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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Steeplechase
2m3½f (2m3f125y), Chase, 4yo+, M, €9,600, 5 runners
- Going
- YIELDING
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Echoing Silence No. 2
Darragh O'Keeffe · Henry de Bromhead
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Back from a 170-day break
Echoing Silence heads a tight-looking contest at Limerick over 20 furlongs on good to soft, and our ratings put him level at the top with Future Prospect on 126, eight pounds clear of Miss Fourie and Straight Home on 118. That gap to the chasing pack is the strongest argument for him, as only one rival looks able to match him on merit. Future Prospect is the obvious danger and cannot be dismissed, while Miss Fourie and Straight Home sit in the next tier and would need to improve, with Amen Kate a pound further back. Echoing Silence gets the nod, though only narrowly on a low-confidence call.
Runners
Daniel King
Thomas Cooper 0/1
Amen Kate pulled up last time out and is unplaced the run before, with a refusal four starts back, so reliability is a concern, as is a 196-day absence under 161 lb. In her favour, she has won twice in her last five starts, a winner three starts back, and has run on today's going; our rating has her fifth of five.
- Sire
- Flemensfirth (USA)
- Dam
- Augusta Kate (GB) by Yeats
- Owner
- Ciaran John Mooney John Francis Ryan
- Foaled
- 13 May 2020
- Stable
- Tralee, Co Kerry
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 117
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry de Bromhead 8/43
Echoing Silence won twice in her last four starts, taking victories three and four starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before. Our top-rated runner at 161 lb, she is the one to beat, though a seventh last time and 170 days off are small concerns.
- Sire
- Doyen (IRE)
- Dam
- Taipers (IRE) by Taipan
- Owner
- Kenneth Alexander
- Foaled
- 29 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Knockeen, Co Waterford
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 43 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 126
Paul Townend
W. P. Mullins 3/20
Future Prospect has finished second in each of her last three starts, so she is consistent and yet to win in that run. She has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 126 ranks her second of five. The main risk is 161 lb after 63 days off.
- Sire
- Order Of St George (IRE)
- Dam
- Mhuire Na Gale (IRE) by Norwich
- Owner
- Mrs John Magnier Bronsan Racing
- Foaled
- 1 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Muine Bheag, Co Carlow
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 20 runs (15%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 126
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott 8/48
Miss Fourie arrives in decent shape after a third last time out, just 20 days ago, and she has run over today's trip and going before, so conditions hold no mystery. The risk is that she is yet to win in her last five and carries 161 lb.
- Sire
- Yeats (IRE)
- Dam
- Present Venture (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Ms Aisling Molloy
- Foaled
- 4 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Longwood, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 48 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 118
Brian Hayes
W. P. Mullins 3/20
Straight Home arrives sound after a fourth last time out, with a second two starts back and a win four starts back, and she has run on today's going before after just 18 days off. The risk is the 161 lb burden, which could stretch her against rivals.
- Sire
- Yeats (IRE)
- Dam
- On The Way Home (IRE) by Flemensfirth
- Owner
- Whitegrass Racing Syndicate
- Foaled
- 26 Feb 2017
- Stable
- Muine Bheag, Co Carlow
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 20 runs (15%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 118
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.