14:42
Bahrain Turf Club Knockaire Stakes (Listed)
Listed, Class 1, 1m½f (1m0f100y), Flat, 3yo+, €30,000, 7 runners
- Going
- GOOD
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›King Cuan No. 1, stall 4
W. J. Lee · P. Twomey
✓ Top rated ✓ Won last time out ✓ Trainer in form (4/8, 14 days)
King Cuan heads our ratings on 110, four pounds ahead of Faiyum on 106 and six clear of Zodiac Bear on 104, which gives him a solid edge in a seven-runner Class 1 over a mile on good ground. Faiyum is the chief danger and is the one most likely to close that gap, while Zodiac Bear and Iron Fist (95) are the other names to respect, though both have more to find on our figures. With the remainder rated 94-95 and Dublin's Knight unrated, King Cuan looks the most reliable option in the field and our selection is King Cuan.
Runners
W. J. Lee
P. Twomey 4/8
King Cuan arrives in cracking nick, a winner last time out just 14 days ago, and he has also finished third three starts back and second five starts back. He has run on today's going, and our rating of 110 makes him the one to beat, though 138 lb is a stiff task.
- Sire
- Tasleet (GB)
- Dam
- Rutherford (IRE) by Dutch Art
- Owner
- Red Lily Racing Syndicate
- Foaled
- 1 May 2021
- Stable
- Cashel, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 8 runs (50%)
- Trainer running to form
- 68%
- Ratings
- Perf 110, Speed 96
Ben Coen
J. P. Murtagh 7/49
Zodiac Bear won two starts back and five starts back, and has run over today's trip and going before, so he is a leading threat at 138 lb from stall three; the concern is a pulled-up effort last time out and 91 days off.
- Sire
- Kodi Bear (IRE)
- Dam
- Tut (IRE) by Intikhab
- Owner
- Seamus Mcpeake
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Coolaghknock Glebe,Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 49 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 42%
- Ratings
- Perf 104, Speed 82
553 days
4yo, 9-9, OR 98 221-
J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 7/51
Unexposed colt who won last time out, with a second two starts back and another second three starts back, though he returns after 553 days off. Carrying 135 lb from draw 5, he looks open to further improvement on the limited form shown.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- Good Place (USA) by Street Cry
- Owner
- Wells Watson
- Foaled
- 2 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Owning Hill, Co Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 51 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
Shane Foley
Mrs J. Harrington 3/35
Iron Fist bounces in off a second last time out and has twice been runner-up in his last six, while he has run over today's trip and on this going before; yet to win in that spell, though, he's the risk, and 135 lb from stall six asks plenty off an official 97.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Velvetina (IRE) by Barathea
- Owner
- Anamoine Limited
- Foaled
- 15 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Moone, Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 35 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 95, Speed 94
Seamie Heffernan
Patrick J Flynn 0/10
Key Witness looks hard to fancy on our figures, ranked sixth of seven, though a second last time out and three wins in his last five starts are real positives. He has run over today's trip and going, but carries 135 lb from draw 7 after an unplaced run two starts back.
- Sire
- Acclamation (GB)
- Dam
- Allegation (FR) by Lawman
- Owner
- Mrs Patrick J Flynn
- Foaled
- 4 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Carrick-On-Suir, Co Waterford
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 94, Speed 86
W. M. Lordan
Aidan O'Brien 5/62
Hard to fancy, having finished a fourth last time out and another fourth two starts back since a win three starts back, and our figures rank him fifth of seven (95). On the plus side, he's fresh enough after 14 days and has run on today's going before.
- Sire
- Siyouni (FR)
- Dam
- More Beautiful (USA) by War Front
- Owner
- Derrick Smith Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor
- Foaled
- 20 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Cashel, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 62 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 63%
- Ratings
- Perf 95, Speed 82
Colin Keane
G. M. Lyons 1/15
Faiyum arrives in good heart after a second last time out just seven days ago, and she has finished in the first four in four of her last five starts, having run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 106 backs her as a serious threat, though she is yet to win in that spell and carries 130 lb from stall one.
- Sire
- Frankel (GB)
- Dam
- Quail (GB) by Pivotal
- Owner
- Juddmonte
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Dunsany, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 15 runs (7%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 106, Speed 104
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.