15:00 Gowran Park tips
Maiden7fyielding to soft15 runners
What we lean towardsopen race
Too close to split with conviction. Holy Lettuce just shades it from Starborn Legend on its standing on published form ratings.
Maiden over 7f on yielding to soft going. Holy Lettuce and Starborn Legend separate by very little. We rate 9 of the 15 declared; the other 6 lack enough recent form for us to judge.
How we rate the field
1
Holy Lettuce
W J Lee / K J Condon
13/2
- Averages a 58% price drop, though on limited recent form.
- Rated 3rd of 16 on published form ratings.
5/1 to 8/1: 12.7% win, 29.5% frame (684 tracked)
2
Starborn Legend
J M Sheridan / Joseph Patrick O´Brien
5/2
- Averages a 33% price drop, though on limited recent form.
- Top of the published form ratings in this field of 16 rated.
2/1 to 5/1: 21.0% win, 40.2% frame (739 tracked)
3
Sarfarcat
James Ryan / Thomas Coyle
201/1
- Its price has been shortening harder each run across its last 3, averaging a 38% drop.
- Rated 10th of 16 on published form ratings.
- Quick turnaround at 35 days against its usual 76.
50/1 and above: 0.7% win, -58% return over 959 tracked. Our weakest band.
Not rated: Blue Vega, Enigma Code, Mac An Luais, Marked By Thunder, Mr Mercury, Tourin, Tribal Belle — too little recent form to judge.