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Good To Firm

Queen’s Vase (Group 2)

First Prize: £150281.5
1m 6f 34y
Class 1
11 runners

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Runners: 11 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

1 (2)

Asakir 32 days

J: Ben Coen

T: J P Murtagh

Form: 312

OR: 100

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Gelding

Form

All three starts have been on softer than good; made most for a clearcut 1m2f maiden win at Leopardstown in April on second outing; that form has been boosted, including by him when second of five in Listed race at Navan (1m5f, yielding) but today's rival Limestone mastered him in the last half furlong; each-way candidate and cheekpieces go on.

2 (3)

Del Maro 25 days

J: William Buick

T: Charlie Appleby

Form: 23-142

OR: 102

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Acts on good to firm; sole win from seven races came at odds-on in a Yarmouth novice in April from newcomer Point Of Law; useful form most starts and he lost out by just a nose in four-runner Listed race at Goodwood (1m3f; sole start in cheekpieces) last time, registering his highest rating; also likely to stay this trip but other candidates seem to bring more potential.

3 (9)

Galiyan 40 days

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Andrew Balding

Form: 41

OR: —

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Green fourth of five in novice at Newmarket (1m2f, good) in April on debut, but he kept finding for pressure in a maiden at Chester (1m4f, good) three weeks later and asserted in good style late on from the odds-on favourite; promising and, on Chester evidence, this longer trip will suit him well.

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4 (8)

2 tips

Limestone 32 days

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Form: 321-11

OR: 102

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Unraced on firmer than good; won the last three of his five races, making the running when asked serious questions for his first two wins; lost the lead at halfway on latest outing but rallied in grand style to emerge from fourth of five in that Listed race at Navan (1m5f, yielding) and firmly seize the initiative from Asakir late on; looks sure to stay; progressive and has a leading form chance after that latest start, while leaving the firm impression he has more in the locker.

5 (4)

Magnetude 41 days

J: Harry Davies

T: James Owen

Form: 43-121

OR: 81

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Sent handicapping this term and had 1m4f wins at Wolverhampton (AW) and Chester (good) on two of those three starts; gamely made all with first-time cheekpieces in the latter but that was off a mark of just 76 and, even though the form has been boosted, this race demands something of a much higher order.

6 (10)

1 tip

Mr Colonel 42 days

J: Colin Keane

T: Richard & Peter Fahey

Form: 225-13

OR: 97

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Has twice made the running, including when he had to battle for his short-head win at 11-10 in a novice at Redcar (1m2f, good to firm) in April; contested Group 3 events either side of that when outgunned by Del Maro among others at Newmarket (1m2f) in October but turning the tables on him in Chester Vase (1m4f, good) six weeks ago; those were very much supporting roles but he keeps galloping, so this trip may well suit; also tongue tied first time.

7 (6)

Point Of Law 33 days

J: James Doyle

T: John & Thady Gosden

Form: 21

OR: —

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

By Frankel out of useful 1m2f winner; gave odds-on Del Maro something to think about when half-length second in a Yarmouth novice (1m2f, good) in April; that was a bright start to career and he probably didn't have to show that form when going one better at 4-7 himself in a Newbury maiden (again 1m2f on good) five weeks later; still had something to learn last time and he has plenty more to offer but today's rivals and extra 4f ask serious questions.

8 (5)

Port Of Spain 32 days

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Form: 1537-5

OR: 103

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Maiden winner who came up short in three Group events as 2yo; 15-2 in cheekpieces for his seasonal/handicap debut in London Gold Cup at Newbury (1m2f, good; unraced on firmer) last month, plugging on for a creditable fifth of ten; not far off the best of these on form, as he's kept on improving his rating in defeat, and powerful stable had five possible runners before the declaration stage; very smart half-sister Free Wind won at up to an extended 1m6f, too, but this one still doesn't seem the most striking candidate.

9 (11)

Ranga Tang 45 days

J: Cieren Fallon

T: James Owen

Form: 542-31

OR: 83

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Fifth attempt when short-head winner at 8-13 in a maiden at Salisbury (1m4f, good to firm) in early May; may well stay and had pretty useful form twice before that latest start but nothing to suggest a prominent finish in this company; his owners (who also run Magnetude) had a big-priced outsider in the last two runnings of this race and they finished seventh and sixth.

10 (7)

1 tip

Ravenspire 53 days

J: Clifford Lee

T: K R Burke

Form: 11

OR: 91

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Sea The Stars half-brother to Imperial Sovereign (RPR 99) who was sixth in this two years ago; easily won at Southwell (1m4f, AW) in March and, having been the first ridden along, eventually worked his way to the front at Haydock (good to firm) in April in another 1m4f novice; 2-2 and surely a stayer in the making but whether he's good enough for this is in major doubt.

11 (1)

Wareeth 34 days

J: Tom Marquand

T: Archie Watson

Form: 161

OR: 100

W: 9st 2lb

Age: 3 yo Colt

Form

Stretched 14l clear on debut at Newcastle (1m, AW) in March and 6l clear at Salisbury (1m2f, good; made all) in another novice event five weeks ago; sixth of seven in Listed race at Newmarket (good; 4-1) in between is a stumbling block, but that was 1m1f and he looks far more like a stayer; others have markedly better form but he's not entirely ruled out.

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Betting Forecast

7/1 Asakir, 9/1 Del Maro, 9/4 Galiyan, 3/1 Limestone, 66/1 Magnetude, 20/1 Mr Colonel, 12/1 Point Of Law, 6/1 Port Of Spain, 50/1 Ranga Tang, 16/1 Ravenspire, 14/1 Wareeth

Verdict

Galiyan finished his 1m4f maiden at Chester with tremendous relish but LIMESTONE accomplished significantly more when he too proved much the strongest in the closing stages on his latest start, in a 1m5f Listed race at Navan. Joseph O’Brien’s contender keeps finding more for pressure and makes plenty of appeal in this bid to complete a four-timer. While leaving a less striking impression, Asakir was beaten only just over a length in that Navan race and has headgear enlisted today, so he is considered seriously. Mr Colonel, however, brings major each-way interest and might just emerge as the chief danger following his third in the Chester Vase. While Aidan O’Brien’s stable has surely fielded much more striking candidates in the past, Port Of Spain is nevertheless their selected runner from plenty of options.[Richard Austen]

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