Ballyhane Stakes Attracts 28 At Latest Entry Stage

At the latest entry stage, 28 juveniles remain for the €300,000 Irish EBF Ballyhane S. at Naas on Aug. 7.

Of the 28 entries, six are British-based runners, with Jungle Mate (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}), who was bred by Ballyhane Stud, representing trainer Kevin Ryan. A winner and runner-up in two starts at Hamilton and Carlisle, respectively, the gelding worked well on Wednesday morning.

“Jungle Mate is in good form and did his final piece of work today and I was happy with him, so the plan is to run,” Ryan reported. “The ground is an unknown for him, but you never know until you run them on it and I feel he is a progressive horse who is getting stronger and stronger. It's a big prize so we will let him take his chance.

“Shane Gray will go over and ride him. Shane knows him well, has ridden him in his two races and rode him in his work this morning and has ridden in Ireland so it makes sense.

“The horse is owned by the Bronte Collection who are all friends of Steve Parkin of Clipper Logistics and are getting great fun out of the game.”

Other winners still signed on include Brighter (Fr) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) for Aidan O'Brien, Golden Trick (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) for Hugo Palmer, Innvincible Friend (Fr) (Inns Of Court {Ire}) for Tom Dascombe, and Karl Burke's That's For Sure (Ire) (Unfortunately {Ire}).

Including this year's prize-money, the total prize fund will be over €1.2 million since 2020, and 16 trainers and 28 different owners have won prize-money to date. The Ballyhane is part of a Bank Holiday Monday card which also features the G3 Ballyroan S. for older horses, and the chance to win a trip to the Rugby World Cup. Admission to the richest race day of the year at Naas is free. For more information on Monday's card, please visit the Naas Racecourse website.

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Inaugural Goffs Million Attracts 79 Entries At This Stage

The Sept. 24 Goffs Million, the richest 2-year-old race in Europe with a purse of €1 million, has attracted 79 nominations at the latest entry stage. There are 45 colts and 34 fillies entered, with 38 trained in Ireland, an equal number in the UK, two trained in America and one in France at Chantilly. The next forfeit stage is on Tuesday, Sept. 20, before final declarations on Thursday, Sept. 22.

Open exclusively to graduates of the Goffs Orby Sale, one of the most notable entries is the winning Hiawatha (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), last year's top-priced colt out of the sale at €1.2 million for Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners. The full-brother to two-time Group 1 winner Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) is joined by G2 July S. hero Persian Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who has been placed twice at the highest level for Amo Racing. Leading the fillies is the Joseph O'Brien-trained seven-furlong maiden winner Zoinnocent (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), who was runner-up in the G3 Silver Flash S. for US owner Eric Long. The 2021 Orby topper, a €1.5-million daughter of Galileo (Ire) and GI Frizette S. heroine Nickname (Scat Daddy), has also been entered. Named Starry Eyed (Ire), she has yet to race for the Coolmore partners.

Other winners entered in the Curragh contest include New Endeavour (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Beauty Crescent (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Bossy Parker (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Hellsing (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), Hope You Can Run (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Impact Warrior (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Ma Belle Artiste (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), Killybegs Warrior (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Magical Sunset (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Queen Of Ours (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Wahaaj (Ire) (Gregorian {Ire}), All Things Nice (Ire) (Sioux Nation) and Ramazan (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}).

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “The introduction of the Goffs Million was a huge hit with buyers at last year's Orby Sale, and the entries are as exciting and packed full of quality as we hoped and we can't wait for the big day in 10 days' time. We are proud to be bringing Europe's richest 2-year-old race to The Curragh and then offering next year's contenders at Kildare Paddocks in the following days. Irish breeders are the best in the world and are sending more of their best to Orby making it truly unmissable for international buyers.”

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