A cursory glance at the honor roll of Leopardstown's G3 JRA Tyros S. suggests it is a race for racing's clairvoyants to take seriously, with eight of the last 11 winners proceeding to leave a significant mark on the turf's annals. The final six all hailed from Rosegreen and while there are two to represent that establishment on Thursday, the clear principal is the 'TDN Rising Star' The Pentagon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who emanates from an Aga Khan family of strong-staying middle-distance luminaries. Derrick Smith's colour-bearer looked to possess abundant pace and had a definite touch of Rip Van Winkle (Ire), Cape Blanco (Ire), Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and even Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) about him when beating some interesting yardsticks by upwards of 8 1/2 lengths in a Curragh maiden over this trip on July 15.
Jim Bolger, who saddled Teofilo (Ire) and New Approach (Ire) to win this in 2006 and 2007, significantly puts forward his homebred son of the former champion in Theobald (Ire). He beat Ballydoyle's other challenger, Berkeley Square (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), by 2 1/2 lengths over a mile on debut here on June 22 before running second to another from that stable in Actress (Declaration of War) in the G3 Anglesey S. over what was probably an inadequate extended six furlongs at The Curragh on July 15.
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