By Sean Cronin
Hermosa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was a last-out third earlier this month in the G1 Moyglare Syud S. at The Curragh, took a leap forward in style and enhanced Aidan O'Brien's strike rate with an impressive display in Sunday's G3 Weld Park S. at Naas. The bay opened this campaign with a June 29 fourth tackling The Curragh's seven furlongs, before graduating over the same trip at Galway July 31, and posted a sixth when contesting the Aug. 26 G2 Debutante S. over The Curragh's seven panels once more in her penultimate start. Well away from the inside box to seize immediate control here, the 5-4 favourite was stoked up when threatened by Foxtrot Liv (GB) (Foxwedge {Aus}) at the quarter-mile marker and kept on strongly under mainly whipless coaxing in the closing stages to easily account for that rival by 2 1/2 lengths. “She's a lovely filly and she's coming on with every run,” said O'Brien after claiming a fifth renewal of the contest. “She's laid back and learning with every run so I think she'll go for the [Oct. 12 G1] Fillies' Mile [at Newmarket]. She's crying out to go up to a mile.”
Hermosa becomes the fourth pattern-race winner for G2 Prix du Gros-Chene and G3 Prix d'Arenberg victress Beauty Is Truth (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), and she is thus a full-sister to G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares and G1 Matron S. heroine Hydrangea (Ire) and G1 Ranvet S. victor The United States (Ire), and a half to MGSW G1 Moyglare Stud S. runner-up Fire Lily (Ire) (Dansili {GB}). Her second dam is the G3 Prix du Bois winner Zelding (Ire) (Warning {GB}), who also produced Listed Prix Finlande-winning G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches runner-up Glorious Sight (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}). Zelding is kin to G2 Prix Robert Papin victor and G1 Middle Park S. second Zipping (Ire) (Zafonic) and G3 Prix du Petit Couvert scorer Nipping (Ire) (Night Shift), and is from a family featuring MG1SW sire Last Tycoon (Ire) (Try My Best). Beauty Is Truth has a yearling filly and a filly foal by Galileo (Ire) to come.
Sunday, Naas, Ireland
WELD PARK S.-G3, €67,500, Naas, 9-30, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:26.52, gd.
1–HERMOSA (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Beauty Is Truth (Ire) (MGSW-Fr, $226,426), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Zelding (Ire), by Warning (GB)
3rd Dam: Zelda (Ire), by Caerleon
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Beauty Is Truth Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €39,825. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Ire5-2-0-1, $97,589. *Full to Hydrangea (Ire), G1SW-Eng & Ire, G1SP-Fr, $1,292,578; and The United States (Ire), G1SW-Aus & GSW-Ire, $1,684,244; and 1/2 to Fire Lily (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 5-7f, MGSW & G1SP-Ire, G1SP-Fr & GSP-Eng, $412,541. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Foxtrot Liv (GB), 126, f, 2, Foxwedge (Aus)–Bestfootforward (GB), by Motivator (GB). (6,000gns Wlg '16 TATFOA). O-Martin Schwartz; B-Northmore Stud (GB); T-Paddy Twomey. €13,500.
3–Chynna (GB), 126, f, 2, Gregorian (Ire)–Natalie Jay (GB), by Ballacashtal. O/T-Mick Channon; B-Mike Channon Bloodstock Ltd (GB). €6,750.
Margins: 2HF, 3, 1HF. Odds: 1.25, 3.50, 25.00.
Also Ran: Trethias (GB), Servalan (Ire), Brassica (Ire), Elleanthus (Ire), Eleganter (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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