14:00 Curragh

Monday 3 May 2021

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GAIN First Flier Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 3.17s

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(5)

Castle Star¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C D Hayes| T: J A Stack

5/2

Twice-raced maiden. 9/4, second of 11 in maiden at this course (6f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Should pick up a race sooner rather than later, but probably biting off more than he can chew here.

Form: 22

(1)

It'll Do My Day³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: G F Carroll| T: M Mulvany| D

7/1

Twice-raced winner. 7/2, won 11-runner maiden at Cork (5f, good to soft) 30 days ago by short head from Castle Star. Much more on his plate now upped in class.

Form: 21

(6)

Lord Gorgeous¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: B M Coen| T: J P Murtagh| D

10/1

Twice-raced winner. Won 5-runner maiden at Dundalk (5f, 11/8) 12 days ago, just holding on. Yard in good form and he remains open to improvement, but this is a much tougher assignment.

Form: 31

(8)

Cheerupsleepyjean¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Spencer| T: J A Stack| CD

15/8

Promising type. Won 5-runner minor event at this C&D (good to firm, 5/2) on debut 16 days ago, readily. Clearly very promising and may well take this step up in class in his stride.

Form: 1

(9)

Keel Bay

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S Foley| T: K J Condon

14/1

Foaled March 28. 25,000 gns yearling. Half-sister to several winners, including very smart winner up to 13.3f Census, useful 1¾m-16.2f winner Carnwennan. May need more time and distance.

Form:

(7)

Loveday^v1¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery

28/1

Once-raced maiden. 11/2, 2½ lengths third of 5 to Lord Gorgeous in maiden at Dundalk (5f) on debut 12 days ago. Visored for 1st time. Likely to do better in time.

Form: 3

(2)

Missing Matron¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| BF| CD

9/2

C&D winner on debut in March. 2½ lengths third of 5 to Cheerupsleepyjean in minor event back here (good to firm, 10/11) 16 days ago and meets the winner on 5 lb better terms now.

Form: 13

Non-Runners

(3)

Cadamosto²³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: R L Moore

(4)

Elliptic¹³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: Donnacha O'Brien J: G M Ryan

Forecasts

Cheerupsleepyjean (15/8), Cadamosto (2/1), Castle Star (5/2), Elliptic (4/1), Missing Matron (9/2), It'll Do My Day (7/1), Lord Gorgeous (10/1), Keel Bay (14/1), Loveday (28/1)

CADAMOSTO looked good when making a winning start to his career at Dundalk last month and, with the prospect of better to come from this well-bred colt, he should prove hard to beat. That said, Cheerupsleepyjean also created a good impression when accounting for 4 rivals, including the re-opposing Missing Matron, over C&D recently, while Tipperary winner Elliptic is brimming with potential, too.