Race cards · Sat 22 Jul
Saturday 22 July · Curragh, Eire
16:55 La Celia Wines Sprint Nursery Handicap
- Distance
- 0m 6f 0y
- Going
- Soft
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 20000
- Runners
- 9
Race preview
DEMOCRACY hasn't progressed as maybe expected following his debut success here in April, twice finishing down the field in Group contests at this track, but he is worth a chance to return to form, especially with softer underfoot conditions potentially being in his favour. Oligopoly has run with credit on both starts to date and shapes as if a drop to 6f would bring about improvement, while Prince X J, who contested the Coventry at Royal Ascot, last week's Navan winner Ocean Baroque and Sanshiro are all capable of a decent showing.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakajaro | 603 | Luke McAteer | D Marnane | 8 12 | 15-2 | |
| 2 | Sanshiro | 504 | Chris Hayes | D Bunyan & G O'Leary | 8 10 | 10-1 | |
| 3 | Nika Pika | 508 | Leigh Roche | P Magee | 8 7 | 50-1 | |
| 4 | Neo Smart | 2670 | Rory Cleary | J S Bolger | 9 0 | 16-1 | |
| 5 | Poppadom | 705 | Andrew Slattery | A Slattery | 8 7 | 14-1 | |
| 6 | Ocean Baroque | 2541 | Billy Lee | K P Cotter | 9 7 | 9-4 | |
| 7 | Democracy | 167 | R L Moore | A P O'Brien | 9 12 | 11-5 | |
| 8 | Prince X J | 9710 | Colin Keane | M O'Callaghan | 9 9 | 10-1 | |
| 9 | Oligopoly | 23 | Hugh Horgan | J P O'Brien | 9 8 | 7-1 | |
| NR | Lia Fail | 4571 | Gavin Ryan | M Mulvany | 8 10 |