Cork 07 August 2021

Going: Soft (Yielding to Soft in places)
 
 
Light rain

Forecast: Light rain
Temperature: 11.0° - 16.7°
Rainfall: 0.80mm
Wind: 20.6 mph W

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13:35 Cork (IRE) (2YO only)

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

5f

Winner €9,300 - 7 ran

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The forecast is for plenty of rain so ERNEST RUTHERFORD could be worth a bet. He is by the sire Ardad whose progeny are showing a definite fondness for rain-softened ground. Michael O'Callaghan's juveniles are usually well able to do themselves justice on debut. The 91-rated Orinoco Rivers sets a strong standard as she has had two runner-up berths in fillies' maidens and has also been pitched into good company. She hasn't raced on slow ground but, if she enjoys it, she's the one to beat. HMS Endeavour and Drombeg Banner came home third and fifth respectively on debut on fast ground at Naas. The former was easy to back while the latter attracted support from his morning price. Drombeg Banner might get his revenge particularly if the rain keeps falling. Memory Motel was sixth in that race and now gets blinkers.

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14:07 Cork (IRE) (3YO plus)

Fermoy Handicap

6f

Winner €6,300 - 18 ran

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RESOURCEFUL MAN is an each-way shout. Eddie Lynam's charge was gambled on in Dundalk last month and took fourth, beaten by a length and a quarter. The horse a neck behind him in fifth came out and won in a higher grade at Naas. Resourceful Man is unexposed having only raced five times and has shown that he can handle deep ground. Noirvento arrives on the back of a victory over an extended five furlongs on yielding ground at Sligo. She is a course and distance winner and the booking of 7lb-claimer Cian MacRedmond more than offsets the rise in the weights she got for that success. Pretty Smart won well over course and distance in July. She is 10lb higher, when the jockey's claim is factored in, but the juice in the ground won't inconvenience her.

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14:42 Cork (IRE) (Class 1) (3YO plus)

Platinum Stakes (Listed)

7f

Winner €22,500 - 10 ran

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SOUL SEARCH finished just out of the places in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse last month and can make her mark. She stayed on strongly from 10th approaching the final furlong to fourth close home over this trip. It was a similar story on her penultimate start in Leopardstown. She has some very notable form on soft ground including when runner-up in a Group 2 at the Curragh in May. Erzindjan drops back in trip after finishing fourth in a Group 3 at Leopardstown. He won over this distance last year (on heavy ground) and is a player with first-time blinkers applied. Current Option beat Soul Search by half a length in this race last year and was driven out to score last weekend in the valuable Ahonoora Handicap at the Galway Festival (for the second year in a row). He is likely to go well despite having to give weight away to the field.

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15:17 Cork (IRE) (3YO plus)

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap

7f

Winner €12,000 - 8 ran

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MAUD GONNE SPIRIT relished cut in the ground in Galway to score on the opening day of the festival and can go in again. She got 6lb for that victory but may have turned the corner. Trip and ground will be right up her street. Wesley Joyce claims 7lb from Silver Service which puts her on a very handy weight. She ran twice in Ballybrit and signed off there with a never nearer seventh in the Ahonoora Handicap. A good run from the winner of that race, Current Option, in the preceding contest on the card would boost Silver Service's prospects. Petticoat Rule was third to a very in-form winner at Galway. She was overwhelmed inside the final furlong of that extended mile handicap, so the drop back in trip could be advantageous. She is well up in class, but cannot be ruled out as a former course and distance winner.

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15:50 Cork (IRE) (3YO plus)

Thanks To All The Frontline Workers From Cork Racecourse Handicap (45-65) (Div 1)

7f

Winner €6,000 - 18 ran

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Cactus Tree is seeking a hat-trick after victories in Fairyhouse and Leopardstown on Thursday evening. She stayed on well on yielding ground in Leopardstown which bodes well for her prospects if quickly turned out again. KARLSBERG could taste victory for the first time, though. There was an awful lot to like about her third place out of 30 runners over an extended six furlongs in the Curragh. She made up a lot of ground at the business end, so you can see why connections are pitching her into this seven-furlong handicap. Youceeyouceecee was pulled up after losing his action at Killarney in May. However, he enjoys this track and testing conditions so the veteran shouldn't be ignored, with 7lb-claimer Paddy Harnett who has won on him before.

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16:20 Cork (IRE) (3YO plus)

Thanks To All The Frontline Workers From Cork Racecourse Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)

7f

Winner €6,000 - 18 ran

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TEN TEN TWENTY did the business when well supported at Sligo the other day and looks capable of following up here under a 6lb penalty. The John Murphy-trained gelding was backed into 5/4 favourite on Wednesday and won convincingly. He was well on top in the straight, after taking it up turning for home, and looked value for a bit more than his winning margin of three-parts-of-a-length at the line. This is a drop in trip now but he had run really well over a mile at Galway previously and is fancied to handle the three-furlong shorter distance in a moderate contest. Accessory ran well to chase home Beleaguerment at Gowran a fortnight ago and looks a contender on that run. The consistent Scream is another that has to come into calculations.

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16:55 Cork (IRE) (Class 1) (3YO plus)

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes (Fillies & Mares Group 3)

1m 4f

Winner €39,000 - 10 ran

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There looks more to come from LA PETITE COCO as she takes another step up in trip here. The Ruler Of The World filly was a fast finishing second to Willow in the Naas Oaks Trial and is fancied to turn the tables now on that rival over two furlongs further. She was really stretching away over a furlong shorter than this in Killarney last time and looks made for this mile-and-a-half trip. Colin Keane partners Munster Oaks winner Thunder Kiss and she commands utmost respect given her course and distance form. She has to give weight away to all her rivals now, including Silence Please who was three-parts-of-a-length off her when runner-up here in June. That rival ran well without being any match for Tarnawa at Leopardstown on Thursday and would be a contender if turning out again. Federica Sophia has improved for stepping up in trip and stamina looks her main asset. It will be interesting to see how she handles coming back to a mile-and-a-half now.

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17:25 Cork (IRE) (3YO plus)

Newmarket Maiden

1m 4f

Winner €7,200 - 15 ran

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CYCLADIC has a decent rating of 89 and deserves to get her head in front in a maiden. The Fastnet Rock filly went down by a neck to an improving sort in Kazakdaria at Leopardstown last time when she seemed to see out this mile-and-a-half trip well. That looked a decent effort with the front pair pulling nicely clear. Azallya looks an obvious threat having lost out narrowly when finishing third at the Curragh in early June. She had Kazakdaria in behind then but that stablemate has improved since. Another form line there was that she was a head behind Simply A Dream in that race and that same rival was behind Cycladic when third at Leopardstown last time. Ballydoyle colt Key To The Kingdom is a bit of a dark horse. He showed promise on his sole outing last year, when fourth at Naas, but hasn't been seen since that debut effort in November.

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