaglemont^t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

10/1

Camelot colt, cost 18,000 gns as a yearling and €100,000 as a Breeze-up purchase; one paced on debut at the Curragh in June; should be stronger here and one to consider with that experience under his belt.

Form: 5

(17)

Flaming Light

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: F Costello

66/1

Cost 8,000 euros as a yearling; related to multiple winners most notably Flash Fire; should go well but whether is will be up to the task on debut remains to be seen.

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(2)

Isaiah²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Powell⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J M Oxx

150/1

Reasonably bred gelding from top yard but has shown very little on two racecourse appearances at Naas and Gowran Park; hard to see where improvement will come from at this stage.

Form: 00

(12)

Khurshed¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K J Manning| T: K Prendergast

33/1

Bought for 200,000 gns as a yearling; already gelded when making belated debut at the Curragh last month; slowly away but showed some promise; open to improvement.

Form: 0

(8)

Liam's Approval

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien

22/1

Seventh foal; half-brother to two winners in USA; should be suited by this trip and any market moves would be encouraging.

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(6)

Monument Valley¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

8/11

Galileo colt, half-brother to Breeders' Cup Turf winner Main Sequence; best effort from three came last time out at the Curragh; would only need to improve marginally to have every chance in this contest.

Form: 9-72

(5)

Ramesses The Great²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S J Cummins⁽⁷⁾| T: A P O'Brien

25/1

Pioneer of The Nile half-brother to Breeders' Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso; cost $575,000 as a yearling; finished last on debut run at Leopardstown over a mile last month; will be more clued up here.

Form: 9

(7)

Strip Light¹¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

66/1

Well held in a couple of career spins on both turf on debut and when last seen on the AW at Dundalk in March; open to improvement but hard to back with confidence.

Form: 0-4

(9)

Taramansour^b1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| BF

2/1

Dansili colt. Half-brother to Group 3 winners Taniyar and Tanaza; has improved slowly with each run and looks one of the leading contenders in first time blinkers.

Form: 34-52

(3)

Alaiya²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R P Downey| T: D K Weld

40/1

Sea The Stars half-sister to 7f winner Alanannda out of Ballycorus Stakes winner Alanza; given gentle introduction on debut at Leopardstown in June; will need to improve plenty to play a hand here.

Form: 0

(10)

Glint Of An Eye

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy

50/1

Cost 40,000 euros as a yearling; related to plenty of winners but overall pedigree suggests she will struggle against some better bred rivals.

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(15)

Lady Hanson

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

16/1

Cost 220,00 euros as a yearling; 10th foal; half-sister to winners Spirit Of Battle, Lady Mckell, and Shadow Game; it will be interesting to see level of market support on belated racecourse debut.

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(13)

Matilda With Me¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: M A Enright| T: R Sweeney

150/1

Filly by Morpheus out of a Redback mare. Low-cost €1,800 as a yearling; no real promise on racecourse debut at Limerick last month; will hopefully improve but others preferred.

Form: 5

(19)

Path Of Flowers¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Leonard| T: J J Murphy

150/1

Filly by Footstepsinthesand out of a Elnadim mare; did not show enough on her sole racecourse appearance to suggest she will be up to winning this.

Form: 9

(18)

Rebel Ruler⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds

150/1

Cost just 1,500 euros as a yearling; second foal; last of 18 on racecourse debut here last week; unlikely winner.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(1)

Storm Elza²⁶⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: Barry J Fitzgerald J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Monument Valley (8/11), Taramansour (2/1), Eaglemont (10/1), Lady Hanson (16/1), Liam's Approval (22/1), Ramesses The Great (25/1), Storm Elza (25/1), Khurshed (33/1), Alaiya (40/1), Glint Of An Eye (50/1), Dumhach Thra (50/1), Strip Light (66/1), Flaming Light (66/1), Regal Beau (125/1), Isaiah (150/1), Path Of Flowers (150/1), Matilda With Me (150/1), Wiggles (150/1), Rebel Ruler (150/1)

Based on his recent run at the Curragh, MONUMENT VALLEY has an excellent chance of breaking his maiden tag before progressing to better things. On breeding alone, he should be winning this type of race given the amount of racecourse experience he has accrued. Another with lovely breeding is stablemate Ramesses The Great. The colt ran no sort of race on debut in a decent Leopardstown maiden last month and should appreciate this step up in trip. Eaglemont did not particularly shine on his racecourse debut last month but the experience will have done him good and he could run well.