Kissed justifies strong support on debut

AIDAN O’Brien introduced another potentially high-class prospect in Kissed to justify strong support in the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Fillies Maiden in Navan yesterday.

The daughter of Galileo, heavily backed from 9/4 to 6/4, came through under a confident Joseph O’Brien (carrying 1lb. overweight) to collar front-running Violet Lashes inside the final furlong and triumph by a length and a half.

In the absence of his father, Joseph commented: “She’s a very nice filly and did it well. I was happy with my position all the way and she picked up well in that testing ground. She pricked her ears going to the line, which is always a good sign. She stays well and is a nice prospect.”