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Crunch Time At Leopardstown As Derby Nears

Leopardstown's G3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial has a considerable reputation as one of the leading preps for Epsom's blue riband, so it is a surprise that no horse since 2002 has won both this 10-furlong contest and the English Classic. That could change this year, with the current Derby looking a wide-open affair at present and Jim Bolger holding the aces in the 3-year-old colt department. Fresh from winning the G1 2000 Guineas with Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) last Saturday, the master of Coolcullen saddles Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) on Sunday and all eyes will be on how the G1 Futurity Trophy hero shapes on his return at a trip that should bring out further improvement in him. There is reportedly nothing between Mac Swiney and Poetic Flare and the fact that the latter is staying at a mile for now makes the placing of his star colts all the easier. “Mac Swiney will be running over a mile and a quarter at Leopardstown and we'll take it from there,” he said. “He'll go on any ground.”

Ballydoyle's 'TDN Rising Star' Bolshoi Ballet (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) beat fellow Bolger representative Flying Visit (Ire) (Pride of Dubai {Aus}) in the G3 Ballysax S. over this course and distance Apr. 11 and leads Aidan O'Brien's challenge for a 14th renewal. “It was always the plan to go for the Derrinstown after he won the Ballysax,” he said. “Everything has gone well with him since and he seems to be in good form.” Third in the Ballysax, Fiona Carmichael's Taipan (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) holds the fourth-placed Lough Derg (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) on that form while Joseph O'Brien puts forward Aquis Racing and Al Mamoura Partnership's Apr. 14 course-and-distance maiden winner Southern Lights (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}). “Southern Lights is a gorgeous horse that we've always had high hopes for,” he said. “He is a very laid-back character and he seemed to wake up as the race progressed last time. This is obviously a huge step up in class for him, but he has earned the chance to be tested in a race like this and we can't wait to see how he measures up.”

Also on the card is the G3 Amethyst S. and G3 Irish 1000 Guineas Trial over a mile, with the latter playing host to the Joseph O'Brien-trained Sense of Style (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) who bids to build on her return third in the seven-furlong G3 Ballylinch Stud 1000 Guineas Trial on Apr. 11. “She had to contend with plenty of traffic to deliver her challenge that day and stepping up back to a mile will be a help to her,” her trainer said. “There should be improvement to come in fitness terms and I'd be hopeful that she'll run a big race.” Also in the mix are Juddmonte's Apr. 14 course-and-distance maiden scorer Acanella (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and The Aga Khan's Shandra (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), who has not been seen since making a winning debut over seven furlongs at The Curragh in August.

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‘Complete Package’: 79-Year-Old Trainer Jim Bolger Celebrates Classic Success With Homebred Poetic Flare

The 2021 British Champions Series got off to a thrilling start on Saturday as Poetic Flare broke Godolphin hearts in the final stages to claim the first Classic of the season for Kevin Manning and Jim Bolger. Sired by 2013 QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner Dawn Approach, also trained by Bolger, Poetic Flare emulated his father – but was made to fight all the way by a gallant Master Of The Seas and William Buick.

It meant the QIPCO 2000 Guineas will head back to Ireland, but not to a stable with a trainer named “O'Brien” as many had predicted in the build up. Instead, 79-year-old trainer, owner (via his wife), and breeder Jim Bolger's colt took the prize in a compelling finish which saw Master Of The Seas, Poetic Flare and Luky Vega drawing clear to fight out the closing stages.

It was Master Of The Seas who looked the most likely winner in the final half furlong, however Poetic Flare dug in and got his head down right when it mattered. The photo finish went the way of a delighted Kevin Manning, also Bolger's son-in-law.

For Jim Bolger it means that he picks up the coveted prize for a second time in his training career, having previously won the race in 2013 with Dawn Approach.

“He's the most complete racehorse I've ever had,” Bolger told racingpost.com. “He's the complete package — you couldn't find a fault with him. If he was sent to a new trainer in the morning he'd just pick it up from there.”

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The Weekly Wrap: Pure Poetry

Master horseman Jim Bolger may have been ensconced in Ireland during this weekend's Guineas Festival, but his influence was felt far and wide across the Rowley Mile.

