Sunday 2 May · Sligo, Eire
14:15 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10)
- Distance
- 1m 2f 142y
- Going
- Good to Yielding (Yielding in places)
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 19000
- Runners
- 9
Race preview
HELL BENT can win. A half-brother to a Group-placed winner, HELL BENT ran well on juvenile debut and while he flopped on Navan reappearance, that was testing ground and he showed good form in finishing second to a smart type at Leopardstown last month. Play The Crowd, a bargain E1,800 yearling purchase, ran a cracker when finishing second in the aforementioned Navan race. The third-placed horse in that Navan has won since and while Play The Crowd is also open to more improvement, meets contrasting ground today. No less than nine of Camino Mission's siblings have won races over sprint trips and he ran a promising race when fourth on debut in that 1m2f Navan race. He also meets contrasting ground but is open to improvement and could be useful. Prairie Dancer showed useful juvenile form but might find a few too good over a longer trip while Lifetime Legend is capable but headstrong and would ideally prefer a more galloping track. Boulette faded late-on at the Curragh last month.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hell Bent | 5-02 | Shane Foley | Mrs J Harrington | 9 7 | 7-4 | |
| 2 | Prairie Dancer | 42275- | Dylan Browne McMonagle | J P O'Brien | 9 7 | 10-3 | |
| 3 | War Thunder | 45-0 | S M Crosse | D J Ryan | 9 7 | 80-1 | |
| 4 | Xeres | 343-0 | Chris Hayes | N Meade | 9 7 | 11-2 | |
| 5 | Lifetime Legend | 6207-3 | Ben Coen | A Oliver | 9 7 | 8-1 | |
| 6 | Play The Crowd | 0-2 | Ronan Whelan | A Oliver | 9 7 | 15-2 | |
| 7 | Boulette | 6-9 | Rory Cleary | J S Bolger | 9 7 | 18-1 | |
| 8 | Henry The Fifth | 97 | Shane Kelly | J P Murtagh | 9 7 | 18-1 | |
| 9 | Camino Mission | 4 | Leigh Roche | W McCreery | 9 7 | 12-1 |