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O’Brien Predicts Piz Badile Improvement Ahead Of Curragh Return

Donnacha O'Brien is predicting that Piz Badile (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}) will strip a lot fitter for his comeback effort in the G3 Alleged S. at the Curragh on Sunday and identified the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup as the early-season target for last year's Irish Derby runner-up. 

The trainer also provided an upbeat bulletin on the hugely-exciting Proud And Regal (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who could get his season underway in the G3 Derrinstown Derby Trial at Leopardstown on May 7. 

Piz Badile will face just five rivals on Sunday, including likely favourite Point Lonsdale (Ire) (Australia {GB}), with O'Brien optimistic that the best may yet be to come from his charge at four. 

He said, “Piz Badile is in good form and has done very well from three to four. It will be nice to get him started and hopefully the ground dries out a little bit for him. He doesn't mind a bit of juice in the ground but I'd rather if it wasn't heavy ground. We're looking forward to the year ahead with him.”

Asked how he reflects on last season with Piz Badile, O'Brien said, “I suppose he won his Derby Trial well and then we went to Epsom for the Derby and he didn't really handle the track. He went on to run a very good race to finish second in the Irish Derby and then the ground was like flint in France for the Grand Prix de Paris. He pulled out of that race a little bit jarred which is why we gave him the rest of the year off. 

“Looking at his pedigree and even physically, he's a horse who was always going to make up into a better four-year-old, and we had that in the back of our minds even at the start of last season's campaign.

“The plan was to use this race as a prep for the Tattersalls Gold Cup, which is over the same course and distance, and I think he will come on a lot from whatever he does on Sunday. He'll come on plenty for it and is going to be a lot better on better ground.”

Proud And Regal | Scoop Dyga

O'Brien revealed that Nell Gwyn S. entry Not Even Close (Ire) (Zoustar {Aus}) is an unlikely runner at Newmarket on Wednesday but confirmed that Wodao (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}) would definitely take his chance in the G3 Prix Sigy at Chantilly on Monday. 

He said, “Wodao had a really nice comeback run behind Tenebrism (Caravaggio) at Cork. We didn't have him entered in this race but it popped up and the ground is soft over there, which will be to his liking. He takes his racing well and we thought it looked a nice opportunity to put him in. Some of the Irish sprints can be very competitive and even some of our listed races will be the equivalent Group 2s and Group 1s because of the types of horses who will be using such races as preps.”

On Not Even Close, he added, “She's a lovely filly and has done really well throughout the winter but I don't think she'll be running in the Nell Gwyn. As is the case with most of mine, we're trying to find a bit of nice ground for her somewhere, but it's been a bit of a nightmare start to the year with all of the rain that we're getting. 

“I bought her for Justin Carthy and then Qatar Racing bought into her after she won nicely at Dundalk. It's my first horse for Qatar and I think she's a smart filly. Obviously she is completely unproven at any kind of stakes grade but, on her work at home, she looks as though she can make up into a stakes filly.”

But there's no doubting the great hope for O'Brien this season is Proud And Regal, a winner of the G1 Criterium International when last seen in October.

O'Brien said, “He's a lovely horse and has done well over the winter. We didn't run him in any of the early trials as he'd have had to carry the Group 1 penalty. 

“At the minute, we're aiming him at the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, as he wouldn't have a penalty in that. We could see where we want to go with him after that. 

“He could go the Derby route or he could even drop back for something like the Irish 2,000 Guineas. But we'll start him off at Leopardstown first and then decide about where we want to go afterwards.”

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All Set For Derby Delight

Following a quiet few days in the aftermath of Ascot and Chantilly, things get moving again on Saturday with The Curragh staging one of the most interesting renewals of the G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby for some time. A race that has from time to time in recent years been under the shadow of the European Pattern Committee's guillotine has pulled a trick out of the hat this year to ensure it keeps its exalted status for the immediate future at least.

Aidan O'Brien has come to tick off winners of this Classic with metronomic efficiency and it is that which has played a part-role in discouraging potential raiders, but connections of Westover (GB) (Frankel {GB}) are thankfully unwilling to allow historical precedent to sway them from the challenge. Adding an exotic flavour to this edition, the cream of the Rosegreen colts have been left at home with the baton passed to the Oaks heroine Tuesday (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Just as Balanchine (Storm Bird) conquered the Derby runner-up King's Theatre (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) the last time this scenario came about in 1994, and her predecessor Salsabil (GB) (Sadler's Wells) disposed of the Blue Riband hero Quest For Fame (GB) (Rainbow Quest) four years earlier, so Tuesday looks to quash the colts as her stable goes leftfield in its undimmed quest for Classic glory.