The fact that Bolger bred, trained and raced the 2000 Guineas winner Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire})-in addition to the small feat of breeding his sire and first two dams and training his grandsire and third dam-has been well documented in the following days. But Bolger's fingerprints were likewise on the G1 1000 Guineas the next day: he had trained the winner Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire})'s dam Many Colours (Ire) (Green Desert) for Godolphin, putting a foundation of four wins from 10 starts, including the Listed Dance Design S., on her before she was transferred to Saeed bin Suroor for a Dubai campaign. After producing two winners from her first five foals, Many Colours was sent through the ring at the 2016 Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale in foal to Night Of Thunder (Ire), where she was scooped up by the Wallace family's Grenane House Stud for €50,000. She will be worth considerably more now, with that resulting Night Of Thunder filly, Night Colours (Ire), having won the G2 Premio Dormello and the mare's next foal being Mother Earth. Many Colours has a yearling filly by Sioux Nation and a colt foal who is a full-brother to Mother Earth.

It shouldn't be overlooked either, that in addition to the dam, Bolger also trained the trainer of Mother Earth, Aidan O'Brien having spent his formative years in Bolger's employ.

Last October, when Bolger bred four 2-year-old stakes winners (including two Group 1 winners) in the space of a week, and trained and owned three of them, and three of their sires and all of their dams, it was rightly hailed as a remarkable accomplishment. It would take some deep digging into the record books to know where that feat rates in history, but for the 2000 Guineas it is a bit easier to ascertain. You have to go back to the late 1800s to find the last time an individual trained their own horse to win the 2000 Guineas, and it happened four times between 1823 and 1872. Complete records on breeders for the time are difficult to track down, but we do know that in 1844 John Barnham Day bred, trained and owned 2000 Guineas winner The Ugly Buck. We do not know whether Day bred The Ugly Buck's sire and first two dams! In any case, the owner/breeder/trainer trifecta hasn't happened in the Guineas since at least the mid 1800s. Bolger himself would have accomplished it eight years earlier with Poetic Flare's sire Dawn Approach had he not sold his colt to Godolphin late in his 2-year-old season, but that association-which also saw Dawn Approach's sire New Approach (Ire) change silks prior to winning the 2008 Derby–has been mutually beneficial. Bolger, who always seems to know exactly what he has, was surely crafting a return to the Rowley Mile in his own silks before the ink was dry on the Dawn Approach deal, with the breeding rights he had retained. Meanwhile, Bolger has continued to reap the rewards of another branch of the family: Poetic Flare's third dam Saviour (Majestic Light)-who Bolger trained for Tom Gentry before buying her privately from her breeder-is the second dam of the Bolger-bred Teofilo (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who like Dawn Approach and New Approach won the Dewhurst before going to stud at Darley.

Though he has supplied 10 European stakes winners from his first four crops of racing age, Dawn Approach, prior to Saturday, simply hadn't taken off at stud in the fashion one might have hoped for from a champion 2-year-old and Guineas winner. After covering 32 mares at Kildangan Stud in 2020-most of which were Bolger's anyway–he was deemed surplus to requirements on the Darley roster. No bother. Bolger took Dawn Approach back to his Redmondstown Stud for 2021, where he has entertained Bolger's own broodmares, and it is likely a few others will be knocking on the door. Poetic Flare aside, Dawn Approach has made a productive start to the turf season: his three runners in Britain on Saturday were all winners; 3-year-old Lunar Space (Ire) won the Listed Tetrarch S. on Monday for-you guessed it-owner/breeder/trainer Jim Bolger; and he had three other winners and four placegetters last week. Dawn Approach is the first 2000 Guineas winner to sire a winner of that Classic since 1984 victor El Gran Senor provided the 1989 winner Rodrigo De Triano, both campaigned by Robert Sangster.

