Parish Boy looks a smart prospect for Bolger

Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning shared a double with classy two-year-olds Parish Boy and Lucida in Naas yesterday.

Parish Boy, in the colours of Sheikh Mohammed, stepped up on his debut run at Leopardstown to win a hot-looking seven furlong colts maiden while Lucida, in the Godolphin blue, captured the opening Frank Kenny 2-Y-0 Race.

Very green on his debut, Parish Boy proved himself a smart prospect when, helped by pace-making stable companion Popularity, he stayed on strongly up the hill to beat Ballydoyle hope Order Of St.George and favourite Sacrificiai in determined style, scoring by three-quarters of a length and two lengths.