AUTOPORTRAIT was well supported when runner-up on debut for new connections at Navan earlier this month and looks sure to improve. He can get off the mark. Karamoja and Torps rate the principal dangers.
Autoportrait
Karamoja
Torps
2m Mdn Hrd
Each Way terms: 1/5 odds for first 3 places
2. Kainsbourg
J: Jordan Colin GainfordT: Gordon Elliott, Ireland
F: 11-
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
11-7
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
421
Verdict
Won 6-runner Gr 3 bumper at Nantes (10.9f, heavy) when last seen 14 months ago. Since joined Gordon Elliott and is worth monitoring in market on yard/hurdles debut.
17. Karamoja
J: B. HayesT: W. P. Mullins, Ireland
F: 323-3
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-6
Gear:
hood
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
23
Verdict
Placed in 2 bumpers and a listed newcomers hurdle in France in 2023 and posted solid third of 18 in novice (5/6) at Clonmel (19.4f, soft) on debut for Willie Mullins 23 days ago. Hood back on. Likely contender.
6. Autoportrait
J: Gavin Peter BrouderT: M. F. Morris, Ireland
F: 53-2
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
19
Verdict
Promising individual who posted good second of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) on IRE NH debut 19 days ago. Should progress and is one for shortlist.
9. Mack The Chemist
J: D. J. O'KeeffeT: Henry de Bromhead, Ireland
F: 55-
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
251
Verdict
Promising type. Fifth of 10 in bumper at Ballinrobe (15.8f, soft, 4/1) on bumper debut. Off 8 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Yard in good form. Should have more to offer.
15. Torps
J: C. P. McNamaraT: Eric McNamara, Ireland
F: 32
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
tongue strap
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
53
Verdict
Shaped well in Listowel bumper on debut and was similar story when promising second of 15 in novice (17/2) at Cork (16.3f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 53 days ago. Likely more to come yet.
3. Laafi
J: P. ByrnesT: William Durkan, Ireland
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
11-7
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
61
Verdict
Useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Blinkered for 1st time, won 17-runner handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, heavy, 33/1) 61 days ago. First run for yard after leaving William Haggas. Interesting recruit to hurdling.
5. Arch Hall
J: B. W. HarveyT: Joseph Anthony Murray, Ireland
F: 36-3
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
hood and tongue strap
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
19
Verdict
Thrice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time tongue strap on for 1st time, third of 19 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Navan (16f, soft) 19 days ago. Each-way claims.
19. Long Branch
J: ReserveT: Seamus Neville, Ireland
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
-
Verdict
€38,000 3-y-o, Idaho gelding. Making NH debut here. Dam unraced sister to top-class chaser (stayed 25f) Nacarat. Off mark in points earlier this year but likely one for longer term. RESERVE.
1. Bright N Shine
J: J. P. ShinnickT: Terence O'Brien, Ireland
F: 8
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
11-7
Gear:
tongue strap
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
48
Verdict
Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 11f on flat. Third of 10 in handicap (4/1) at Dundalk (12f) 48 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up against it.
12. Park That
J: J. S. McGarveyT: Enda Bolger, Ireland
F: 3-F
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
hood
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
18
Verdict
Promising individual. Fell in novice hurdle at Cork (15.7f, soft, 16/1) 18 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Likely to improve.
20. Cocovic
J: ReserveT: Eric McNamara, Ireland
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
hood
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
-
Verdict
€25,000 4-y-o, Ocovango gelding. Dam, placed in points, sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3m) Toby Lerone. Wears hood. Won second start in points in May but likely to need further than this on NH debut. RESERVE.
16. Diamond Steel
J: R. A. DoyleT: Henry de Bromhead, Ireland
F: 0
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-6
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
19
Verdict
Once-raced maiden. 33/1, fourteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago. Yard having good spell. Looks a longer-term prospect.
7. Comanche Moon
J: C. M. QuirkeT: Charles Byrnes, Ireland
F: 0
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
18
Verdict
Once-raced maiden. 80/1, tenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Cork (15.7f, soft) on NH debut 18 days ago. Up against it.
10. Mujeres Isla
J: Ryan TreacyT: Robert Tyner, Ireland
F: 0
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
18
Verdict
Once-raced maiden. 150/1, fifteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Cork (15.7f, soft) on NH debut 18 days ago.
21. Ellis Mor
J: ReserveT: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch, Ireland
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
-
Verdict
€14,500 3-y-o: third foal: dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser who became temperamental (stayed 3½m) Riverside City out of 2¼m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m) Blazing Sky. Likely best watched on NH debut. RESERVE.
14. Shadow Paddy
J: G. B. NoonanT: Eoin Christopher McCarthy, Ireland
F: 576
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
18
Verdict
Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixth of 20 in novice hurdle at Cork (15.7f, soft, 125/1) 18 days ago. Work to do.
4. Queenie St Clair
J: K. C. SextonT: E. Sheehy, Ireland
F: 7
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
11-0
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
19
Verdict
Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 7f on flat. First run since leaving E. D. Delany when seventh of 19 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Navan (16f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago. Likely one for handicaps down the line.
11. Order Of The Dance
J: M. M. McDonaghT: E. J. O'Grady, Ireland
F: 90
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
83
Verdict
Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft, 100/1) on hurdles bow 83 days ago.
8. Highland Earl
J: Mr P. W. GleesonT: Liam P. Cusack, Ireland
F: 78
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
199
Verdict
Twice-raced maiden. 50/1, eighth of 12 in bumper at Roscommon (15.6f, good). Off 6 months. Best watched on hurdles debut.
13. Pleasureofpressure
J: J. P. O'SullivanT: P. J. Rothwell, Ireland
F: 00
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-13
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
19
Verdict
Twice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft, 250/1) 19 days ago.
18. Nutbush City
J: P. T. SmithersT: Andrew Lee, Ireland
Price History:
-
Age:
4
Weight:
10-6
Gear:
-
Official Rating:
0
Days Since Last Run:
66
Verdict
Fair maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Last of 13 in handicap at Gowran (11.8f, heavy, 100/1) 66 days ago. Faces a stiff task.