The Curragh’s Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes is another home highlight which
has come to be dominated by Aidan O’Brien, and the supplemented Tapestry has
strong credentials to add a seventh edition to the Ballydoyle conditioner’s
current record Sunday. Like her dam Rumplestiltskin, Susan Magnier’s unbeaten
filly enters this contest on the back of a smooth course-and-distance win in the
Debutante on August 11, and bids to emulate her success eight years ago.
“This was always the plan, and she’s won her two starts very nicely,” O’Brien
said. “She’s in good form and everything seems very well with her. It looks a
good race and it will be a good experience for her.”
If any filly is able to break the Ballydoyle dominion, it is Qatar Racing’s
impressive Albany winner Kiyoshi, who has been rested since winning a deep
renewal of that six-furlong Royal Ascot contest June 21. No less than five who
finished in her wake there have gone on to win black-type contests subsequently,
including another re-opposing Ballydoyle representative in the July 18 Silver
Flash winner Wonderfully, and connections are confident Kiyoshi can make her
presence felt here.
“We’ve been really happy with her and she is where we want her at this
stage,” trainer Charlie Hills said Saturday. “She traveled over nice and cool
and ate and drank. It’s going to be a tough race, but she certainly deserves to
be there and seven furlongs should really suit her. She’s bred to want further
than six furlongs, and the Curragh is one of the best tracks in the world, so I
would imagine there will be beautiful ground and there will be no excuses at all
there.”
Trying this seven-furlong trip for the first time is Sheikh Rashid Dalmook al
Maktoum’s already-accomplished Rizeena, who followed a win in the June 19 Queen
Mary over five furlongs at Royal Ascot with a second in the Duchess of Cambridge
at Newmarket July 12, and third in the Prix Morny at Deauville August 18 over
six.
“She’s in great form — her weight is good and Clive (Brittain) is very happy
with her training and has never been more pleased with her,” the owner’s Racing
Manager Bruce Raymond told PA Sport. “Obviously, it’s going to be tough with
Charlie Hills’ horse, who looks a worthy favorite, but our filly is very good.
She ran very well at Deauville last time, but this seven furlongs looks most
suitable for her.”
Earlier on the card, another of Ballydoyle’s most exciting prospects among
their juvenile brigade, Great White Eagle, bids to translate debut promise into
real substance in the Group 3 Round Tower.
Beating some smart rivals in a Naas conditions race over this six-furlong
trip August 5, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Susan Magnier’s bay will not
need to do too much more to deal with these rivals. One of the nicest types
among them is the same ownership’s Remember You, but she was 2 3/4 lengths
behind Great White Eagle at Naas and there is no obvious reason why she should
close the gap.
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