There's Always A First Time

Aidan O'Brien could write the book on how to win the Irish Derby as he chases success number 15, but there is always new ground to break at Rosegreen, and 2022 sees the year that he mixes things up. This is the Classic in which the runaway pacemaker Sovereign (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) cut loose three years ago, but there will be no surprise outcome supplied by the stable this time, with the filly due to start at short odds and probably as favourite. Tuesday's success in the June 3 Epsom Classic represents strong form and, while there is an argument that Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) was unlucky, there was genuine merit in the winner's performance from a compromising draw in one. Tuesday has surprised her trainer all year and has forced her way into this unique situation with her relentless progress both in training and racing.

“At one time, we didn't think she'd make the Guineas, but every week she gets stronger and stronger and we had planned to give her a break after the Oaks, so it's an unusual thing but maybe it's because she's so young,” O'Brien said of the irrepressible daughter of Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Unlike the trainer, remarkably Ryan Moore has yet to ride the winner of this Classic and will have to be at his tactical best to get Tuesday into a position where she can deliver her dynamite surge. That is no easy task, as he is unconvinced that his mount needs a true stamina test.

“She did exceptionally well to win a strong Oaks last time, even if she probably didn't see out the trip fully,” he said in his Betfair blog.

Keane And Eager

It is clear why Tuesday, who showed with placings in the 1000 Guineas and the Irish equivalent and with fast splits in the Oaks that she possesses the kind of pace that is dangerous in these types of tests, has no pacemaker alongside her due to the fact that she would thrive if this becomes a test of speed. Whether that happens probably depends on Colin Keane, who has been called up to steer Juddmonte's Derby third Westover around this terrain he has come to dominate as his country's undisputed leading rider. Unlike Tuesday, the colt that may turn out to be the best that Ralph Beckett has trained is more in the freight train mold at a mile and a half and the kind of remorseless galloper well fitted to The Curragh.

“When you look back at the replay of the Derby, he was the horse that caught your eye and usually the Epsom form holds up in the Curragh. A more galloping track might suit him and he looks like a very straightforward horse,” his rider said.

Putting the Record Straight

Westover's trouble in running in Epsom's home straight is well-documented, but quite how much that momentum disturbance affected the result of the Blue Riband is an unknown. There is no doubt that it had consequences and adjustments for the G3 Sandown Classic Trial winner's ill fortune there put him close to Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), so the ball is in his and Keane's court on an exciting day for Juddmonte who have not been represented in this since 1996.

That year saw the Derby runner-up Dushyantor (Sadler's Wells) finish a disappointing fourth as the 5-4 favourite, three years on from the operation's only winner Commander In Chief (GB) (Dancing Brave).

“He would definitely be entitled to improve a bit and it's great the family are letting us bring him over to Ireland,” Juddmonte's Barry Mahon said. “There's a big operation here and for all the staff here who looked after him when he was a yearling and a weanling and broke him in and started riding him before he went over to Ralph Beckett's, they're all excited too.”

A Steep Climb

Despite his obvious potential, there is a sense that Flaxman Holdings' imposing Piz Badile (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}) could be one for next year and the G3 Ballysax S. winner's unplaced effort in the Derby shows he is up against it even if he is back on a track that should prove more suitable.

One who is still unexposed is Normandie Stud's Listed Cocked Hat S. scorer Lionel (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), but that form is well short of the Epsom standard and he may need further than this mile and a half with his family featuring Duncan (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}), who dead-heated in the 2011 Irish St Leger here. Since the aforementioned Commander In Chief in 1993, there have been only three British-trained winners showing how hard it is to wrest the prize from the home-trained contingent. Lionel's trainer David Menuisier is habitually optimistic, however.

“In my heart he always was one of the leading contenders, a lot of things are going his way so let's hope for a truly run race and the best horse will win.”

