May 18 / 16.03 Naas

16.03

Good

Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Blackbeard Fillies Sprint Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies)

  • Prize money: £34132.23
  • 0m 5f 205y
  • 6 runners
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Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Blackbeard Fillies Sprint Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies)

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Sunny

OUR TIP

Form: 1 D

Last run: 36 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
90,000Euros yearling; by Starman (same sire as Lady Iman); gave a polished display when justifying favouritism on debut in a 6f maiden at the Curragh early last month, accounting for a stablemate of Signora.
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11th

25

(22)

27th Sep 2025

Yielding

0m 7f 0y

15:45 Curragh

Green Sense

9st 0lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Won a 6f maiden on debut here and was a close second to Lady Iman in a Group 3 next time; rebounded from a poor Ascot run to win a Chantilly Group 2 then was third in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes back here; shapes as if she can stay this trip and seems to be the yard's pick of five.

11/2

5

(1)

9th Aug 2025

Good

0m 6f 0y

16:00 Curragh

Green Sense

9st 2lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Won in fine style over C&D in April on debut; excellent runner-up effort behind the smart Lady Iman at Naas in May; no show in the Albany Stakes; gave a reassuring display when staying on strongly to land a Group 2 event at Chantilly; runner-up failed to advance the form in the Richmond Stakes, third has won at Group 3 at Deauville.

10/1

Form: 11

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
185,000GBP yearling; justified market confidence with impressive debut Dundalk win in March, with subsequent winner Leblon Beach back in third; confirmed significant potential with odds-on win from the Aidan O'Brien-trained 12-1 chance True Love in a 5f Listed contest at the Curragh 13 days ago; extra furlong should not present a problem, smart prospect.
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10th

12

(1)

17th May 2026

Good

0m 5f 0y

17:26 Naas

Lady Iman

8st 13lb

J: Colin Keane

T: G M Lyons

Amassed an impressive CV in her opening runs last season; won her AW maiden before landing a 5f Curragh Listed contest, and a Naas Group 3; failed to justify 8-15 odds in a Curragh Group 2 before resuming progress with a Molecomb Stakes victory at Goodwood; form tapered off in her final two Group runs; big player on ratings but lacks a run.

5/1

9

(9)

12th Sep 2025

Good

0m 5f 3y

Class 1

14:25 Doncaster

Lady Iman

9st 0lb

J: Colin Keane

T: G M Lyons

Unraced on softer than good; down the field in the Nunthorpe when taking on her elders last time; very productive (11121) otherwise and beat some of today's rivals in the Molecomb at Goodwood; leading form claims back against own age group.

3/1

16

(4)

22nd Aug 2025

Good To Firm

0m 5f 0y

Class 1

15:35 York

Lady Iman

8st 2lb

J: Joe Fanning

T: G M Lyons

High-class sprinting juvenile whose sole defeat in five starts came over 6f in June; put the record straight with another improved show to win a 5f Group 3 at Goodwood under a penalty since; that wasn't the strongest of races, her main victims having marks in the 90s, but this easy track looks sure to suit her style and with the serious weight concession from her elders she has obvious claims; has been supplemented.

5/1

Form: 1

Last run: 50 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Winning favourite on debut at the Curragh; form was boosted by the runner-up Oh Cecilia in beating the odds-on favourite at Cork on her second start; stable selected
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5th

1

(5)

20th Feb 2026

Standard

1m 2f 150y

19:15 Dundalk (AW)

Miami Destination

9st 10lb

J: Donagh O’Connor

T: Robson De Aguiar

Highly tried after winning debut (5f, soft) in Curragh maiden last March, well held in Group 3's at Naas and Curragh; last month's return to action here (behind Dawn Flame) didn't offer much and takes another step up in trip.

8/1

5th

1

(2)

23rd Jan 2026

Standard

1m 0f 0y

17:30 Dundalk (AW)

Miami Destination

9st 13lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: Robson De Aguiar

Winning favourite on Curragh debut (5f, soft); wasn't disgraced in 6f Naas Group 3 next time behind the exciting Lady Iman; tailed off behind Albert Einstein in Group 3 Marble Hill at the Curragh last May; 243-day absence; stable/handicap/AW debut; trip an unknown.

4/1

5

(3)

25th May 2025

Good

0m 6f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Miami Destination

9st 2lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Adrian Murray

Winning favourite on debut over 5f at this venue; form was boosted by the runner-up Oh Cecilia at Cork; ignored in the market in a six-runner Group 3 event at Naas last Sunday, made the running to two out before fading into the fourth behind the exciting Lady Imam.

