Saturday 1 April · Bellewstown, Eire
13:20 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden
- Distance
- 0m 7f 180y
- Going
- Soft to Heavy
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 15000
- Runners
- 17
Race preview
LOVE MOCHA should improve plenty from her first 'official' run at Dundalk last October. She had already had a spin in a barrier trial before her debut but still looked very green when asked for an effort in the straight, eventually finishing fourth to Malleymoo. The Awtaad filly should be a bit more streetwise now and is fancied to turn the tables on Fast Tara, who was a length-and-three-quarters in front in third that day. Johnny Murtagh's charge was having her second outing then and ran a solid race to finish third. Her sire's progeny tend to go well in soft ground. Gunsight weakened tamely enough on his final start last year in Gowran but had been runner-up in Killarney before that and would be a big player on that showing.
| No | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | Forecast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buzzen | 00- | Siobhan Rutledge | H Rogers | 9 8 | ||
| 2 | Etna Rosso | Dylan Browne McMonagle | J P O'Brien | 9 8 | |||
| 3 | Firm Handshake | Billy Lee | W McCreery | 9 8 | |||
| 4 | Grey Leader | Gary Carroll | J G Murphy | 9 8 | |||
| 5 | Gunsight | 620- | M A Enright | Michael W O'Meara | 9 8 | ||
| 6 | Hutton Glen | Colin Keane | G M Lyons | 9 8 | |||
| 7 | Lasting Peace | 0- | Mikey Sheehy | N Meade | 9 8 | ||
| 8 | Believe Me Now | Andrew Slattery | A Slattery | 9 3 | |||
| 9 | Doctor Nightingale | Declan McDonogh | G Elliott | 9 3 | |||
| 10 | Fast Tara | 63- | Ben Coen | J P Murtagh | 9 3 | ||
| 11 | Kaydees Magic | 058- | Robbie Colgan | S Lavery | 9 3 | ||
| 12 | Love Mocha | 4- | Shane Foley | Mrs J Harrington | 9 3 | ||
| 13 | Neowise | Nathan Crosse | Mrs J Harrington | 9 3 | |||
| 14 | Perfect Curves | 80- | Jake Coen | G Elliott | 9 3 | ||
| 15 | Vikki Wall | 3-4 | C D Maxwell | Ian Donoghue | 9 3 | ||
| 16 | Partisan Hero | 0- | Reserve 1 | D K Weld | 9 8 | ||
| 17 | Hokusai | 767- | Reserve 2 | N Meade | 9 8 |