Blackbeard Is Back

Away from the Irish Derby, the G2 GAIN Railway S. is the next best thing on Saturday and Ballydoyle supply another workaholic in Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never), the first to represent the G2 Coventry S. form. Only fourth and beaten some way out as the 5-2 favourite for that juvenile feature of the Royal meeting, the Listed First Flier S. and G3 Marble Hill S. winner may have had an  excuse according to Aidan O'Brien.

“He maybe found the travel a bit funny and was a bit uneasy with it all,” he suggested on Friday. Ryan Moore added in his Betfair blog, “I'd be inclined to think that was a very strong Coventry this year, so his fourth there was a very good effort.”

A short-head second to Blackbeard in the First Flier, Amo Racing's Crispy Cat (GB) (Ardad {Ire}) is also asked to back up after Royal Ascot where he was the chief sufferer of the much-discussed interference caused by The Ridler (GB) (Brazen Beau {Aus}) in the Norfolk.

Best Of The Rest

   Also at The Curragh, the 10-furlong G3 ARM Holding International S. sees last year's Irish 2000 Guineas hero Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) look for a first win since that highlight as he takes on 'TDN Rising Star' Duke de Sessa (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and Ballydoyle's Aikhal (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who was thought worthy of a place in last Tuesday's G1 St James's Palace S. Also in that Royal Ascot feature was another 'TDN Rising Star' in Wexford Native (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and, while he was unable to do himself justice there, is likewise out quickly in the card's Listed Dubai Duty Free Celebration S. over a mile.

In Newcastle's G3 Pertemps Network Chipchase S., St Albans Bloodstock's exciting 3-year-old filly Sense of Duty (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) holds strong claims following her defeat of the top-class Flotus (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) and subsequent listed scorer Benefit (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) in Haydock's Listed Cecil Frail S. May 20. At Newmarket, all eyes will be on Westerberg's exciting Minnetonka (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) in a hot-looking Listed Maureen Brittain Memorial Empress Fillies' S. following her seven-length debut win at Salisbury June 12.

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Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby: Where Did They Come From?

Once again Galileo (Ire) looms large over Saturday's G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, featuring in the first, second or third generations of every runner. The owner/breeders hold sway, but Glory Daze (Ire) and French Claim (Fr) were picked up for €3,000 and €9,000 as yearlings, respectively. Tuesday bids to follow the example of fellow Oaks-winning fillies Salsabil (Ire) and Balanchine, both of whom went on to win the Irish Derby.

TUESDAY (IRE), Galileo (Ire)–Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire})
Owners: Mrs John Magnier/Michael Tabor/Derrick Smith/Westerberg
Breeder: Coolmore
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: The Oaks winner is a full-sister to the brilliant 1,000 Guineas and Oaks winner Minding (Ire), Irish 1,000 Guineas scorer Empress Josephine (Ire) and Group 3 scorer Kissed By Angels (Ire), out of top-class racemare Lillie Langtry, who won the G1 Matron and G1 Coronation S. Her 2-year-old full-sister has been named Delightful (Ire), but has yet to grace the track.

PIZ BADILE (IRE), Ulysses (Ire)–That Which Is Not (Elusive Quality)
Owner/Breeder: Flaxman Stables Ireland
Trainer: Donnacha O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: A Niarchos homebred top and bottom, Piz Badile is inbred to Lingerie through his grand-dams, the Group 1-winning half-sisters Light Shift and Shiva. That Which Is Not has a 2-year-old colt named Yosemite Valley (GB) (Shamardal), a yearling filly by Kingman (GB) and was covered last year by Frankel (GB).

BOUNDLESS OCEAN (IRE), Teofilo (Ire)–Novel Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire})
Owner: Jackie Bolger
Breeder/Trainer: Jim Bolger
Sales History: A vendor buy-back at €22,000 when offered online as a yearling through Goffs.
Pedigree Notes: Two of his full-brothers have won over hurdles for Nigel Hawke and their dam was winless from six starts. Her grand-dam is the Wildenstein-bred Ange Bleu (Alleged), dam of dual Grade I winner Angara (GB) (Alzao) among her four black-type winners. Boundless Ocean is inbred 2×3 to Galileo (Ire). The mare has a yearling colt by Teofilo and was covered by him again this year.

