Impressive Piz Badile looks to have bright future in store after Killarney victory

Piz Badile and Gavin Ryan (right) get the better of Karakoul and Niall McCullagh (left) to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Killarney. Photo: Healy Racing

Donnacha O’Brien acknowledged, “He’s one of our best” following the debut victory of Piz Badile in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF 2-Y-0 Maiden which opened Killarney’s five-day July Festival.

O’Brien’s first winner for Flaxman Holdings and also a first winner for his sire Ulysses, Piz Badile raced prominently for Gavin Ryan, mastered front-running favourite Pimilco mid-way up the straight and, having been headed by Karakoul, fought back in determined style to land the spoils by a neck, the pair finishing more than four lengths clear of the remainder.