2.10 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, f, 7fT
SWEET MOLLY MALONE (American Pharoah) is one of two regally-bred fillies from Ballydoyle and the pick of Seamie Heffernan, which is probably the best guide as to what is expected. The half-sister to the stable’s G1 Irish Oaks heroine Bracelet (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and her Grade I-winning close relative Athena (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) is joined by Divinely (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to TDN Rising Star Found (Ire) who is partnered by Wayne Lordan while Donnacha saddles Shale (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}, a daughter of the G1 1,000 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}).
2.40 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, c/g, 7fT
SOUTHERN CAPE (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is another Ballydoyle newcomer to catch the eye as a son of the G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Tiggy Wiggy (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), making him a full-brother to the talented but ill-fated Year of the Tiger (Ire). Taking him on is Newtown Anner Stud Farm’s Ger Lyons-trained homebred Ides of August (More Than Ready),a full-brother to the G3 City of York S. winner Nemoralia who was placed in group and grade one company on three occasions.
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