40/1

Form: 1

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Apprentice-ridden when readily justifying favouritism on debut in a 5f maiden at Bath 13 days ago; looked at home on fast ground; interesting for the trainer who won this race in 2015 with Great Page, two years after his father's success with the top-class Sky Lantern.
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6th

8

(7)

30th May 2026

Good To Soft

0m 6f 17y

Class 4

16:05 Chester

Saffron Dandy

9st 4lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Richard Hannon

Of interest on this year's AW best; latest Ripon run was underwhelming though and others look open to greater progress.

18/1

8th

7

(8)

17th May 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 3

15:50 Ripon

Saffron Dandy

9st 2lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Richard Hannon

Won her first two handicaps, both over 6f on AW this winter; she has come up short in good handicaps on her last two starts but she is back against her own sex this afternoon and isn't impossibly treated if the cards drop right for her.

10/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Third foal; sister to Exactly, a Group 3 winner for the stable in last season's Killavullan Stakes and fourth in last Sunday's Pouliches; closely related to Listed winner Salt Lake City; dam Heartache won the Queen Mary and the Flying Childers for Clive Cox in 2017.
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2nd

10

(9)

10th May 2026

Good

0m 7f 0y

14:30 Leopardstown

Signora

8st 11lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

Early promise; three instances of beaten favouritism before an odds-on maiden win at Limerick; her chance is not obvious in the light of an official rating of 93; however, dramatic improvement is not out of the question with the stable in outstanding form this week.

5/1

1st

14

(4)

25th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

0m 7f 50y

13:35 Limerick

Signora

9st 3lb

J: Jack Cleary

T: A P O’Brien

Took third in a Naas Group 3 on debut last term (6f, good); beaten favourite in Albany Stakes next time and no help to favourite backers in two maiden runs this term either; collared late on at the Curragh (7f, heavy) when second; filled the same spot despite 1-2 odds at Cork last time (7f, soft to heavy); drying ground could help her and may finally make the breakthrough.

5/2

2nd

8

(9)

4th Apr 2026

Soft

0m 7f 0y

16:37 Cork

Signora

9st 3lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Smart form on debut behind Lady Iman in Naas Group 3 (6f, good); didn't back that up when midfield in the Albany at Royal Ascot; raced keenly when reeled in late on seasonal reappearance in a 7f Curragh maiden (heavy); rated 92, preferred by Moore and the one to beat.

10/11

Form: 1 CD

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Wootton Bassett filly is the fourth foal out of the brilliant Minding; half-sister to Group 1 juvenile winner Henry Longfellow (National Stakes); looked promising when winning over C&D on debut; was relatively easy to back as favourite, and the well-fancied runner-up had 7l to spare over the third; trainer has won this in four of the last six seasons.
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8

(5)

18th May 2025

Good

0m 5f 205y

16:03 Naas

Simply Astounding

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Wootton Bassett filly is the fourth foal out of the brilliant Minding; half-sister to Group 1 juvenile winner Henry Longfellow (National Stakes); looked promising when winning over C&D on debut; was relatively easy to back as favourite, and the well-fancied runner-up had 7l to spare over the third; trainer has won this in four of the last six seasons.

15/8

8

(5)

18th May 2025

Good

0m 5f 205y

16:03 Naas

Simply Astounding

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Wootton Bassett filly is the fourth foal out of the brilliant Minding; half-sister to Group 1 juvenile winner Henry Longfellow (National Stakes); looked promising when winning over C&D on debut; was relatively easy to back as favourite, and the well-fancied runner-up had 7l to spare over the third; trainer has won this in four of the last six seasons.

15/8

1st

12

(7)

28th Apr 2025

Soft

0m 5f 205y

17:05 Naas

Simply Astounding

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Wootton Bassett filly is a fourth foal; half-sister to 7f 2yo Group 1 winner Henry Longfellow (RPR 123); dam 6f-1m4f winner (inc 2yo/1,000 Guineas/Oaks; 123), sister to winners Tuesday (Oaks) and Empress Josephine (Irish 1,000 Guineas); regally bred newcomer from top yard; makes plenty of appeal on paper.

15/8

Non-runners

Dawn Romance, Leblon Beach

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €12.30
Straight Forecast €17.92
Tricast €149.49
Trifecta €63.10

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Simply Astounding

POSTDATA:

Simply Astounding

The Irish Sun:

Simply Astounding