Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 18:30 Leopardstown.com Race7f

  • Weighed In - €20,000 added, 2yo, 5 runners
  • Winner €13,000 2nd €3,800 3rd €1,800 4th €600
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 34.13s
  • Off time: 18:31:15
Pos Horse Odds
1st Flying The Flag (IRE) 5/4
2nd Einsteins Folly (IRE) 15/8
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (3) 3721 WHITE, purple panel, check cap Einsteins Folly (IRE) 27 Course and Distance Winner 2 9-7 p K J Manning J S Bolger 15/8
2 (1) 61 RED & EMERALD GREEN DIAMONDS, striped sleeves, red cap Hard Core Debt 16 Distance Winner 2 9-5 S Foley A Oliver 5/1
3 (2) RED, white stars, red sleeves, striped cap Ella's Kitten (USA) 2 9-3 P J Smullen D K Weld 16/1
4 (5) Dark Blue Flying The Flag (IRE) 2 9-3 J P O'Brien A P O'Brien 5/4
5 (4) Pink The Vatican (IRE) 2 9-3 C O'Donoghue A P O'Brien 7/1

Verdict

Einsteins Folly has improved with racing and there was plenty to like about his defeat of Ballydoyle's odds-on Count Of Limonade on heavy ground here last month. He had Hard Core Debt back in sixth that day and the latter has since come out and won easily at Sligo so there shouldn't be much between them here. Both are penalised, however, and come up against a trio of superbly-bred newcomers. Dermot Weld's Ella's Kitten is a full brother to a winning miler in the USA but will probably do better when getting a stiffer test of stamina. The Ballydoyle pair FLYING THE FLAG and The Vatican are both by Galileo out of classy mares and it's the former who just gets the vote as his dam, Halfway To Heaven, was an outstanding triple Group 1 winner.

Formwatch

Einsteins Folly (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Prominent and led after 1f, ridden to assert over 1f out, kept on well under pressure final furlong, won at Leopardstown 7f 2yo mdn hvy in Jun beating Count Of Limonade (9-5) by 2l, 8 ran.

Hard Core Debt 9-2 (9-2) Soon chased leaders in 6th, progress under pressure on inner into straight, led and stayed on well to assert inside final furlong, won at Sligo 6f 2yo mdn aut gs in Jun beating Fontana Di Trevi (8-8) by 3l, 8 ran.

Ella's Kitten (USA) Kitten's Joy colt out of Anura.

Flying The Flag (IRE) Galileo colt out of Halfway To Heaven.

The Vatican (IRE) Galileo colt out of Play Misty For Me.

Sky Bet