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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 Her cause may have been helped by the fact that the aforementioned likely favourite Meala was withdrawn and Emaniya stumbled badly leaving the stalls.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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Back-To-Back Tattersalls Gold Cups For Magical

With racemares like Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), there is a sense of point-and-shoot and Wayne Lordan had little trouble in steering her to a sixth top-level success in Sunday’s G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh. Sent to the front almost from the outset, the 2-9 favourite merely had to repeat her effort when winning the course-and-distance G1 Pretty Polly S. June 28 and she gave generously to issue another beating to over-matched rivals. Kicking off the home turn, she stayed on strongly as expected as stablemate Sir Dragonet (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) earned second, 2 1/4 lengths behind. He was in turn two lengths ahead of last year’s G1 Irish St Leger heroine Search For a Song (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was putting up her best effort of 2020. “It went perfectly–she’s top-class,” Lordan said. “She’s very straightforward and gets into a lovely rhythm–she went by the line not in top gear. She’s a massive mare to ride and has a big, powerful action so with a small field with not a whole lot of pace I opted to keep it simple. I was riding the best horse and she’s uncomplicated with a great attitude. As we know, she can fight when she has to but she hasn’t had to in her last two starts.”

Were it not for Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Magical would have another three group 1s to boast of and in this era of the supermares she stands as one of the trailblazers for her sex. Her career has particularly taken off since September, when she captured the first leg of a notable G1 Irish-English Champion S. double at Leopardstown. Forcing connections into keeping her in training for one more season, she now has four group 1 wins from her last five starts and has justified that decision in no uncertain terms. Now that she is accustomed to making her own running, it could be that she is able to put it up to the Juddmonte sensation the next time their paths cross.

Lordan is of the opinion that the change in tactics is beneficial. “She jumped and she bowled away, she has a big easy action. She made it the last day and zinged along, today she was a little bit more relaxed out there in front,” he added. “I felt if anyone got to me, it would only help me. From the minute you sit on her till you get off, she feels like she has a presence. She’s a high-quality filly and she is definitely up there with the top ones, we know that by her form.”
Aidan O’Brien was at home and told the Racing Post, “She is a great mare. The only reason she is here now is because of the progress she made over the winter and she had progressed again from the Pretty Polly, so we are delighted the lads kept her in training. She might get a little bit of an easy time of it now, but the options would be the [G1] Juddmonte International and the [G1] Irish Champion Stakes. She could wait for the Irish Champion, but we’ll see.”

Magical’s dam Halfway To Heaven (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), who was bred by Trevor Stewart, won the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, G1 Nassau S. and G1 Sun Chariot S. and is making her own special mark within the Coolmore broodmare band. Covered by Galileo throughout her second career, she has produced the G1 Lockinge S., G1 Fillies Mile and G1 Prix de l’Opera heroine Rhododendron (Ire), as well as the G3 International S. scorer Flying the Flag (Ire). Halfway To Heaven is out of Stewart’s triple group-winning sprinter Cassandra Go (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), who also produced the G3 Summer S. scorer Theann (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire). She has become a star producer in her own right, throwing the GI First Lady S. and GI Rodeo S. heroine Photo Call (Ire) from a mating with Galileo and also the G2 Richmond S. scorer Land Force (Ire) (No Nay Never). Halfway To Heaven’s daughter Tickled Pink (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) raced for her owner-breeder and took the G3 Abernant S. and G3 Sandown Sprint S.

The third dam Rahaam (Secreto) was responsible for the notable sire Verglas (Ire) and the listed scorer Persian Secret (Fr) (Persian Heights {GB}), who is the ancestress of several classy performers. Her daughters Seba (GB) (Alzao) and Do the Honours (Ire) (Highest Honor {Fr}) were decent types, with the former capturing the Listed Chesham S. and finishing third in the GI Mother Goose S. and Do the Honours winning the G3 Prix de Meautry. The latter is the second dam of the G1 Melbourne Cup hero Cross Counter (GB) by Galileo’s son Teofilo (Ire). Halfway To Heaven also has a yearling full-brother to Magical.

Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
TATTERSALLS GOLD CUP-G1, €250,000, Curragh, 7-26, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:10.39, g/y.
1–MAGICAL (IRE), 135, m, 5, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Halfway To Heaven (Ire) (Broodmare Of The Year-Ire, MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Ire, G1SP-Fr, $941,139), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Cassandra Go (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
3rd Dam: Rahaam, by Secreto
O-Derrick Smith; B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Wayne Lordan. €150,000. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Eur at 11-14f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 9.5-11f, Hwt. Older Mare-Ire at 11-14f, MG1SW-Eng & GISP-US, 23-11-6-0, $4,631,071. *Full to Rhododendron (Ire), Hwt. 2yo Filly-Ire, Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 7-9.5f, MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SP-Ire, GISP-USA, $1,786,763; Flying the Flag (IRE), GSW-Ire & GSP-SAf, $195,702. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sir Dragonet (Ire), 138, c, 4, Camelot (GB)–Sparrow (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Orpendale, Wynatt & Chelston (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €50,000.
3–Search For A Song (Ire), 135, f, 4, Galileo (Ire)–Polished Gem (Ire), by Danehill. O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Dermot Weld. €25,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, 2, HF. Odds: 0.22, 18.00, 50.00.
Also Ran: Armory (Ire), Leo de Fury (Ire), Buckhurst (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Irish Oaks Headlines Saturday Action

