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Ryan Moore Called Up for Irish Champions Weekend

Ryan Moore, who rides first call for Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O’Brien, has entered quarantine in Ireland as of last Saturday and will be riding in Ireland at Irish Champions Weekend on Sept. 12-13. These will be Moore’s first rides in Ireland in 2020, as COVID-19 has kept him in the UK earlier in the season.

“As people travelling from the UK to Ireland currently have to quarantine on arrival for 14 days, I flew over immediately after racing at Goodwood last Saturday afternoon so that I could ride at the Irish Champions Weekend, starting on Sept. 12 at Leopardstown and moving on to The Curragh the following day,” Moore told Betfair. “It means that I am stuck in a house on my own for a fortnight, but it is well worth that small hardship. It has obviously been a touch frustrating on a personal level, watching so many of our stars winning in Ireland this season, while I have had to stay at home.

“It is just not missing out on the likes of the Classic winners like Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) in the Irish Derby and Peaceful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the Irish 1000 Guineas, but it is getting to know the youngsters and other horses, too.

“There is no substitute for getting a first-hand feel for all of the horses, as I always say. There is only so much a form book, or a video, can tell you. Not that I can even ride out while I am over here, but hopefully Aidan has lined up a strong team for the meeting.

“Irish Champions Weekend is so important that it made total sense for me to come over. It is a major meeting that you always want to be part of. It is a shame that there will be no one on track, but it is a fantastic programme of racing with top-class horses.”

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Found’s Sister Wins the Flame of Tara

As a daughter of Red Evie (Ire) (Intikhab), it was surely only a matter of time before Divinely (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) made her presence felt in Irish racing’s theatre royal and the moment came on Friday as she swooped in the G3 Kilcarn Stud Flame of Tara Irish EBF S. at The Curragh. A maiden after three starts entering this test, with her latest effort resulting in a fourth placing when ridden forward in a Cork maiden over this mile trip Aug. 8, Ballydoyle’s full-sister to the Arc and Breeders’ Cup Turf heroine Found (Ire) was anchored in rear this time by Wayne Lordan. Delivered with that familial surging run down the outer to gain the lead with 75 yards remaining, the 5-1 shot asserted for a half-length defeat of Ahandfulofsummers (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), with Ubuntu (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) a short head away in third.

Divinely was fifth on debut in the star-studded seven-furlong Leopardstown maiden June 21 which featured the subsequent group scorers Minaun (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Shale (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), as well as the impressive subsequent winners Meala (Ire) (Epaulette {Aus}) and Angel Palm (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Second next time and no match for No Speak Alexander (Ire) (Shalaa {Ire}) in a Roscommon maiden over an extended seven July 7, the bay was behind two of today’s rivals in Emaniya (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) and Ahandfulofsummers at Cork last time so was as unconvincing on the formbook as she was undeniable on pedigree lining up here. If it needed any further proof, this year has shown more than any other that this talismanic stable’s runners always require respect despite what their race records show. Her cause may have been helped by the fact that the aforementioned likely favourite Meala was withdrawn and Emaniya stumbled badly leaving the stalls.

Leading home a one-two-three for Susan Magnier, who was owner or part-owner of all the main protagonists from three different stables, Divinely was steered by Lordan as Seamie Heffernan is on a three-day suspension. He commented, “That’s a nice way for her to break her maiden. She had a good run in very deep ground in Roscommon. I thought making the running in Cork wasn’t the ideal thing, but getting a lead today she travelled well and toughed it out well. You would imagine the way she went to the line that she is a filly that is going to stay really well.”

As already mentioned, Divinely is from a family of high-achieving distaffers, with the dam Red Evie being the G1 Lockinge S. and G1 Matron S. heroine. The second of her nine Galileos and first to race was an instant hit, as Magical Dream (Ire) captured the G3 C. L. Weld Park S. at two but it was the 2012 foal who proved such a landmark performer for this stable as Found, who earned TDN Rising Star status on debut at this track, went on to glory in the French showcase and Breeders’ Cup Turf as well as the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac. Her first foal Battleground (War Front) currently holds the distinction of being the stable’s leading juvenile after his wins in the G2 Vintage S. and Listed Chesham S.

