Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Listed race at Tipperary

Seven meetings today in the U.K. and Ireland, with the best race the listed Tipperery Stakes for 2yo´s over 5 furlongs at 15.35 CET. Two of the 7 runners are still unbeaten, Blue Bullet (Willie Mullins/ Gary Carroll) and Zoola (Andrew Heffernan/ Johnny Murtagh), but they are meeting better opposition here, notably Parliament Square (Aidan and Joseph O´Brien), an easy winner at Fairyhouse last time and earlier a good 5th of 23 at Royal Ascot.However Dylanbaru (Tommy Stack/ Wayne Lordan) finished in front of him at Ascot and is a big danger here. The O´Brien´s can also take the fillies maiden over 1 1/2 miles half an hour later with the very well-bred Purple, who has Jim Bolger´s Teofolina (Kevin Manning) to beat. The 2yo maiden at 17.05 also looks a match between Bolger and O´Brien, with the former saddling Leitir Mor (Manning), runner-up already four times and also not disgraced at Ascot, while O´Brien has two runners, with Joseph riding The Ferryman, who made a good debut la st week at Dundalk when runner-up to stable-companion Mars, reckoned to be the stable´s top juvenile and already favourite for next year´s Derby.