Aidan O’Brien will be looking to bring down more barricades on Saturday as he chases the record of Sir Michael Stoute in The Curragh’s G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks. With five wins in the mile-and-a-half Classic, he sits one shy of the tally wracked up over the decades by the Newmarket-based legend and it will be no surprise were he to join him in 2020. Four fillies contest the latest renewal from Rosegreen, with Evie Stockwell’s G1 Epsom Oaks and G2 Ribblesdale S. runner-up Ennistymon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) the current standard-bearer on that form. Normally, being beaten nine lengths in the Epsom monument would be no commendation coming into this equivalent, but to be that distance from her exalted stablemate Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is probably creditable. “We’ve been very happy with Ennistymon since her last run in Epsom. She ran a great race, so we’re looking forward to this,” O’Brien said.

Ennistymon’s rider Wayne Lordan was on Snow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when she beat her elders in the G3 Munster Oaks at Cork July 5, which was her first try at this trip. Previously runner-up in the June 21 G3 Blue Wind S. over 10 furlongs June 21, the full-sister to Kew Gardens (Ire) is charting the kind of progress that makes one from her stable with her pedigree impossible to discount in this company. That also applies to Laburnum (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who came off second-best in a tussle with the Ger Lyons-trained Even So (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) in the Listed Naas Oaks Trial over a mile and a quarter last time July 4.

“We were delighted with Laburnum the last day, she was very inexperienced going into it–a baby, really,” O’Brien said of the full-sister to Roderic O’Connor (Ire). “When she won her maiden she didn’t know much, so we felt that she had to run again to learn. She seems to be in good form and is stepping up to a mile and a half. It will be very interesting to see what happens with her, but there is every chance she is going to move up plenty. She is a very straightforward filly.”

Earlier on the Curragh card, the O’Brien-Lordan combination is in evidence in the G2 Paddy Power Minstrel S. on the exciting Lancaster House (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who beat the high-class Speak In Colours (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) with authority in the G3 Gladness S. over this seven-furlong trip June 13. He has to contend with last year’s winner Romanised (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), who stages his return to action for Robert Ng and Ken Condon. Already successful in the 2018 G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, he proved himself a genuine top-class performer on his latest two outings when winning the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and finishing runner-up in the G1 Prix du Moulin.

Aidan O’Brien’s record in the G2 GAIN Railway S. is remarkable, with his tally of 13 successes just one short of the late great Vincent O’Brien. Wayne Lordan is on the June 26 course-and-distance maiden winner Merchants Quay (Fr) (No Nay Never), leaving Michael Hussey to partner the July 3 Navan maiden scorer Forest of Dreams (Ire) (No Nay Never). Jessie Harrington saddles Zhang Yuesheng’s June 8 Naas maiden winner Lucky Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), while Ger Lyons relies on To Glory (GB) (Toronado {Ire}) who was off the mark over another 150 yards on debut at Limerick June 29. The fixture’s other pattern race is the G2 Comer Group International Curragh Cup, in which Lordan is on Ballydoyle’s unexposed June 18 Fairyhouse maiden-winning 3-year-old Memorabilis (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) as he takes on Lloyd Williams’ veteran Twilight Payment (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) who scored over course and distance last time in the June 27 G3 Vintage Crop S.

Earlier in the afternoon, Newbury host the G3 bet365 Hackwood S. for the sprinters, with Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s TDN Rising Star Repartee (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) looking to step up on his winning return in Windsor’s Listed Carnarvon S. over this six-furlong trip June Jun 28. Among the unexposed 3-year-old’s opponents is last year’s G2 City of York S. winner Shine So Bright (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who was third when attempting to force the issue in the seven-furlong Listed Surrey S. at Epsom July 4. “As long as the ground is on the quick side, I would hope he’ll run very well. I think they’re calling the ground good at the moment and as long as it stays that way, I’m sure he’ll be fine,” trainer Andrew Balding said. “He’s a very useful horse on his day and I was happy with his last run at Epsom.”

Also on the card is the Listed bet365 Rose Bowl S. over six furlongs, where Manton Park Racing’s Method (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) bids to uphold the form of his Doncaster debut June 26. Having beaten the subsequent G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. runner-up Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}) there by 4 1/4 lengths, there is an understandable air of excitement surrounding the latest Martyn Meade project. “He was quite impressive at Doncaster, but this is a totally different ball game,” he said with a dash of humility. “He’s come out the race really well and I’m expecting him to progress and make a good showing of himself. It’s a natural stepping-stone. It’s just the right sort of race for him. I think he learnt a lot the other day.”

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