Following Found was the smart Best In the World (Ire), whose big day came when successful in the G3 Give Thanks S., and her first foal is another 2-year-old in this yard in the filly Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) who was fourth in the recent G3 Silver Flash S. Red Evie’s latest Galileo is a yearling filly.

Friday, The Curragh, Ireland
KILCARN STUD FLAME OF TARA IRISH EUROPEAN BREEDERS FUND S.-G3, €65,000, Curragh, 8-28, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:48.77, hy.
1–DIVINELY (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Red Evie (Ire) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Ire at 7-9f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eng at 7-9 1/2f, G1SW-Eng, G1SW-Ire, Broodmare of the Year-Ire, $763,111), by Intikhab
2nd Dam: Malafemmena (Ire), by Nordico
3rd Dam: Martinova, by Martinmas (GB)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Wayne Lordan. €39,000. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $50,215. *Full to Found (Ire), Hwt. Older Horse-Eur at 11-14f., Hwt. 2yo Filly-Ire, Hwt. Older Horse-Fr at 9 1/2-11f, Hwt. Older Mare-Ire at 11-14f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 11-14f, Hwt. Older Mare-Fr at 11-14f, Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eur, Hwt. 2yo Filly-Fr, Hwt. Older Mare-Ire at 9 1/2-11f, MG1SW-Fr, GISW-US, MGSW & MG1SP-Ire, MG1SP-Eng, $7,610,405; Full to Magical Dream (Ire), GSW-Ire, $118,485; Full to Best In the World (Ire), GSW-Ire, $141,246. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Ahandfulofsummers (Ire), 128, f, 2, Galileo (Ire)–Scream Blue Murder (Ire), by Oratorio (Ire). O-Cayton Park Stud & Susan Magnier; B-Coolmore & Drakenstein Stud Pty Ltd (IRE); T-Fozzy Stack. €13,000.
3–Ubuntu (Ire), 128, f, 2, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–On a Pedestal (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). O-Susan Magnier; B-Ann Marie O’Brien (IRE); T-Joseph O’Brien. €6,500.
Margins: HF, NO, 1 3/4. Odds: 5.00, 7.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Allagar (Ire), Nicest (Ire), Rosscarbery (Ger), Dolce Notte (Ire), Emaniya (Ire). Scratched: Meala (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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High Definition a New Rising Star At The Curragh

Aidan O’Brien had a duo engaged in Saturday’s Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over a mile at The Curragh and enjoyed a one-two as the middle-distance types begin to emerge from the stable’s crop of juveniles. While the market favoured Wordsworth (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the full-brother to the G1 St Leger and G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Kew Gardens (Ire) ultimately had to give best to the stable’s second-string High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who swooped late to score with authority at 7-1. Held up in rear early by Wayne Lordan, the son of the listed scorer and group 3-placed Palace (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) was looking for room two out still anchored at the back. Delivered with a surge to cut through the pack and make up three lengths on that 5-2 favourite, he was going away at the line where he held a 3/4-of-a-length margin over his stablemate, with Flying Visit (Ire) (Pride of Dubai {Aus}) a head away in third.

The winner is a full-brother to last year’s G2 Beresford S. winner and G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy runner-up Innisfree (Ire), GSW-Ire, G1SP-Eng, $141,701, who has yet to be seen this term but was front rank in the Derby picture during the winter. Lordan was impressed with the bay, who is a late-May foal. “He was a little raw early. Through the middle of the race they didn’t quicken away from me and I was getting into a nice rhythm,” he commented. “He finished out comfortably. He’s a lovely colt and he’s going to be a lovely horse next year going a trip.”