LIONEL (GB), Lope de Vega (Ire)–Gretchen (GB) (Galileo {Ire})
Owner/Breeder: Normandie Stud
Trainer: David Menuisier
Pedigree Notes: From the breeder of last year's Irish Derby winner, Hurricane Lane (Ire), Lionel races in the colours of Philippa Cooper's Normandie Stud and represents her signature family, being a great grandson of foundation mare Agnus (Ire) (In The Wings {GB}). His dam Gretchen is a half-sister to the G1 Irish St Leger winner Duncan (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and G2 Doncaster Cup winner Samuel (GB) (Sakhee). She has a 2-year-old Golden Horn (GB) colt named Gregory (GB) and a colt foal by Kingman (GB) named Kenneth (GB).

WESTOVER (GB), Frankel (GB)–Mirabilis (Lear Fan)
Owner/Breeder: Juddmonte Farms
Trainer: Ralph Beckett
Pedigree Notes: A full-brother to the Group 3 winner Monarchs Glen (GB) out of a Grade 3-winning turf miler whose half-sister Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat) won the G1 Prix de Diane. Mirabilis has a 2-year-old filly by Expert Eye (GB) named Jalapa (GB).

HANNIBAL BARCA (IRE), Zoffany (Ire)–Innocent Air (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})
Owner: Ecurie Ama Zing-team
Breeder: Brittas House Stud
Trainer: Joseph O'Brien
Sales History: Sold for €16,000 as a Goffs November foal, £55,000 at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale, and 500,000gns at the Tattersalls Horses-in-Training Sale last autumn.
Pedigree Notes: His Juddmonte-bred dam win two Listed races over 7f and 1of and has produced six winners, including this colt's 2-year-old full-sister Zoinnocent (Ire). The mare also a yearling filly by the late Zoffany and was covered by N0 Nay Never in 2021.

GLORY DAZE (IRE), Cotai Glory (GB)–Pioneer Alexander (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire})
Owner: Glory Gold Partnership
Breeder: Mountarmstrong Stud
Trainer: Andy Oliver
Sales History: A £3,000 Goffs Sportsman's Sale yearling.
Pedigree Notes: His half-sister Rita Levi (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) won three times at up to 1m4f. Their dam was unplaced in three starts and is a half-sister to the Listed Rockingham S. winner Bannock (Ire). Grand-dam won the UAE Oaks over 9f. The mare has had no foal since Glory Daze and died in 2021.

FRENCH CLAIM (FR), French Fifteen (Fr)–Zahrada (Galileo {Ire})
Owner: Teme Valley Racing
Breeder: Mathieu Daguzan-Garros and Jean-Claude Gour
Trainer: Paddy Twomey
Sales History: Sold for €9,000 at the Arqana Autumn Yearling Sale and later for £36,000 at the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-up Sale.
Pedigree Notes: His dam was a maiden on the Flat and over jumps and is a half-sister to a Turkish Listed winner. Her 2-year-old filly by No Risk At All (Fr) is catalogued to sell next Thursday at Arqana and she also has a yearling full-sister to French Claim.

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The Derby: Where Did They Come From?

Lent extra poignancy this year for being run in memory of Lester Piggott, the blue riband of the turf features colts with the whole range of backgrounds, from a £3,000 yearling to regal homebreds.

 

ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR), Wootton Bassett (GB)–Shaloushka (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire})
Owner: Highclere Thoroughbred Racing – Woodland Walk
Breeder: Emma Capon Bloodstock
Trainers: Charlie and Mark Johnston
Sales History: A 62,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling.
Pedigree Notes: He is the first foal of his Aga Khan-bred dam, a winner at up to 1 1/2 miles whose half-brother Shalapour (Ire) was third in the Irish Derby. His granddam is a half-sister to the 1986 Derby winner Shahrastani. Shaloushka has a yearling colt by Magna Grecia (Ire) and was covered last season by Expert Eye (GB).

 

WESTOVER (GB), Frankel (GB)–Mirabilis (Lear Fan)
Owner/Breeder: Juddmonte Farms
Trainer: Ralph Beckett
Pedigree Notes: A full-brother to the Group 3 winner Monarchs Glen (GB), he is out of a Grade III-winning turf miler whose half-sister Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat) won the G1 Prix de Diane. Mirabilis has a 2-year-old filly by Expert Eye (GB) named Jalapa (GB).

