Bordeaux Racecourse Rated Race

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 1m 44.41s

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Sandy Creek⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: D McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 87| D

7/4

Lightly-raced winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Career best when winning 14-runner maiden at Dundalk (8f, 11/10) 43 days ago, kept up to work. Expected to be thereabouts again back on turf.

Form: 2-321

(5)

Grey Leader⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: G F Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 86| D

11/2

El Kabeir gelding who is going the right way, making it 2 wins from 3 starts despite still looking a little rough around the edges in a Listowel minor event (1m) back in June, leading final 50 yds. Absent since but of interest again with prospect of more to come.

Form: 611

(4)

Space Age¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: C Stone-Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 86

7/2

Lightly-raced winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. 4/1, career best when winning 9-runner maiden at Tipperary (7.4f, soft) 13 days ago by 3½ lengths from Helter Skelter, kept up to work. Could do better again.

Form: 36-271

(3)

Kalikapour⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: R P Whelan| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 85| D

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 10 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to soft, 20/1) 74 days ago, finding little. Clearly not 100% on that occasion and no surprise to see a better showing. Down in trip.

Form: 61-70

(1)

Livio Milo^p²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: L F Roche| T: D K Weld| OR: 84

4/1

Fairly useful gelding. 5/2, career best when winning 11-runner maiden at Galway (7f, soft) 23 days ago, always holding on. Trainer going well and expected to feature once more.

Form: 442221

(2)

Helter Skelter¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J Kearney⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Murphy

8/1

Once-raced maiden. 14/1, 3½ lengths second of 9 to Space Age in maiden at Tipperary (7.4f, soft) on debut 13 days ago, running green but finding the penny dropping late on. Open to improvement.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Sandy Creek (7/4), Space Age (7/2), Livio Milo (4/1), Grey Leader (11/2), Helter Skelter (8/1), Kalikapour (14/1)

GREY LEADER has been absent since June, yet he again looked a good prospect when making it 2 wins from 3 starts at Listowel on that occasion and he shades the vote with further progress distinctly possible. Livio Milo and Sandy Creek head up the dangers, whilst Space Age can't be discounted either in a competitive race of its type.