Rock Solid

Poetic Flare's sire wasn't his only family member who made a statement over the weekend. We highlighted the accomplishments of Coolmore's elder statesman Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) in this space last week on the back of his Rocky Sky (Ire) winning the Listed Salsabil S., and if this weekend's results are anything to go by it looks as if the genes of the seven-time Group 1 winner could be enjoying a renaissance. Rock Of Gibraltar was the damsire of three group winners this weekend: in addition to Poetic Flare, daughters of the son of Danehill produced the Aga Khan's Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor), who won her third group race in ParisLongchamp's G3 Prix Allez France; and Lambo (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}), who became the first stakes winner for his sire in the G3 Bavarian Classic. The Bolger bred, owned and trained 2-year-old filly Missing Matron (Ire) (Vocalised), out of a full-sister to Poetic Flare's dam, picked up black-type on Monday when finishing third in The Curragh's Listed First Flier S. At 22, Rock Of Gibraltar is this year available for his lowest-ever fee of €5,000, but despite the dip his numbers have held steady: he sired 12 stakes winners in 2020 and his 2017 crop, his 4-year-olds of 2021, has included six stakes winners-his third-best crop yet.

Poetic Flare will be the last Bolger-bred foal out of his dam Maria Lee (Ire); Bolger sold her for €65,000 at Goffs November in 2018 to Clarecastle Stud, whose David O'Loughlin-also director of sales at Coolmore–said the Rock Of Gibraltar factor was key to the then-11-year-old mare's appeal.

“Firstly, she was a daughter of a stallion that we really rate, Rock Of Gibraltar,” he said. “With Poetic Flare winning on Saturday and Kameko taking the race last year, his daughters have now produced the winner of the 2000 Guineas two years running. She was also out of a mare by Royal Academy, a stallion I was lucky to be involved with through my work for Coolmore. Her first foal [Glamorous Approach] was a dual listed winner and had been sold for €280,000 as a breeding prospect earlier that year; we believed there may be a fair bit of upside to her.”

“The first foal [Maria Lee] produced for us was a colt by Dawn Approach, a full-brother to Poetic Flare. We sold him to Jim Bolger's granddaughter Clare Manning as a foal and he is now a 2-year-old named Frazil. We then bred her to U S Navy Flag, a champion 2-year-old like Dawn Approach. The resultant foal has developed into a lovely yearling. We look forward to offering her later on this year. We then bred her to another Group 1 winning 2-year-old in Magna Grecia. She produced a colt foal by him the other day. We are really delighted with him. We currently are discussing who to breed her back to and it's definitely not out of the question that she may return to Magna Grecia off the strength of her foal.”

Zoffany Much Missed

While Team Coolmore is surely enjoying a sense of pride concerning Rock Of Gibraltar, Zoffany's good weekend had a bittersweet tone to it, with the son of Dansili (GB)'s premature loss at just 13 in January felt more keenly than ever. In addition to Mother Earth's Classic win, the 5-year-old Zofelle (Ire), who was picked up by Stephen Hillen for 27,000gns from the Peter Magnier dispersal at Tattersalls July in 2019 and later sold privately to Scott Heider, was beaten three-quarters of a length when third in Saturday's GII Distaff Turf Mile S. on the Kentucky Derby undercard. The winner was Blowout (GB), Dansili's daughter of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Beauty Parlour (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) who had cost Peter Brant €450,000 as a foal at the Wildenstein Dispersal in 2016.

Minaun (Ire), a member of Mother Earth's crop, meanwhile, marked herself as one to watch with an eye-catching local debut at Belmont Park on Friday for trainer Chad Brown. Bred by Sir Edmund Loder-whose Bellosa (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}) was one of the more impressive debutantes of the Craven meeting-Minaun was an €8,000 Goffs Sportsmans yearling who broke her maiden in the G3 Marble Hill S. last summer for Henry De Bromhead before being sold privately to American owners.

Zoffany wasn't the only son of Dansili to enjoy a productive weekend: Bated Breath (GB) bolstered his strong American record with new graded stakes winner Gift List (GB), a 23,000gns yearling initially trained by Karl Burke who won Churchill's GII Edgewood S. by 4 1/2 lengths in her second American outing. She will doubtless soon have the opportunity to join Viadera (GB) as a Grade I winner for Bated Breath. Bated Breath's Banstead Manor barnmate Kingman (GB) had a Grade I winner on the same card, with Klaravich Stables's October Book 1 find Domestic Spending (GB) (Kingman {GB}) sharing the spoils in the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic with Colonel Liam (Liam's Map).

