LEOPARDSTOWN (31 May 2006)

Good

6:00 Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Median Auction Maiden (2yo)

[off 6:00] £8,979.31, £2,634.48, £1,255.17, £427.59 6f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Howya Now Kid (1) G M Lyons 2 9-3 J Murtagh 11/8F 59 82

2 ½ El Soprano (3) Kevin Prendergast 2 8-12 D P McDonogh 7/1 53 76

3 1½ Whatsthescript (5) David Wachman 2 9-3 W M Lordan 10/1 53 76

4 3 Lady Teabing (9) D K Weld 2 8-12 P J Smullen 9/2 39 62

5 hd Winter Cruise (6) J S Bolger 2 8-9 2 F Tylicki(10) 25/1 45 68

6 4 Patrickswell (10) K J Condon 2 9-3 R M Burke 20/1 30 54

7 nk White Gables (2) M Halford 2 9-0 R P Cleary(3) 12/1 29 54

8 ½ Leeside Champ (7) J S Bolger 2 9-3 K J Manning 8/1 28 52

9 ½ Railway Express (4) Bernard Lawlor 2 9-0 C D Hayes(3) 25/1 26 51

10 2½ Bestens (8) Timothy Doyle 2 8-12 W Supple 16/1 13 38

11 20 Copper Dock (11) T G McCourt 2 9-3 C O´Donoghue 16/1 — —

11 ran TIME 1m 13.60s (slow by 1.90s) TOTAL SP 124%

1st OWNER: Glenview House Stud Ltd BRED: Miss Jill Finegan TRAINER: G M Lyons

2nd OWNER: Iona Equine Syndicate

3rd OWNER: Michael B Nolan

TOTE WIN £1.90 PL £1.10, £2.80, £3.80; Ex £10.30; CSF £12.00

ANALYSIS: HOWYA NOW KID, one of only two in the line-up with previous form, went one place better than his Tipperary five-furlong debut effort earlier this month. He broke smartly to show good speed early until relinquishing his advantage rounding the home turn. He was asked to go on again early in the straight and, poaching a couple of lengths in the process, kept on well to score from fast-finishing newcomer El Soprano.

The runner-up, a filly by Noverre, is out of dual juvenile winner Lady Of Kildare and she didn't enjoy the clearest of passages when they straightened for home. Once switched to the outer, she quickened nicely when the penny dropped and on this evidence she looks well capable of winning a similar maiden before long.

Whatsthescript, by Royal Applause, was another to shape well on his debut and is open to obvious improvement along with Lady Teabing, who never got in a blow at the business end.

Winter Cruise was the only other runner with the benefit of a previous run under his belt. Driven along turning for home carrying 2lb overweight, the outsider of the Bolger pair kept on down the outside from off the pace without ever looking like getting to the principals, but he looks to be going the right way.

Patrickswell ran well before weakening and hinted at some ability, while Copper Dock raced keenly from the outset to head the winner for a time but was a spent force when they straightened for home.