1.25 Kildare House Hotel Irish EBF Maiden 6f

Paddy Twomey’s newcomer Armada De Lope makes plenty of appeal on paper. Bought for 210,000gns as a yearling from Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, she’s a half-sister to Twilight Gleaming, who finished second as 9/4 favourite for Wesley Ward in the 2021 Queen Mary Stakes before winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint later that season. Another of her half-siblings, Spartan Arrow, won a listed sprint for Archie Watson in June this year. The Lope De Vega filly is one of six entries for the yard in next year’s Irish 1000 Guineas.