13:48 Leopardstown

Wednesday 9 April 2025

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden

Off time: 13:48 | Winning time: 2m 10.96s

(6)

Butterfly Wings²³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| BF

5/2

Holds fancy entries and whilst she failed to build on a promising debut effort here last summer when third of 6 in a Salisbury novice (1m) in August. Still, she undoubtedly remains with potential and likely there's more to come on return/tackling 1¼m.

Form: 43-

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(4)

Catalina Delcarpio

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

11/4

400,000 gns yearling, Lope De Vega filly. Half-sister to useful French 1¼m/11f winner Grand Stars. Dam unraced half-sister to very smart winner up to 1½m High Heeled. Irish Oaks entry who warrants a market check starting out for very shrewd stable.

Form:

(2)

Etawa

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

6/1

Kingman filly. Dam, 1m winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 1½m Eziyra out of winning half-sister to high-class 1½m-2½m winner Enzeli. Yard have made a solid start to the campaign and she's well worth considering on debut.

Form:

(5)

Own Your Day

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Ross Coakley| T: J S Bolger

40/1

Teofilo filly. Half-sister to 1¼m winner Ambitious Approach. Dam ran once.

Form:

(7)

Takemetothemoon¹⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Gavin Ryan| T: A P O'Brien| BF

13/2

Half-sister to top-class winner up to 1½m City of Troy and she came home strongly as the penny dropped when third on debut in a 7f maiden here in October. Unsuited by the emphasis on speed when fifth over that trip at Dundalk later that month and this test promises to be much more her thing. Player.

Form: 35-

(3)

Tswalu²¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| BF

4/1

€400,000 yearling, Justify filly. Well backed, showed plenty to work on when sixth of 16 in maiden at Cork (8f, good to firm) on debut in September, keeping on under hands-and-heels riding. Better to come for stable who landed this 12 months ago.

Form: 6-

(1)

Two For Joy

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Cleary⁽⁵⁾| T: A P O'Brien

12/1

Wootton Bassett filly. Dam, 9.4f/9.5f winner who stayed 12.5f, sister to Irish 2000 Guineas winner Roderic O'Connor. Represents top stable and the betting can guide starting out in a warm maiden.

Form:

Forecasts

Butterfly Wings (5/2), Catalina Delcarpio (11/4), Tswalu (4/1), Etawa (6/1), Takemetothemoon (13/2), Two For Joy (12/1), Own Your Day (40/1)

No shortage of potential on show in this maiden with the market likely to prove informative. BUTTERFLY WINGS, one of 3 representing Aidan O'Brien, selected with Ryan Moore taking the ride. Stablemate Takemetothemoon reached a similar level at 2 yrs and she's respected also. Catalina Delcarpio and Etawa are a couple of debutantes to monitor closely, too.