Australia (GB) was another sire to make his mark over the weekend with a group winner each in Britain, Ireland and France, all of which could make their marks in the top middle-distance races during the summer. Sir Ron Priestley (GB) got things going with a comfortable score in Saturday's G2 Jockey Club S. at Newmarket, and the 2019 G1 St Leger-placed 5-year-old looks set to continue his comeback after missing all of 2020 in the G2 Hardwicke S. at Royal Ascot. The 4-year-old Mare Australis (GB) became Australia's second Group 1 winner-joining last year's Leger scorer Galileo Chrome (Ire)-when taking ParisLongchamp's G1 Prix Ganay on Sunday, and his longterm goal is the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Broome (Ire) has to be one of the most accomplished horses of the season thus far; he made it three stakes wins on the bounce when taking Monday's 10-furlong G2 Mooresbridge S. at The Curragh and is surely Group 1-bound sooner rather than later.

Cup Protocols Tightened

Speaking of Australia, the horse's namesake was in the headlines last week when it was announced that significant new health and safety measures would be implemented in particular for international horses looking to compete at the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Prompted by the high-profile death of Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) during the running of last year's Cup, Racing Victoria commissioned a fatality report as well as a review of injuries sustained by international horses both during the Melbourne Cup and at their quarantine station, the Werribee International Horse Centre, since 2010. That is because, unfortunately, Anthony Van Dyck's breakdown was not an isolated incident. While a locally-trained runner has not died during the Cup for 42 years, the last eight years have seen six international horses break down during the Cup, and three others sustain fatal injuries at Werribee. Most of those were from European stables.

RV's review was released last week, with 41 of the 44 recommendations within set to be implemented. All Cup runners-local or international-for the first time will undergo a CT scan of their distal limbs pre-race and will be subject to an additional veterinary inspection the day before the race, but that is where the paths diverge. International horses aspiring to compete in the carnival will now be required to undergo a full-body scintigraphy and CT/MRI of their distal limbs before entering quarantine. International horses that have had a previous fracture or orthopedic surgery will be excluded from the carnival. An additional vet check by an RV-approved veterinarian will be required before the horse boards the plane, and the number of international runners at Werribee will be capped at 24; the uncapped peak was 42 in 2018. Those that do make it over will only be allowed to run once before the Cup.

The changes were met by almost universal disappointment among European trainers, who expressed understanding that something had to be done, but disappointment nonetheless at the severity of the new measures. There is fear that the difficulty and expense of running a foreign horse at the carnival may mean that even more middle distance runners and marathoners are sold abroad even earlier in their careers. There is sadness that The Race That Stops A Nation, which has become an international treasure since the pioneering Dermot Weld won it with Vintage Crop in 1993, may shrink back to a colonial event once again. The recommendations in the report are based on educated guesses, but as it usually goes with horses, no one really knows why international horses are dying at such a disproportionate rate to locals at the spring carnival. Yes, the measures seem in some cases extreme, but they might be what is needed to pull the Cup back from the public confidence crisis it is embroiled in.

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Dawn Approach’s Poetic Flare Prevails In Guineas Thriller

Eight years on from the G1 2000 Guineas success of Dawn Approach (Ire), Jim Bolger's Poetic Flare (Ire) proved every bit as tough and resilient as his sire was dominant when outbattling Master of the Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in a thrilling renewal of the QIPCO-sponsored Newmarket Classic on Saturday. Positioned close enough to the furious tempo set by Naval Crown (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) from the outset, the 16-1 shot was at the fore alongside the eventual runner-up as they reeled in that pacemaker a furlong from home with Lucky Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in close attendance. Headed and seemingly held by Godolphin's first-string soon after, the Coolcullen bay who earned this bid in Leopardstown's Listed 2000 Guineas Trial S. dug deep for Kevin Manning to prevail on the bobber by a short head. Lucky Vega was only a neck away in third as the low-drawn horses came out on top of a true battle royal. “He's done nothing wrong all along and is a proper horse,” 54-year-old Manning said. “He was a little bit keen with me today and caught me on a long rein, but it was a huge performance. Going into the 'dip' I was getting there too soon, but I had no choice and had to keep going. He was idling that little bit going to the line and is a pleasure to ride–he's bomb-proof.”

