No Nay Never's Mission Central On Top In The Round Tower

Off the mark by eight lengths over six furlongs at The Curragh earlier this month, Ballydoyle's Mission Central (No Nay Never) came back to the same course and distance to collect Saturday's G3 Heider Family Stables Round Tower Stakes. Always in control on the front end under Wayne Lordan, the 11-8 favourite kept finding to score by 3/4 of a length from The Publican's Son (Beau Liam).

“Wayne said he was still green. He said he was there at halfway and he was waiting,” Aidan O'Brien said. “He said he has a lot of natural speed. He learned a bit today, he had to get down and knuckle down. I'd say he's quick, five would be no problem to him and that's slow ground.”

“Wayne said he felt he was only hacking and the lads in the race felt they were flying, that's the sign of a speed horse,” he added. “I suppose he could be a Flying Childers type of horse, he's very fast and I'd imagine that's the type of horse he is.”

 

🚀 Mission Central – oh so smooth in the G3 Round Tower @curraghrace pic.twitter.com/W59caGDkPg

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 30, 2025

 

Pedigree Notes

Mission Central is the first foal out of the unraced Thar She Blows (Zoffany), with the second being a colt foal by Kingman. The dam is a full-sister to the Falmouth heroine and 1,000 Guineas runner-up Prosperous Voyage, while the family features the United Nations Handicap and Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship Stakes hero Senure (Nureyev), the champion and sire Xaar and Almanzor's G1 Sydney Cup hero Circle Of Fire.

Saturday, Curragh, Ireland
HEIDER FAMILY STABLES ROUND TOWER STAKES-G3, €72,600, Curragh, 8-30, 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.36, g/y.
1–MISSION CENTRAL (IRE), 131, g, 2, by No Nay Never
1st Dam: Thar She Blows (Ire), by Zoffany (Ire)
2nd Dam: Seatone, by Mizzen Mast
3rd Dam: Diese, by Diesis (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (625,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Westerberg & Peter Brant; B-Gigginstown House Stud; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Wayne Lordan. €36,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $56,443. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–The Publican's Son, 131, c, 2, Beau Liam–Annie Walker, by War Chant. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. ($9,500 RNA Ylg '24 FTDAPR; $20,000 Ylg '24 OBSOCT; $200,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR). O-Fowler, Blake, Magnier, Shanahan & MacLennan; B-Lynn & Chris Boutte (LA); T-Joseph O'Brien. €12,000.
3–Learntodiscover (GB), 131, c, 2, Havana Grey (GB)–Our Gal (GB), by Kyllachy (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (45,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE; 140,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). O-Mark Dobbin; B-G Wilding; T-Ger Lyons. €6,000.
Margins: 3/4, 1HF, NO. Odds: 1.38, 40.00, 14.00.
Also Ran: Mushaffar (Fr), Ipanema Queen (Ire), Chicago Call (Ire), Arugam Bay (Ire), Magny Cours (Ire), First Approach (Ire), Red Earth (Ire). Scratched: Fresh Fade (Ire).