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Friday 3 October 2025

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Michael And Esther Cooney Memorial Nursery Handicap

2YO only | 7f | Standard | 14 Runners | Polytrack

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Sovereign Thought²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 10-1| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 73| D

Lightly-raced winner. 16/1, career best when winning 14-runner nursery at Down Royal (7.1f, good) 28 days ago, driven out. Should remain very competitive off 10lb higher.

Form: 69091

(13)

Princess Sioux^h¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 10-0| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Barrett| OR: 72

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, eighth of 9 in maiden at Punchestown (8.1f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Booking of Burns a plus. Hood back on. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 7058

(6)

A La Dure^p²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-13| J: James Ryan| T: J Davison| OR: 71

Thrice-raced maiden. 18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 10 in maiden at Cork (6f, soft) 23 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 765

(7)

Tiyadal³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-12| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 70

Last of 7 in maiden (66/1) at the Curragh (8f, good) 34 days ago but showed promise at Leopardstown prior to that and may do better in handicaps.

Form: 057

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Friendly Invoice⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Leigh Roche| T: Conor Maxwell| OR: 67

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in maiden (250/1) at this C&D 7 days ago, met some trouble. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 009

(8)

Stolen Treasure¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J G Coogan| OR: 67

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in maiden at Naas (5.9f, soft, 50/1) 15 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 080

(10)

Whistling Jamesie³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Wayne Lordan| T: N Lupini| OR: 66

Thrice-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in maiden (28/1) at Bellewstown (5f, good) 38 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Yard having good spell. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 000

(4)

Darwin's Angel^b1¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Jack Kearney⁽³⁾| T: Stephen Thorne| OR: 64

Below form when fourth of 11 in maiden claimer at Naas (8f, soft, 11/4) 15 days ago but did run well when fourth in a Down Royal nursery prior to that. Makes polytrack debut. Blinkers on 1st time. Respected for last year's winning yard.

Form: 605044

(2)

Femme Beauty¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Billy Lee| T: K J Condon| OR: 61

Eleventh of 16 in nursery (13/2) at Naas (8f, soft) 15 days ago but had shown she could be competitive in handicaps when fourth at Killarney prior to that. Makes polytrack debut. Not taken lightly under Billy Lee.

Form: 459440

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One Cool Bear²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 61

Well held in both turf nurseries and needs a switch to polytrack to help.

Form: 06000

(3)

Pretty Liz¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 61

Modest form. Eighth of 10 in nursery (28/1) at Fairyhouse (6f, good to soft) 11 days ago, doing too much too soon. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 7098

(1)

Zebrina^b¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: G M Lyons| OR: 60

Blinkered for 1st time, thirteenth of 16 on nursery debut at Naas (8f, soft, 14/1) 15 days ago. Needs to get his career back on track now switching to AW.

Form: 5800

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Monvoe^t1¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: R P Cody| OR: 57

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in nursery (15/2) at Naas (5f, soft) 15 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 97979

(9)

Balance Of Trade¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: Wesley Joyce⁽³⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 50

Poor form. Seventh of 11 in maiden claimer (25/1) at Naas (8f, soft) 15 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 9087

Non-Runners

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Worldly¹¹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 2

T: J Halley J: Reserve 1

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Invincible Rocket¹⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 2

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Sovereign Thought (15/8), A La Dure (11/2), Worldly (7/1), Darwin's Angel (15/2), Tiyadal (8/1), Princess Sioux (10/1), Femme Beauty (10/1), Monvoe (12/1), Invincible Rocket (14/1), Pretty Liz (14/1), Friendly Invoice (16/1), Zebrina (20/1), Balance Of Trade (20/1), Stolen Treasure (25/1), One Cool Bear (25/1), Whistling Jamesie (25/1)

FEMME BEAUTY looks favourably treated on her peak efforts and might be worth chancing to bounce back from a lesser run last time with Billy Lee taking the reins now. Darwin's Angel enters the reckoning for last year's winning stable. Sovereign Thought is respected as a last-time-out winner, while Tiyadal may do better in handicaps for Johnny Murtagh.