Long renowned as a man who looks to compose his own concertos within the turf's music, Jim Bolger had every intention of making Dawn Approach New Approach's first winner from his first runner as he sent him to post for the opening five-furlong juvenile maiden of the Irish flat season in 2012. It duly happened and so when Poetic Flare was introduced on the initial day of the soon-to-be interrupted 2020 flat season at Naas last March the hint was there if anyone was looking closely. Giving that form substance was Ballydoyle's smart Lipizzaner (Uncle Mo) in second, but while Royal Ascot and a summer of Pattern races for the 2-year-olds rolled by Poetic Flare waited at home with his owner-breeder-trainer allowing ample time for the maturing process. His next step would have been unorthodox for many stables, but when Bolger targets the G1 Dewhurst S. in which he has enjoyed so much success it is always a noteworthy move. In the event, the still-raw homebred was just short of a true peak in this venue's juvenile monument but within a week of finishing 10th there had garnered Leopardstown's G3 Killavullan S. in what amounted to a remarkable bounce.

Unproven beyond seven furlongs, having turned back allcomers in the Apr. 11 2000 Guineas Trial also at Leopardstown, Poetic Flare nevertheless had no frailty in the stamina department on pedigree and was one of the race's potential big improvers upped to a more suitable trip. Bolger had been bullish in the lead-up, but with Ballydoyle putting forward a trio of closely-matched class acts and Godolphin so well-represented along with the likes of TDN Rising Stars Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Mutasaabeq (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), he was to prove another gift to value-backers at 16-1. Newmarket was just about at its fastest on Saturday and so when Naval Crown got rolling in front on the famed chalk heathland it was necessary to lay as close as possible without the needle entering the red. That balancing act was achieved to maximum effect by Manning, whose decades of experience and guile told him to stay firmly in the draft while tempering his mount's clear enthusiasm to the right degree. The unflinching speed at the head of the arrow drained the race's late gamble and 9-2 favourite Battleground (War Front), as well as Mutasaabeq, while Thunder Moon failed to enter the reckoning at any stage and Wembley (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) only briefly flattered.

Naval Crown had beaten Master of the Seas in the Feb. 25 Listed Meydan Classic and it was that form that told here, with William Buick's mount the race's only serious closer from behind. As he had before flattening out in the G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National S. at The Curragh in September, Master of the Seas produced a telling surge of acceleration down the outside which would have won any Guineas without a character of the kind of Poetic Flare. Unfortunately for Appleby and Buick, who had also looked to have the last edition in the bag as Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) loomed, the withering effort of this year's contender also fell fractionally short.

“He's a solid horse and basically has everything,” Manning added of the ultra-game winner. “He had given us all the right vibes at home and his run in the Dewhurst was very good considering the time he had been off beforehand. He was very impressive at Leopardstown and I did feel he had come forward from that. I made no secret that I thought he'd be at the business end, as he did it very easy in the Guineas Trial and stretched away in the last furlong so I thought a mile would suit. All his homework had been excellent and although he'll probably get a mile and a quarter, I don't see a reason to go beyond a mile. These races are so hard-won and everyone wants to win them, so they make the long days and hard work that bit easier.”

Bolger was ensconced at home, but the 79-year-old was clear as to the import of the occasion. “It's a big day for us, right up there with the best we've had,” he declared. “He wasn't ready for the Dewhurst last year–I thought he was a little bit fitter than he was and I was hoping he'd run a big race and get the experience of running at that level, but he ran out of wind about a furlong and a half down. We were very pleased with the run and didn't lose faith in him. It very much carries on that Dawn Approach line and I have two half-sisters of Poetic Flare as well.”

Dawn Approach went to the Derby after his Guineas, but Poetic Flare is not heading in that direction according to his trainer. “Kevin did say that he thought he'd stay 10 furlongs, but at the moment I'm not thinking about going anywhere except the mile,” he continued. “He has buckets of speed and I even entered him in the Commonwealth Cup in the unlikely event that he didn't stay, as he's that quick and you always have some doubts about whether the very quick ones will stay or not. The [June 15 G1] St James's Palace [at Royal Ascot] would definitely be on the cards.”

