4.20 Curragh, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, 6fT
PENNSYLVANIA (The Factor">The Factor) is the first progeny by his first-season sire to race in Europe and the $375,000 Fasig-Tipton yearling is under the tutelage of Aidan O'Brien. Out of a half-sister to the 2004 GII Santa Catalina S. runner-up Lucky Pulpit (Pulpit), Michael Tabor's grey is one of a trio of unraced colts from Ballydoyle alongside Intelligence Cross (War Front">War Front), a full-brother to the 2012 G1 QEII Cup third Sweet Orange and Sportsmanship (War Front">War Front), a $500,000 KEESEP graduate whose dam is a half to the MGISW Surfside (Seattle Slew).
7.30 Curragh, Mdn, €12,500, 3yo/up, 12fT
BIG BEN (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) makes his debut for Michael Tabor and Aidan O'Brien later than ideal, with his 750,000gns price tag hanging over him having made a splash at Tattersalls in 2014. The half-brother to the brilliant MG1SW Attraction (GB) (Efisio {GB}) is obviously more about stamina than speed as he starts out over this trip alongside the stable's fellow newcomer Treasure Chest (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a half-brother to the 2008 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas third and 2009 GI Diana S. runner-up Carribean Sunset (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}).
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