Banimpire can book her Ascot passage
He comes here following a career-best effort over flights at the Punchestown festival in May and may well be a horse who is rapidly on the upgrade.
Oneeightofamile had top weight in that particular 25-runner handicap, but made light of it with a fine display.
Taken to the front by David Splaine coming away from the second last, he galloped on powerfully to beat Memories Of Milan by 12 lengths.
Prior to that the selection went under by three parts of a length to End Of The Affair on the level at Clonmel and has to be fancied to reverse the placings on 3lbs better terms.
Aidan O’Brien’s once-raced Prophesy is the fancy in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden for colts and geldings.
It can be argued the son of Excellent Art made little show when fourth of five behind heavily-backed stable companion, Choir, at Naas, but he got kid-glove treatment on that occasion.
At Cork tomorrow, Jim Bolger’s Banimpire gets the nap to land the Group 3 Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes for fillies and mares.
She has already enjoyed a lucrative campaign, with wins at Naas, Gowran Park and Leopardstown. Banimpire’s latest appearance saw her lack the speed to get in a real blow when a creditable fifth to Misty For Me in the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.
The daughter of Holy Roman Emperor may well come into her own stepping up to a mile and a half for the first time now and can take this, on the way to a possible challenge for the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.
David Nicholls’ admirable sprinter Inxile is obviously the one they all have to beat in the Listed Galtee Midsummer Stakes.
He has, however, a huge amount of mileage on the clock already this year. Inxile ran four times at Meydan, has been to France twice and this is his third visit to Ireland.
Perhaps, fellow English invader, Tiddliwinks, will have the legs on him.
He’s progressive and showed plenty of pace, before being headed close home and beaten a length and a quarter by Hitchens over six furlongs at the Curragh last month.
The Golden Olive Maiden can fall to the Michael Halford-trained Mereli. The Cape Cross gelding made a good start to the season when beaten half a length by Estithmaar on this track.
The third and fourth respectively, Irish Review and Still Point, boosted the form when winning subsequently.
