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16:40 Curragh

Saturday 1 July 2017

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GAIN Railway Stakes (Group 2)

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 1m 11.71s

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(9)

Beckford⁴⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: D P McDonogh| T: G Elliott| CD

11/2

Bated Breath colt changed hands for €55,000 as a yearling and made an impressive winning start over C&D last month on similar ground to what is forecast now. That form has been boosted with a couple of wins from those in behind and he is respected jumping up in class.

Form: 1

(3)

Commander Grigio³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: C D Hayes| T: J A Stack| CD

7/1

No match for Beckford over C&D on debut (beaten 3¼L in fourth) but made light work of his own maiden in late May here and clearly going the right way. Yard have been a bit quiet lately.

Form: 41

(5)

De Bruyne Horse¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: P J Smullen| T: R Hannon| OR: 101| D

7/1

Impressive when winning the Woodcote at Epsom early last month (6f, good), he was not disgraced since in a Royal Ascot Group 1, though does have something to find with Murillo o that form. Trainer believes better is to come.

Form: 5118

(6)

Devastating Power¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: R P Whelan| T: B W Duke

200/1

Easily batted off last month in maidens at Fairyhouse (6f, good) and Roscommon (7f, soft), this appears to be a fanciful target third time out and would be a major surprise to see him in the mix.

Form: 89

(1)

Folk Tale^h1²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: C O'Donoghue| T: C Appleby| D

20/1

Another British raider, the son of Dubawi improved nicely to win a Newmarket novice contest (6f, good) last month on second start. Sports a first-time hood in this and will need to improve again to add to his tally.

Form: 41

(4)

Murillo^t¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

6/4

Scat Daddy colt cost $500,000 and having landed a 5f maiden at Tipperary on second start he put up a very strong showing when ½L third in the Coventry at Royal Ascot. That is the standout form coming in here and gives him leading claims. Trainer has won this race a dozen times.

Form: 613

(8)

True Blue Moon⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien

9/1

Made up some eye-catching late ground in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot having been slowly away and raced on the wrong side. Had previously won both starts in this country over 5f and could have more to give now upped in trip.

Form: 116

(2)

Verbal Dexterity²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| C

10/3

Spread-eagled the field when wining 7f maiden here last month on testing ground. Drops in distance now but hard not to be impressed by that win and will likely have more to come with better ground in prospect to aid too.

Form: 1

Non-Runners

(7)

Rostropovich⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: J A Heffernan

Forecasts

Murillo (6/4), Verbal Dexterity (10/3), Beckford (11/2), De Bruyne Horse (7/1), Commander Grigio (7/1), True Blue Moon (9/1), Rostropovich (12/1), Folk Tale (20/1), Devastating Power (200/1)

Murillo brings the best form into this on the back of a solid third in the Coventry at Royal Ascot and he looks the pick of two from Ballydoyle as his trainer looks for a 13th win in this contest. He appears set to go well but at the likely prices it might be worth siding with DE BRUYNE HORSE to reverse Ascot form. The Woodcote Stakes winner might perhaps have found the ground plenty firm in that race and should be more at home in this smaller field in any case. His trainer retains belief in him and he should get ground to suit. Verbal Dexterity made a strong impression in winning his maiden at this track last month over further but must step up on that form to play a role here while True Blue Moon is expected to go well now tackling this 6f trip for the first time having stayed on to good effect at Ascot late on in the Norfolk. Once-raced maiden winner Beckford is another potential improver lurking in what is an open contest.