Charlie Appleby said of the runner-up, “He's run a great race and backed up his performance in the Craven. He travelled lovely through the race and two furlongs down I thought 'we're in with a real shout here'. He's picked up well up the hill, but so has Jim Bolger's horse and well done to him and his team. Ascot will be the most likely target for him, but I'll speak to connections. Naval Crown ran a hell of a race. I was always confident he'd run a big race, stepping back up to the mile.”

Jessie Harrington said of Lucky Vega, “I'm delighted with him. He ran a great race and proved he stays. He's a relaxed horse and just a little bit fresh. Shane [Foley] said he didn't come down the hill very well, but he stayed well and he said he was coming back at them with every stride. He's in the [G1] Irish Guineas [at The Curragh May 22] and the St James's Palace, so they are nice options to have. I've also got Cadillac, who is meant to be going to the Irish Guineas. We might have to run them against each other later in the year, although Cadillac might get further–he's from more of a staying family.”

One of the race's more excusable anti-climaxes was the seventh-placed Mutasaabeq and his rider Jim Crowley gave an insight into the attritional nature of the race afterwards. “He was a little bit disappointing, as I thought he would travel better into the race but it was a sound pace and a real war, a truly-run Guineas and he came off the bridle sooner than I expected,” he explained. “It was only his third start and he hasn't run a bad race, as it was a big jump up for him. He's obviously a very good horse, but you have to be a superstar to win on your third start. We gave it a go and it's back to the drawing board, but there are plenty of nice races for him.”

Poetic Flare is the second black-type winner for Maria Lee (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) after the dual listed scorer and dual group 3-placed Glamorous Approach (Ire) by New Approach, who had the stamina to win the 10-furlong Zetland as a 2-year-old. She is a full-sister to Bring Back Matron (Ire), who in turn produced the Listed Eyrefield S. winner Dubai Sand (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) while the third dam Saviour (Majestic Light) is a full-sister to the GI Blue Grass S. hero War and a half to fellow grade I winners Judge Angelucci (Honest Pleasure) and Peace (Naskra). Saviour produced the Listed Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial S. winner Speirbhean (Ire) (Danehill), who is in the Bolger Hall of Fame as the dam of one of his very finest in the aforementioned champion Teofilo. Denied his chance in this Classic by cruel fate, he is a half-brother to Godolphin's G2 Cape Verdi scorer Poetic Charm (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and her G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial-winning full-sister Bean Feasa (GB). Maria Lee's 2-year-old Frazil (Ire) is a full-brother to Poetic Flare, while she also has a yearling filly by U S Navy Flag.

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
QIPCO 2000 GUINEAS S.-G1, £400,315, Newmarket, 5-1, 3yo, c/f, 8fT, 1:35.69, g/f.
1–POETIC FLARE (IRE), 126, c, 3, by Dawn Approach (Ire)
1st Dam: Maria Lee (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)
2nd Dam: Elida (Ire), by Royal Academy
3rd Dam: Saviour, by Majestic Light
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE); J-Kevin Manning. £227,019. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire, 5-4-0-0, $388,518. *1/2 to Glamorous Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), SW & MGSP-Ire, SW-Eng, $224,182. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Master of the Seas (Ire), 126, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)–Firth of Lorne (Ire), by Danehill. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £86,068.
3–Lucky Vega (Ire), 126, c, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Queen of Carthage, by Cape Cross (Ire). (€110,000 Wlg '18 GOFNOV; €175,000 Ylg '19 GOFOR). O-Zhang Yuesheng; B-Kilcarn Stud (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. £43,074.
Margins: NO, NK, 2HF. Odds: 16.00, 6.00, 12.00.
Also Ran: Naval Crown (GB), Chindit (Ire), One Ruler (Ire), Mutasaabeq (GB), Van Gogh, Legion of Honour (GB), Mystery Smiles (Ire), Wembley (Ire), Devilwala (Ire), Battleground, Thunder Moon (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.

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