Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 1m 0.88s

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Cliadh Dubh

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Darragh O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: D W O'Sullivan

80/1

Foaled April 21. U S Navy Flag colt. Half-brother to winner abroad by Zoffany. Dam lightly-raced half-sister to smart winner up to 9.5f Meteoric.

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First Approach

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

4/1

Foaled January 14. No Nay Never colt. Half-brother to 1¼m winner Lisboa and 1m winner Sound It Out. Dam, 6f winner, closely related to useful performer up to 1¼m Aerion Power. 1 of 2 for top connections and obvious appeal.

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Mission Central

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

1/1

Foaled January 25. 625,000 gns yearling, No Nay Never colt out of unraced sister to Falmouth winner Prosperous Voyage, also second in 1000 Guineas and Fillies' Mile, from excellent family of Dewhurst winner Xaar. Of obvious interest on debut and appears to be stable's first string under Moore.

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Award Ceremony

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gavin Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien

7/2

Foaled March 18. No Nay Never filly. Sister to 2-y-o 6f winner Deneuve. Dam 5f/6f winner (including at 2 yrs) out of US Grade 2 6.5f-1m winner Nasty Storm.

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Leblon Beach¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: A Murray

8/1

Twice-raced filly. 11/1, third of 8 in maiden at this C&D 14 days ago, not knocked about. One for later on.

Form: 53

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Mina Bonita⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: A McGuinness

14/1

€12,500 yearling, Profitable filly. Closely related to smart winner up to 7f Rivellino and 5f winner Brazilian Breeze. 25/1, fourth of 10 in maiden at Cork (5f, good) on debut 5 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 4

Forecasts

Mission Central (1/1), Award Ceremony (7/2), First Approach (4/1), Leblon Beach (8/1), Mina Bonita (14/1), Cliadh Dubh (80/1)

Coolmore have won this twice in recent years with newcomers by No Nay Never and MISSION CENTRAL, with Ryan Moore up, gets the vote over First Approach. Mina Bonita made a promising start at Cork on Sunday and could go close with that under her belt.