Paddy Twomey and Billy Lee landed the Lodge Park Stud Irish EBF Park Express Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies & Mares) with One Look at the Curragh on Saturday.
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A return to the winners' enclosure for One Look who claims Group Three honours in the Lodge Park Stud @IrishEBF_ Park Express Stakes ?? @curraghrace @ptwomeyracing ?? @wjlee24786 pic.twitter.com/5IrjHWci8v
Sent off 9/2, the Connolly Racing Syndicate owned filly asserted inside the final furlong to win by one-and-three-quarter lengths.
“I was hoping that she’d do something like that,” said Twomey. “She’s a filly that didn’t blossom at the start of last year and we gave her a chance. She’s tough and I think a mile is the minimum for now. Ten furlongs will be well within her compass. She’ll have an entry in the Lanwades Stakes.
"She’s a group winner now and we’ll try and go as far up the ladder as we can. The ability was never in question it was just last spring she wasn’t ready to do what the world expected her to do. She’ll probably prove yet that she is that kind of filly.”
Bred at Stanley Lodge Stud in Cashel, One Look is by Gleneagles. She won the Goffs Million on her racecourse debut as a two-year-old and has now won first time out three times.
Joseph O'Brien double
Joseph O'Brien and Dylan Browne McMonagle joined forces to record a double.
Newcomer Green Sense set the ball rolling when making a winning debut in the Tote Never Beaten By SP Irish EBF Maiden.
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Green Sense (Starman) makes a successful start for @JosephOBrien2 and @DylanBrowneMcM by winning in good style at @curraghrace ??@ToteRacing | @IrishEBF_ pic.twitter.com/0XwfgqL5DI
Sent off the 5/2 favourite, the Simon Munir and Isaac Souede owned filly scored by three lengths. She is a daughter of first season sire Starman, Bred by HRI chairman Nicky Hartery, she cost €90,000 at the Goffs Orby Sale.
O'Brien said: “We liked what we saw at home and thought she was ready to run well but didn’t expect her to win like that.
"I thought she might need the run and there was a nice fillies race for her in two weeks time that we’d come back for. The dream is that might be an Ascot filly. I think we’d probably look to go either to the Marble Hill or Naas next and then Ascot.”
??? "Delighted to have a filly of her potential."@JosephOBrien2 discusses Royal Ascot targets for impressive newcomer Green Sense following her debut success and looks ahead at his others runners on the card at @curraghrace ?? pic.twitter.com/22gnp3LAvK
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Galen brought up the double for O'Brien and McMonagle when making all to win the Tote.ie Alleged Stakes (Group 3).
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Galen makes all to beat Jan Brueghel in the Group Three @ToteRacing Alleged Stakes @curraghrace for @JosephOBrien2 and @DylanBrowneMcM ?? pic.twitter.com/DVU5bVhXzq
Carrying the colours of Barry Taylor, T G Fitzgerald, Paul H Redmond and Barry Fowler, the 6/1 chance stayed on strongly to win by two-and-a-half lengths.
“He’s always been a good horse and he ran well in Dubai a few times where he just didn’t get the rub of the green,” said O’Brien. Dylan didn’t think there was much pace and was happy to go to the front.
"If you look at his form his best runs are probably when he was ridden very positive. He just struggled when he went up in class to get to the lead over a mile. I think the step up in trip has allowed him to get to the front again.”
Made all
No Return made all under Colin Keane to win the Tote Multiples Available On Tote.ie Irish EBF Maiden.
Owned by Ray Behan, the 6/1 chance found plenty for pressure to register a two-and-a-quarter length victory.
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No Return (Kodiac) did NOT return to his rivals as he sheds his maiden tag at the twelfth time of asking from the front under @ctkjockey for Daniel James Murphy @curraghrace ??@ToteRacing | @IrishEBF_ pic.twitter.com/L4BqmMjfBb
Trainer Danny Murphy said: “We ran him last Sunday in Cork but he didn’t travel well in the lorry, he got very keyed up and sweaty. We left him in the paddock for the week and I only train a mile from the track here. He put back on the weight that he lost. It’s great to win.”
Another winner to make virtually all the running up the stand side rail was Cuban Grey in the SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap. Owned by the McKenna Partnership and trained by the in-form Pat McKenna, the 4/1 chance asserted close home under Rory Mulligan to win by three-quarters-of-a-length.
A fifth career success for the in-form Cuban Grey in the SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap @curraghrace ??
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Patrick J McKenna ?? @rmull100 pic.twitter.com/KSBTaneTM7
McKenna reported: “That’s lovely, to come to the Curragh and win one of these races. He’s a fine wee horse and that’s his third win for me. He has strengthened up a bit and hopefully he’s not finished yet. His form is rock solid and we’re lucky to have him, let’s see how far he can go. That’s Rory’s third winner for me. He’s a great lad and comes up and does a bit of riding at Dundalk for us.”
Juvenile winner
The Jack Davison trained Stop The Nation stayed on best inside the final furlong to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race.
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Stop The Nation (Sioux Nation) puts his previous experience to good use to land a first career success under James Ryan for @JackJdavisond ??@IrishEBF_ | @curraghrace pic.twitter.com/W1REv73pwU
Ridden by James Ryan, the New Recruits Partnership owned 3/1 chance scored by half-a-length. Ryan said: "It was very good. We just wanted to get him doing things right today. There was no pace the first day and he was a bit green, running around in front. You could see today he was green again but when I gave him a kick at the furlong pole he really stretched out and put it to bed. I thought it was a very good performance. I think on the feel he gave me today that we're very hopeful he can be a stakes horse."
A colt by Sioux Nation, bought for €80,000 at the Goffs Orby Sale, Stop The Nation was giving a second boost in 24 hours to the form of recent Dundalk winner Lady Iman.
Neo Smart justified 4/1 favouritism in the Watch Every Race Live From The Curragh Only On Racing TV Handicap for Jim Bolger and Declan McDonogh.
The Jackie Bolger owned winner had half-a-length in hand.
Travelling head man Ger Flynn said: "She's in again on Wednesday at Gowran Park and all being well she'll probably go again, but that's down to the boss. She ran well the last day in Leopardstown to finish fourth and Ross (Coakley) was very happy with her. It's good to get her back because she's showing us now on the track what she shows at home. Declan said he was always getting there and she's gutsy. She's a nice filly, she's tall and still maturing."
Gazelle D'or led close home under Jack Cleary to win the concluding Download The Tote App Handicap.
The Aidan Gleeson and Joe Keeling owned 16/1 chance had a nose to spare over Rathbranchurch. Winning trainer Michael Grassick said: “She likes a tight finish! I don’t like running three-year-olds against older horses so early in the season but she was a hardened two-year-old, with plenty of runs, and I thought it was worth a shot with the 12lb and Jack’s 5lb. We’ll probably find a similar type of race and then see how far she can improve."