15:10 Leopardstown

Sunday 2 April 2023

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Ballylinch Stud 'Priory Belle' 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (Fillies' Group 3)

Off time: 15:11 | Winning time: 1m 37.43s

(11)

Clever And Cool¹⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 96

8/1

Winning debut at the Curragh in September. Respectable 6 lengths fifth of 11 to Cairo in Killavullan Stakes (16/1) at this course (7f, soft). Off 169 days and this no easy reappearance.

Form: 14475-

(12)

Dame Kiri¹⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 95

9/1

Progressive form at 2 yrs, winning 8-runner maiden at Naas (5.9f, heavy, 2/7), easily. Off 168 days. Should make a better 3-y-o for top yard.

Form: 3341-

(1)

Dower House¹⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 95

14/1

Naas winner over 6f last summer. 9/2, creditable 1¾ lengths fifth of 10 to Basil Martini in Weld Park Stakes at the Curragh (7f, soft), nearest finish. Off 6 months and will improve as her stamina is drawn out.

Form: 62175-

(2)

Impact Warrior²³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Lee| T: P Twomey| D

7/1

Bred to be useful and strong in the betting, she landed a 5-runner minor event at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft) on debut, cosily. Off 7 months. Good prospect.

Form: 1-

(6)

La Dolce Vita²⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 97| D

28/1

Fairly useful filly. 100/1, respectable 9¼ lengths fifth of 11 to Tahiyra in Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh (7f, heavy). Off 6 months but more exposed than some of these.

Form: 213675-

(5)

Madly Truly²²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 93| D

8/1

Sent off 11/10 following a promising debut and landed 13-runner maiden at Naas (7f, good), all out. In top hands but that form certainly needs improving on for this reappearance.

Form: 21-

(7)

Matilda Picotte^p¹⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: K P Cotter| OR: 102

6/1

Useful filly. 10/3, career best when winning 10-runner listed race at Newmarket (6f, good to soft) by 1½ lengths from Queen Olly, finding extra. Speed looks her assest but big form player if as effective over 7f.

Form: 143231-

(10)

Never Ending Story¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 103| CD

2/1

Useful filly. Two wins from 4 runs last year. Creditable 5¼ lengths third of 12 to Blue Rose Cen in Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp (8f, soft, 67/10). Off 6 months. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 311343-

(4)

Nightcliff¹⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: N G McCullagh| T: David J Geary| OR: 88| D

50/1

Won 14-runner maiden at the Curragh (7f, heavy, 11/2), driven out. Off 158 days. Not easy to make a case for her in this company.

Form: 541-

(3)

Zarinsk²⁰⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 105| CD

11/2

Two wins from 4 runs last year. Career best when winning 11-runner listed race at this course (7f, soft, 9/2) by 2½ lengths from Library, kept up to work. Off 6 months and she could be useful.

Form: 1441-

Non-Runners

(14)

Not Even Close¹⁹¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: Donnacha O'Brien J: O Murphy

(9)

Ocean Quest²¹⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Shane Foley

(13)

Tarawa¹⁶²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: Non Runner

(8)

Thornbrook²⁰³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: Declan McDonogh

Forecasts

Never Ending Story (2/1), Zarinsk (11/2), Matilda Picotte (6/1), Tarawa (6/1), Impact Warrior (7/1), Ocean Quest (7/1), Madly Truly (8/1), Clever And Cool (8/1), Dame Kiri (9/1), Dower House (14/1), Not Even Close (16/1), Thornbrook (16/1), La Dolce Vita (28/1), Nightcliff (50/1)

Plenty of potential on show here with TARAWA, who has just a maiden win to her name taken to make a leap forward on reappearance given her pedigree and connections. Aidan O'Brien-trained pair Never Ending Story and Dame Kiri are just a couple of potential threats.