 

HOO YA MAL (GB), Territories (Ire)–Sensationally (GB) (Montjeu {Ire})
Owner: Ahmad Al Shaikh
Breeder: Meon Valley Stud
Trainer: Andrew Balding
Sales History: A 40,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling.
Pedigree Notes: He traces back to the Meon Valley foundation mare One In A Million (GB); his granddam One So Wonderful (GB) won the G1 Juddmonte International while his 70-rated dam won over 9 1/2 furlongs on Polytrack. Sensationally has a Mukhadram (GB) 2-year-old named Oyamal (GB) and a filly foal by Belardo (Ire).

 

STONE AGE (IRE), Galileo (Ire)–Bonanza Creek (Ire) (Anabaa)
Owner: Brant, Magnier, Tabor, Smith, Westerberg
Breeder: White Birch Farm
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: Stone Age was bred by part-owner Peter Brant, who bought his dam from the Wildenstein Dispersal at Goffs in 2016 for €270,000. A 10-furlong maiden winner, she is a half-sister to the G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix de l'Opera victrix Bright Sky (Ire). Granddam Bright Moon won the G2 Prix de Pomone over 2700m. Bonanza Creek has a Frankel (GB) 2-year-old filly named Sandy Creek (Ire) and a yearling filly foal by Churchill (Ire). She was covered last year by Galileo (Ire).

 

NATIONS PRIDE (IRE), Teofilo (Ire)–Important Time (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB})
Owner/Breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Pedigree Notes: His dam won a German listed contest over nine furlongs in soft ground and is a daughter of the prolific group winner Satwa Queen (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}), whose finest moment came in the G1 Prix de l'Opera. Important Time has a yearling filly by Dark Angel (Ire) and full-sister to Nations Pride at foot.

 

NAHANNI (GB), Frankel (GB)–Final Stage (GB) (Street Cry {Ire})
Owner/Breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Pedigree Notes: His dam won over 1 1/2 miles and is a half-sister to the St Leger winner Mastery (GB) and G1 Gran Criterium winner Kirklees (Ire). Final Stage has had no foal since Nahanni.

 

PIZ BADILE (IRE), Ulysses (Ire)–That Which Is Not (Elusive Quality)
Owner/Breeder: Flaxman Stables Ireland
Trainer: Donnacha O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: A Niarchos homebred top and bottom, Piz Badile is inbred to Lingerie through his granddams, the Group 1-winning half-sisters Light Shift (Kingmambo) and Shiva (Hector Protector). That Which Is Not has a 2-year-old colt named Yosemite Valley (GB) (Shamardal), a yearling filly by Kingman (GB) and was covered last year by Frankel (GB).

 

MASEKELA (IRE), El Kabeir–Lady's Purse (GB) (Doyen {Ire})
Owners: Mick and Janice Mariscotti
Breeder: Coolawn Stud
Trainer: Andrew Balding
Sales History: A €35,000 Goffs November Foal resold as a yearling at Tattersalls October Book 2 for 30,000gns.
Pedigree Notes: A half-brother to the G2 Cape Verdi runner-up Asoof (GB), their dam won the G3 Prix de Royaumont over 2400m. Lady's Purse has a yearling colt by Churchill (Ire) and was covered last year by Ten Sovereigns (Ire).

 

WALK OF STARS (GB), Dubawi (Ire)–Sound Reflection (Street Cry {Ire})
Owner/Breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Pedigree Notes: From the family of the Group 1-winning Galileo (Ire) full-siblings Nathaniel (Ire) and Great Heavens (Ire), he is out of a 97-rated treble winner from seven furlongs to 1 1/2 miles. Granddam Echoes In Eternity (Ire) (Spinning World) won the G2 Sun Chariot S. and G2 Park Hill S. Sound Reflection has 2-year-old and yearling fillies by New Approach (Ire) and Sea The Stars (Ire), respectively. Her 2022 filly by Ghaiyyath (Ire) has died.

 

GLORY DAZE (IRE), Cotai Glory (GB)–Pioneer Alexander (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire})
Owner: Glory Gold Partnership
Breeder: Mountarmstrong Stud
Trainer: Andy Oliver
Sales History: A £3,000 Goffs Sportsman's Sale yearling.
Pedigree Notes: His half-sister Rita Levi (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) won three times at up to 1 1/2 miles. Their dam was unplaced in three starts and is a half-sister to the Listed Rockingham S. winner Bannock (Ire) (Bertolini). Granddam Laoub (Red Ransom) won the UAE Oaks over nine furlongs. The mare has had no foal since Glory Daze and died in 2021.

