Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 19:20 Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Blue Wind Stakes 1m 2f

  • Weighed In - (Class 1), €77,500 added, 3yo+, 6 runners
  • Winner €50,375 2nd €14,725 3rd €6,974 4th €2,326
  • Going: Good to Yielding Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 2m 17.64s
  • Off time: 19:21:02
Pos Horse Odds
1st Princess Highway (USA) 7/2
2nd Aaraas 12/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (2) 5143-62 Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap Aaraas 17 3 8-9 D P McDonogh K Prendergast 95 12/1
2 (3) 0321-1 Dark Blue Aloof (IRE) 35 3 8-9 W J Lee D Wachman 97 3/1
3 (6) 1-3 WHITE, purple panel, check cap Cleofila (IRE) 17 3 8-9 K J Manning J S Bolger 92 9/1
4 (4) 8-1 BLACK, white slvs, red cap, black star Princess Highway (USA) 49 Distance Winner 3 8-9 P J Smullen D K Weld 7/2
5 (5) 1 GREEN, red epaulettes, green cap Shebella (IRE) 48 3 8-9 J P Murtagh J M Oxx 3/1
6 (1) 1- PURPLE, white seams, striped sleeves, purple cap Was (IRE) 283 3 8-9 J A Heffernan A P O'Brien 7/2

Verdict

Jim Bolger has landed this for the past two years and will be hoping Cleofila makes it a hat-trick but she will need to do much better than on her reappearance at Navan where she finished a long way behind Kissed and a couple of lengths behind runner-up Aaraas. The latter competed at a high level with distinction in her first season and should again go well though WAS looks the one to beat. Aidan O'Brien's Galileo filly cost an incredible 1,200,000 guineas as a yearling and made a nice start in a maiden at the Curragh in August. She's in every major race this summer and should make a winning reappearance. Shebella defied inexperience to come with a late run and snatch the spoils over 7f at Limerick and she is promising as is Princess Highway, the only one of these to have scored over the trip.

Formwatch

Aaraas 7-1 (9-0) Keen and settled behind leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden 2 1/2f out, kept on into moderate 2nd 1f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 9l behind Kissed (9-0) at Navan 1m 2f 3yo lst fll (1) sft in Apr.

Aloof (IRE) 11-8fav (9-6) Made all and soon 4 lengths clear, kept on well from over 1f out, comfortably, won at Dundalk 1m 3f 3yo fll pol in Apr beating Madhmoonah (9-6) by 5l, 4 ran.

Cleofila (IRE) 3-1 (9-0) Chased leader in 2nd, ridden 2 1/2f out, no impression 1 1/2f out, disputed moderate 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 5, 11l behind Kissed (9-0) at Navan 1m 2f 3yo lst fll (1) sft in Apr.

Princess Highway (USA) 2-1fav (9-0) Chased leader in 2nd, improved to lead 2f out, soon ridden, kept on well final furlong, comfortably, won at Leopardstown 1m 2f mdn fll stks gd in Mar beating Betterbetterbetter (9-1) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.

Shebella (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Chased leaders, closer order approaching straight, 3rd 1 1/2f out, soon ridden to challenge, stayed on well final furlong to lead near finish, won at Limerick 7f mdn fll stks gd in Mar beating Ahaaly (9-0) by nk, 12 ran.

Was (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, headway to lead under 2f out, kept on well final furlong, comfortably, won at Curragh 1m 2yo fll mdn gd in Aug beating Cabin (9-0) by 2 1/2l, 12 ran.

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