Fly’ High

In what could be his best season in recent times, Dermot Weld sends Stormfly (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) to Sunday’s G3 Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown in a bid to repeat the feat of the stable’s Carribean Sunset (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) in completing the track’s Guineas Trial double in 2008. Impressive in testing ground in the seven-furlong equivalent four weeks ago, Deuce Bros Syndicate’s improving grey looks to provide the master of Rosewell House with a seventh renewal and is met again by that race’s runner-up Devonshire (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}). Godolphin’s representative was beaten 3 3/4 lengths on that occasion, but trainer Willie McCreery is hoping she can bridge the gap with a more favorable berth. “I was very pleased with Devonshire on her latest start and she has come on for the race,” he said. “It is more or less the same field that ran against last time, although she has a poor draw on this occasion in stall nine. The ground might be a bit too soft–I would like to see her run on good going at some point–but she is in good form at the moment.” Aidan O’Brien fields the highly promising Kissed by Angels (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a daughter of Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) who was second by a length to the smart yardstick Back On Top (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in an extended mile maiden at Limerick on debut Apr. 25.