 

WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE), Teofilo (Ire)–West Wind (GB) (Machiavellian)
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owner: Abdulla Al Mansoori
Breeder: Godolphin
Trainers: Simon and Ed Crisford
Pedigree Notes: His dam won the G1 Prix de Diane and is a daughter of the Sun Chariot S. winner Red Slippers (Nureyev), herself a half-sister to the Oaks and Irish Derby winner Balanchine (Storm Bird). The mare has a 2-year-old full-brother to West Wind Blows and was covered last year by Masar (Ire).

 

DESERT CROWN (GB), Nathaniel (Ire)–Desert Berry (GB) (Green Desert)
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owner: Saeed Suhail
Breeder: Strawberry Fields Stud
Trainer: Sir Michael Stoute
Sales History: A 280,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 yearling.
Pedigree Notes: His half-brother Flying Thunder (GB) (Archipenko) won a Group 3 in Hong Kong over 1400 metres. Their 68-rated dam won a maiden over a mile in three starts, and her Juddmonte-bred granddam Binary (GB) (Rainbow Quest) was a 10-furlong listed winner. Desert Berry has a 2-year-old filly by Al Kazeem (GB), a yearling colt by Study Of Man (Ire), a colt foal by Nathaniel and is back in foal to the Newsells Park Stud resident.

 

SONNY LISTON (IRE), Lawman (Fr)–Stars In Your Eyes (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})
Owner: Chelsea Thoroughbreds – The Big Bear
Breeder: Tally-Ho Stud
Trainer: Charlie Hills
Sales History: A 60,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 yearling.
Pedigree Notes: A half-brother to the Hascombe & Valiant-bred dual Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Dame Malliot (GB), their dam won over 1 1/2 miles. Further family includes Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}). The mare has a 2-year-old colt by Kodiac (GB) and was covered last year by Sottsass (Fr).

 

EL HABEEB (IRE), Al Rifai (Ire)–Los Ojitos (Mr Greeley)
Owner/Breeder: Mohamed Khalid Abdulrahim
Trainer: Stan Moore
Pedigree Notes: His sire, a son of Galileo and GI EP Taylor S. winner Lahaleeb (Ire) (Redback {GB}), ran just once, winning a 1 1/2-mile maiden at Kempton. The dam was Grade II-placed in America over six furlongs and has produced the Listed Galtres S. winner Gold Wand (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}). El Habeeb has a 2-year-old half-brother by Camelot (GB) and a yearling full-sister, foaled in Bahrain.

 

STAR OF INDIA (IRE), Galileo (Ire)–Shermeen (Ire) (Desert Style {Ire})
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owners: Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Westerberg
Breeder: Barronstown Stud
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: A half-brother to G1 Phoenix S. winner Sudirman (Ire) (Henrythenavigator), his dam won three times over five furlongs and was never tried beyond a mile. She has a yearling colt by No Nay Never and was covered last year by Sottsass (Fr).

 

CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE), Galileo (Ire)–Lady Lara (Ire) (Excellent Art {GB})
Owners: Westerberg, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith
Breeder: Ben Sangster
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree Notes: The April-foaled bay's dam won a Grade II over a mile at Gulfstream Park in Florida and a Newbury listed race over seven furlongs. In the extended family is G1 2000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand (GB) (Giant's Causeway). Lady Lara also has a 2-year-old colt by Galileo named Galileo's Compass (Ire) and filly foal by Wootton Bassett (GB).

 

GRAND ALLIANCE (IRE), Churchill (Ire)–Endless Love (Ire) (Dubai Destination)
Owner/Breeder: Susan Roy
Trainer: Charlie Fellowes
Pedigree Notes: A half-brother to the multiple seven-furlong group winner Dutch Connection (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), he is out of an unraced daughter of listed winner Vita E Bella (Ire) (Definite Article {GB}). She has a 2-year-old colt by Ulysses (Ire) named Yesisaidyes (Ire) and a yearling filly by Gleneagles (Ire). She was covered last year by Earthlight (Ire).

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