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Most Beautiful (by Canford Cliffs) won the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes on Sunday (photo: Healy Racing)
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Painted Cliffs (by Canford Cliffs) won the Group 2 Railway Stakes (photo: www.healyracing.ie)
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Dalham Hall Stud's Group 1 star Poet's Voice (by Dubawi) (photo: John Crofts Photography)
Pattern race double for Canford Cliffs; double for Dream Ahead; Poet's Voice strikes again; Elusive Pimpernel off the mark
SUNDAY
The David Wachman-trained filly Most Beautiful won the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes over six furlongs at the Curragh, giving Coolmore Stud's Canford Cliffs (by Tagula) a second pattern winner in two days. She was bred by Horizon Bloodstock Ltd, she cost 120,000gns in Newmarket as a yearling, and she is the second foal out of the 10 furlong stakes winner Saphira's Fire (by Cape Cross). Her grandam All Our Hope (by Gulch) is a Group 2-placed half-sister to multiple blacktype placed six-figured earner Nooshman (by Woodman).-----
SATURDAY
Painted Cliffs won the Group 2 Gain Railway Stakes over six furlongs at the Curragh, a second win from three starts for the Aidan O'Brien-trained colt. He was bred by Lisieux Stud, he is a €200,000 graduate of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale, and he is the second foal out of Lulawin (by Kyllachy). He is a son of the Coolmore Stud stallion Canford Cliffs (by Tagula) and dam is a half-sister to the Group 1 winning miler Excellent Art (by Pivotal).Final Frontier was an easy winner on his debut in the six furlong maiden at the Curragh, giving Ballylinch Stud's sprint ace Dream Ahead (by Diktat) his latest winner. The Jessica Harrington-trained colt is a half-brother to the pattern-placed Lola Beaux (by Equiano) and his dam Polly Perkins (by Pivotal) is a dual juvenile stakes winner from the immediate family of the Group 2 scorer Jimmy Barnie (by Local Suitor).Dream Ahead then completed a double when the James Tate-trained colt Adham won easily over five furlongs at Lingfield, his second start. Bred by Ballylinch Stud, the colt is out of Leopard Creek (by Weldnaas) and that makes him a half-brother to the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes heroine Ponty Acclaim (by Acclamation).
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FRIDAY
Canford Cliffs (by Tagula) got his latest winner when the Roger Varian-trained Aneesah scored over seven furlongs at Chester. It was a second start for the Highclere Stud-bred filly. A £180,000 Doncaster yearling, she is the first foal out of Decorative (by Danehill Dancer) and her grandam Source Of Life (by Fasliyev) is a half-sister to the pattern scorers Australie (by Sadler's Wells) and Forgotten Voice (by Danehill Dancer).-----
WEDNESDAY
Dalham Hall Stud's Group 1 winning miler Poet's Voice (by Dubawi) got another winner when the Mark Johnston-trained Montsarrat made a winning debut over seven furlongs at Salisbury. The colt was bred by Agricola Del Parco, he made 45,000gns in Newmarket as a foal, and he is a half-brother to the dual stakes winner Laguna Salada (by Invincible Spirit). His dam Flying Flag (by Entrepreneur) comes from the family of Hurricane Fly (by Montjeu).Irish National Stud stallion Elusive Pimpernel (by Elusive Quality) became the latest freshman sire to get off the mark when They Seek Him Here made a winning debut over seven furlongs at Kempton. The Hugo Palmer-trained colt was bred by Patrick Keane, he is a €50,000 graduate of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, and he is the second winner out of Spiritville (by Invincible Spirit). He comes from the family of Group/Grade 1 winners such as Spanish Fern (by El Gran Senor), Al Bahathri (by Blushing Groom) and Haafhd (by Alhaarth).