Palace was always held in high regard at Ballydoyle and that was evidenced in that fact that she was only 6-1 for the 2014 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas following her second in the G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial. Fifth in that Classic before being picked by Ryan Moore in the G1 Epsom Oaks where she was seventh, she went on to gain a vital black-type success in the Listed Cairn Rouge S. over an extended mile having run second in the 10-furlong Listed Naas Oaks Trial. She is a half-sister to this stable’s Furner’s Green (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}), who took the G3 Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial and was a close third in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains, as well as the listed-winning G1 Irish Oaks third Lady Lupus (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), the listed-winning and G3 Solonaway S. third Mystical Lady (Ire) (Halling) and the Lincoln H. winner Bravery (Ire) by Innisfree’s sire Galileo. Mystical Lady is the dam of three black-type performers for Ballydoyle including the Listed Dee S. winner and G1 Irish Derby and G1 Ascot Gold Cup runner-up Kingfisher (Ire) also by Galileo. The third dam is the high-class Sonic Lady (Nureyev), heroine of the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, G1 Sussex S. and G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.

1st-Curragh, €16,500, Mdn, 8-22, 2yo, 8fT, 1:45.95, sf.
HIGH DEFINITION (IRE), c, 2, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Palace (Ire) (SW & GSP-Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus)
2nd Dam: Lady Icarus (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: Sonic Lady, by Nureyev
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $11,678. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Mrs Anne Marie O’Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Love Conquers All In Yorkshire Oaks, Sets Up Clash With Enable In Arc De Triomphe

Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor's brilliant filly Love (IRE) crushed her opposition in another outstanding performance to win the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (G1) on Thursday. The victory secures her a guaranteed start in the US$2 million Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) through the international Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge is a series of stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which is scheduled to be held at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, on Nov. 6-7.

Love becomes the third horse to gain a “Win and You're In” berth into the Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf this year, joining Queen Supreme (IRE), who won the Cartier Paddock Stakes (G1) at Kenilworth in South Africa on Jan. 11 and Almond Eye (JPN) winner of the Victoria Mile (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan on May 17.

Dual Classic heroine Love was making her first start since her jaw-dropping 9-length Investec Oaks (G1) win at Epsom Downs in July. Although the winning distance today was only 5 lengths, the race was over as a contest at the furlong marker, and her jockey Ryan Moore eased her home.

The 33/1 outsider Alpinista (GB) stayed on and eventually edged out One Voice (IRE) for the runner-up spot as the John Gosden-trained duo Franconia (GB) and Frankly Darling (GB) never figured.

It was a fifth Darley Yorkshire Oaks win for trainer Aidan O'Brien, who was thrilled with his filly's performance. He said: “I'm delighted. I really couldn't be happier. Everything went perfect and she won very nicely. She was very good last year and being a Galileo (IRE) filly we hoped she'd improve at three and she has done.”

O'Brien has trained some brilliant fillies over the years, including Alexandrova (IRE), Peeping Fawn and Minding (IRE), but believes Love might top that list.

O'Brien said: “I don't think we might have ever had a better filly than her. When you're that close to them, you don't want to be dreaming, but I think she's been extra special all the way through.”

The Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and then possibly the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is on the agenda for Love. O'Brien said: “If she gets back home well then the Arc would be the plan. If she runs again after the Arc, then it would be the Breeders' Cup.”

It was a second Darley Yorkshire Oaks for Moore who after the race was glowing in his praise for the 3-year-old filly, saying: “She's very special. She's been exceptional this year and has absolutely thrived. She's just got stronger and stronger and has done it very easily today.”

Moore has enjoyed plenty of success over the years at the Breeders' Cup, riding nine winners so far including on Dank (GB) in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. He continued: “Realistically it was her easiest task for a while. She was running against some unexposed fillies but they had to step up to run to her level. She's a very straightforward filly and it was business as usual.”

Love, a chestnut daughter of Galileo out of the Pivotal (GB) mare Pikaboo (GB), completed the 1 1/2 miles in 2:31.31 over a course listed as good. Bookmakers SkyBet make Love 5/1, from 6/1, for the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

As a part of the benefits of the Challenge series, the Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees for Love to start in the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, which will be run at 1 3/16 miles over the Keeneland turf course. Breeders' Cup also will provide a travel allowance of $40,000 for all starters based outside of North America to compete in the World Championships. The Challenge winner must already be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program or it must be nominated by the Championships' pre-entry deadline of Oct. 26 to receive the rewards.

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