Promising All Too Beautiful can follow-up
This full-sister to the brilliant Galileo scored at the first time of asking at Leopardstown, giving the impression there was far better to come.
Despite being quite light in the market, the daughter of Sadler’s Wells made all the running to beat Arch Rebel a length.
It would be silly to get overly-excited about the bare form, but there was a lot to like about the manner in which the selection picked up in the closing stages when asked to go about her business.
Arch Rebel, trained by Noel Meade, can get off the mark in the Celebrity Personality Maiden.
He was just an ordinary juvenile, but it’s quite possible he may have made plenty of improvement from two to three, judged by the way he chased home All Too Beautiful last time out.
He has a place and two lengths to spare over John Oxx’s Zarafsha and, though that filly obviously has plenty of scope, the placings can be confirmed.
The rest of the card appears decidedly tricky, but, for those who cannot resist, a little on Lady Portia, who found all the trouble that was brewing at Cork last time, mightn’t go too far astray in the O’Brien Lynch Catering Handicap.
At the Curragh tomorrow another progressive sort from Ballydoyle, Lucky, gets the nod in the Group Three Athasi Stakes.
Following two moderate enough efforts, she looked a filly with a future when landing a Tipperary maiden last time with any amount in hand.
Napper Tandy, of the eleven possibilities for the Gerrardstown House Stud Heritage Stakes, has the best piece of form to his credit, three parts of a length second to Brian Boru at Leopardstown last month.
He isn’t, however, the most reliable of sorts and a mile is short of his best.
A hopeful vote then falls on Tolpuddle, a specialist at the trip, who produced a decent performance to take the Irish Lincoln at the Curragh, on only his second ever run.
At Sligo tomorrow, Eamonn Sheehy could be in for a good day.
His Rocksham is hard to oppose in the Go Racing At Sligo Handicap Hurdle.
The Bluebird mare simply bolted in at Tipperary on Thursday and should make light of a mandatory 6lbs penalty, in what is a very poor contest.
Sheehy’s Recording, third to Green Debate at Cork, is the one to be on in the Northwest Bumper, while the trainer’s Justified, who veered left close home when beaten a length and a half by the smart Augherskea at Fairyhouse, is fancied to make no mistake this time in the Ben Bulbin Bumper.
