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The European champion 2-year-old of 2021, Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), is clearly the class act of the field as he bids to go one better than his runner-up finish in the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas. Should he do so, he would give his trainer an unprecedented third European Guineas victory with three different horses in the same season. Also represented is last year's winning owner/breeder/trainer combination of Jim and Jackie Bolger, while, at 420,000gns, Amo Racing's Malex (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) was the most expensive of the field to have been sold at auction.

NATIVE TRAIL (GB), Oasis Dream (GB)–Needleleaf (GB) (Observatory)
Owner: Godolphin
Breeder: Le Haras d'Haspel
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Sales history: €50,000 Arqana December foal (Sam Sangster), 67,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale (Mags O'Toole/Oak Tree Farm), 210,000gns Tattersalls Crave Breeze-up Sale (Godolphin).
Pedigree notes: His unraced Juddmonte-bred dam is a sister to the top-class sprinter African Rose (GB) and Group 3-winning miler Helleborine (GB), both of whom are now stakes producers, the latter as the dam of Coolmore sire Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB}).

ATOMIC JONES (FR), Wootton Bassett (GB)–Loyale (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire})
Owner: Beauty Stable
Breeder: Gestut Zur Kuste & Riviera Equine
Trainer: Ger Lyons
Sales history: €75,000 Arqana December foal (BBA Ireland), 95,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale (Gaelic Bloodstock).
Pedigree notes: His dam is a half-sister to four black-type performers from a Wildenstein family which has fared well on both sides of the Atlantic and includes the four-time Group 1 winner Bigstone (Ire) (Last Tycoon).

IVY LEAGUE (IRE), Galileo (Ire)–Timbuktu (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus})
Owner: Westerberg, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith
Breeder: Coolmore
Trainer: Alan O'Brien
Pedigree notes: His full-brother Ontario (Ire) was runner-up in the G2 Royal Lodge S., while his dam is a half-sister to Chesham S. winner Tha'Ir (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) and seven-furlong listed winner Flashing Colour (Ger) (Pivotal {GB}). The family traces back to the Meon Valley blue hen Reprocolor (GB), who is this colt's fourth dam.

BUCKAROO (GB), Fastnet Rock (Aus)–Roheryn (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})
Owner: Qatar Racing Ltd
Breeder: The Roheryn Partnership
Trainer: Joseph O'Brien
Pedigree notes: Dam Roheryn was a listed winner over 1 1/2 miles and is a daughter of the dual six-furlong Group 3 winner La Chunga (More Than Ready). Buckaroo's half-siblings by Kingman (GB) and Harbour Watch (Ire) have both won over 1 1/2 miles and one is a winning hurdler.

DUKE DE SESSA (IRE), Lope De Vega (Ire)–Dark Crusader (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire})
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owner/Breeder: Newtown Anner Stud
Trainer: Dermot Weld
Sales history: Bought back for €60,000 at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale.
Pedigree notes: His dam was a Group 3-placed multiple winner over 1 3/8 miles to 1 3/4 miles and is a half-sister to the listed winner Naughty Or Nice (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Ire}). Granddam Monty's Girl (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) is a three-parts-sister to the G2 King Edward VII S. and American Grade I winner Subtle Power (Ire) (Sadler's Wells).

MALEX (GB), Kodiac (GB)–Trois Lunes (Fr) (Manduro {Ger})
Owner: Amo Racing Limited
Breeder: Haras de Saint Pair
Trainer: Michael O'Callaghan
Sales history: 420,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale.
Pedigree notes: A half-brother to Group 3 winner Trais Fluors (Fr) (Dansili {GB}), their dam won the nine-furlong G3 Prix Vanteaux and is out of the listed-winning miler Trip To The Moon (GB) (Fasliyev).

NEW ENERGY (IRE), New Bay (GB)–For Joy (GB) (Singspiel {Ire})
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owner: John Lavery
Breeder: Anne Hallinan & John O'Connor
Trainer: Sheila Lavery
Sales history: £65,000 Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-Up Sale (Durcan Bloodstock/Sheila Lavery).
Pedigree notes: His half-sister Victoria Regina (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) won an Italian Group 3 over a mile, and their dam is a sister to the G3 Henry II S. winner Gloomy Sunday (Fr) and G3 Autumn S. winner Abjer (Fr).

WEXFORD NATIVE (IRE), Teofilo (Ire)–Yes Oh Yes (Gone West)
'TDN Rising Star'.
Owner: Jackie Bolger
Breeder/Trainer: Jim Bolger
Pedigree notes: Full-brother Theodorico (Ire) is a four-time winner over seven furlongs and their unraced dam is a half-sister to Aaroness (Distorted Humor), who was fourth in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. Yes Oh Yes has also produced the six-furlong Naas maiden winner Western Dawn (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}).

