1.45 Irish EBF Auction Series Fillies Maiden 7f

This is the maiden in which Coronation Stakes heroine Cercene caught the eye on debut 12 months ago. Given how strongly Joseph O’Brien’s string has been motoring along, a speculative vote goes to Alibah, a 42,000gns breeze-up buy from the Tattersalls Guineas Sale whose half-brother was placed on his first two starts in maidens for Richard O’Brien (Racing Post Rating of 81). It’s a positive for her chances that Dylan Browne McMonagle prefers her over stablemate Idiocracy, and she’s got a great draw in stall one.