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Placepot picks - 18th October 2025

Saturday’s placepot picks includes six selections from Leopardstown ...


R1 – Musical Chimes

R2 – Il Corsaro

R3 – Piazza San Marco

R4 – Minerva R5 – Daytona

R6 – Druid's Glen

RACE HORSE REASON
Race 1
Irish EBF Fillies Maiden (Smullen Series) 
Musical Chimes

 - Top course trainer

 - Bred by the late Wootton Bassett out of Fluff and is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Continuous

 - Yard won this last year with Minnie Hauk

Race 2
Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden (Smullen Series)
Il Corsaro

 - Yard have won five out of last six renewals

 - By Camelot out of two-time G3 winner Board Meeting and is a half-brother to Australian St Leger winner

 - Will stay further in time

Race 3

Mongey Communications Eyrefield Stakes (Group Three)

Piazza San Marco

 - By emerging leading sire St Mark's Basilica out of Listed-winning mare

 - Created a good impression at Galway last time

 - Third-placed horse from that contest has won subsequently

Race 4

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden

Minerva

 - Raced six times so far placing four times

 - Placed third in the Group 3 Weld Park Stakes at Gowran Park

 - Markedly down in grade

Race 5

Killavullan Stakes (Group 3)

Daytona

 - Back down in trip after finishing fifth in the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes

 - Handles cut in the ground

 - Form worked out from prior start at Deauville

Race 6
Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden
Druid's Glen

 - Yard have won three of last four running including last year

 - By Frankel out of Quiet Reflection, full-brother to four-timer Group 1 winner and stablemate Lake Victoria


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