IMPERIAL FIGHTER (IRE), The Gurkha (Ire)–Endure (Ire) (Green Desert)
Owner: Michael Blencowe
Breeder: Lynn Lodge Stud
Trainer: Andrew Balding
Sales history: £30,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale (held in the UK, private sale to Andrew Balding).
Pedigree notes: Half-brother Bunker (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire}) won the Listed Prix Francois Boutin, beating future GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein), and he is one of nine winners and three black-type performers for their twice-raced dam, who has three listed-winning half-siblings, all by Alzao.

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Two legends of Irish racing will join forces for the first time this season after Jim Bolger revealed that he has a 2-year-old filly by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) in training with Kevin Prendergast.

Bolger gave €31,000 for the recently named Roman Moon (Ire) after Prendergast recommended the filly at the Goffs Orby Sale last September and she is set to break new ground by becoming his first runner with the Friarstown operator.

Roman Moon will carry the white and purple colours of Bolger's wife Jackie, once carried to major glories by Teofilo (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), New Approach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and more recently Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}), when she hits the track this summer.

Speaking about the reasoning in sending the filly to the 89-year-old handler, Bolger told TDN Europe, “It was Kevin who suggested that we buy the filly and, when we did, we said that we would leave her with him knowing that she would be in safe hands.

“If I remember correctly, I was sitting beside Kevin when she walked into the ring and he told me that he was thinking of buying her on spec. Clare Manning [Bolger's granddaughter] also liked her and, when what she told me was confirmed by Kevin, I told her to go ahead and buy the filly.

“I decided there and then that, if Kevin was interested in training her for me, he could have her. She cost €35,000 so is qualified for all of those auction races and will carry Jackie's colours.”

Bolger added: “Kevin is very happy with her. You could say that Kevin is a victim of his age, and I suppose myself to a lesser extent, as not too many people want to send a man in his late 80s a racehorse. But, as far as Kevin is concerned, there are few better than him at his craft.”

Prendergast outlined his ambition to continue training “until the man upstairs calls it all to a halt” to the TDN Europe last week and Bolger's Roman Moon will form part of a 15-horse string.

Bolger's numbers are understood to be closer to 100 or more, the majority of which are owned by himself, with the wheels of his famous Coolcullen-based training establishment kept turning by the trainer's breeding arm of the operation.

It is a truly unique way of running things, with Bolger deriving just as much interest from breeding winners as he does in training them.

“One is dependent on the other but, as far as enjoyment is concerned, I suppose it would be 50-50. I have 80 broodmares and I would need 60-70 of those to go in foal every year in order to keep the wheel turning as I own 95% of the horses I train,” he explained.

“The majority of my mares will go to my own stallions but we use outside stallions as well. We could send up to 20 mares to outside stallions every year and the dam [Halla Na Saoire (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire})] of Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) has been covered by Mehmas (Ire). She also has a yearling by Make Believe (GB).”

Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), best known for getting the better of his stablemate Poetic Flare in a gripping Irish 2,000 Guineas last May, has been kept in training as a 4-year-old.

Just under 12 months on from that heroic display at the Curragh, Bolger recalls of how he wasn't best pleased to see his better-fancied Poetic Flare beaten but, any pain felt in the defeat soon disappeared when he realised he had the dam (Halla Na Saoire) standing out in the field.

“I was disappointed initially when Mac Swiney beat Poetic Flare in the Irish 2,000 Guineas last year but, when I realised that I had the dam of the winner standing out in a paddock, it made it a bit easier,” he said, before sharing details on some of stallions he supported this year.

“Along with Make Believe and Mehmas, we sent mares to Profitable (Ire), Blue Point (Ire) and Belardo (Ire). I sent 25 mares to Teofilo, about a dozen to New Approach and we supported Dawn Approach as well.”

Mac Swiney may be the best older horse Bolger has in training and is firmly on course to kick-start his 4-year-old campaign in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh later this month but the trainer has Classic aspirations for TDN Rising Star Wexford Native and Boundless Ocean.

He said, “Good ground will make a huge difference to Wexford Native (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and if we get good ground in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, he could go there. His proper trip will end up being 10f or 1m4f–he could stay the Irish Derby trip.”

Bolger added, “Boundless Ocean (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) was too keen [when 13th in the 2,000 Guineas] at Newmarket but we think we've got him settled at home now and will pick a race for him soon. He could go for the Irish 2000 Guineas but I would be in no rush to run the two of them against each other.”

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