15:57 Gowran Park

Wednesday 23 April 2025

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Gowran Park Golf Club Maiden

Off time: 15:58 | Winning time: 1m 32.04s

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(5)

Beat The Devil^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁵⁾| T: P Magee

33/1

€2,500 yearling, Estidhkaar gelding. Closely related to winner abroad by Alhebayeb. Dam, maiden (stayed 7f), half-sister to US Grade 1 1m winner River Boyne. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

(7)

Bungle Lichious⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Robert Whearty⁽³⁾| T: P W Flynn

250/1

Tailed off in 2 maidens this month.

Form: 80

(19)

Gran Habano²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: A Murray| OR: 78

18/1

Remains a maiden after 8 Flat runs. Creditable third of 12 in maiden at this course (8f, good to soft, 16/1) 3 weeks ago.

Form: 73-6353

(12)

Iron Fist³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 86

10/3

4/1, shaped as if better for the run after 5 months off when fourth of 16 in maiden at Naas (7f, heavy) 31 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Likely to be much closer to form here.

Form: 025-4

(13)

Money For Nothing

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Ronan Whelan| T: S Crawley

80/1

Gregorian gelding. Dam of little account out of useful 2-y-o 1m winner (stayed 1¼m) Melodique.

Form:

(3)

Nepal¹⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Gary Carroll| T: J J Murphy

40/1

5/2, went backwards from debut when fifth of 10 in maiden at Dundalk (8f) in January. Needs to bounce back on turf debut (has been gelded).

Form: 2-5

(16)

Poweracclaim

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh

20/1

Acclamation gelding. Half-brother to several winners, including 5f-8.6f winner Shoot To Kill and 1m winner Energetic. Dam, 1m winner, half-sister to useful 7f-1m winner Power of Darkness.

Form:

(9)

Quare Fast¹⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: A C Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: K Purcell

200/1

150/1, went with no promise when tailed-off last of 10 in maiden at this course (8.3f, heavy) on debut 6 months ago.

Form: 0-

(11)

Southgreen¹⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: L F Roche| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch

200/1

Tailed off in 2 maidens in November. First run for yard after leaving Darren Bunyan.

Form: 00-

(15)

Spent All Me Money^b1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J Davison

14/1

66/1, showed ability at huge odds when fifth of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, soft) on debut 25 days ago, running on. Blinkers on 1st time. Open to progress (has been gelded).

Form: 5

(17)

Heaven's Wish^t¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: G M Ryan| T: D Dias

33/1

Tongue strap on, showed a bit when fourth of 7 in maiden (33/1) at Dundalk (6f) on debut 12 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 4

(14)

Kilmood Susan²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: Daniel Murphy| OR: 78

7/1

Ran creditably after 5 months off when second of 11 in maiden at the Curragh (6f, soft, 11/4) 25 days ago. In the mix.

Form: 2245-2

(8)

Naval Ensign¹⁸⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Kevin Coleman

12/1

Offered something to work on when sixth of 21 in maiden (11/2) at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) on debut 6 months ago, not knocked about. Should progress.

Form: 6-

(1)

Stella Alpina^h1³⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery

7/2

Showed good speed when fourth of 12 in maiden at Naas (5.9f, soft, 22/1) on debut 11 months ago. First run for yard after leaving Ms Sheila Lavery. Hood on 1st time. Likely to improve.

Form: 4-

(4)

Varshini²⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J A Heffernan| T: J A Stack

15/8

25/1, showed plenty to work on when fifth of 11 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, good) on debut 9 months ago. Should improve.

Form: 5-

(2)

Casheldale Lass^h1¹⁷¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J A Powell⁽³⁾| T: A Kinirons

50/1

Tailed off in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) on debut 6 months ago. Hooded for 1st time. RESERVE.

Form: 0-

Non-Runners

(18)

Storm Piece³¹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: G M Lyons J: Colin Keane

(10)

Frankton¹³³

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: K J Condon J: Reserve 2

(6)

Starsurge²⁵

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: G M Lyons J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Varshini (15/8), Storm Piece (2/1), Iron Fist (10/3), Stella Alpina (7/2), Kilmood Susan (7/1), Naval Ensign (12/1), Spent All Me Money (14/1), Gran Habano (18/1), Poweracclaim (20/1), Frankton (25/1), Beat The Devil (33/1), Heaven's Wish (33/1), Nepal (40/1), Casheldale Lass (50/1), Starsurge (50/1), Money For Nothing (80/1), Southgreen (200/1), Quare Fast (200/1), Bungle Lichious (250/1)

Cases can be made for several in this big-field maiden, but the vote goes to STORM PIECE, who found only one too good for the third time in 4 starts on return at Naas last month. Iron Fist was a few places behind the selection that day and should be much closer to form here, with Stella Alpina, Varshini and Spent All Me Money all fancied to take a step forward, too.