By Tom Frary
Having mastered Juddmonte's Red Letter last time, Barnavara (Calyx) was at it again on Wednesday with another Ger Lyons-trained daughter of Frankel held at bay in the G3 Al Shira'aa Racing Irish EBF Jannah Rose Stakes at Naas. This time, it was the unbeaten Faiyum who failed to get by Alpha Racing's improving filly having her first try at an extended 10 furlong trip.
Undeterred by that, Shane Foley set out to make all on the Jessica Harrington-trained Barnavara who was third in the G2 Debutante Stakes in August and had been in that same spot after the G3 Athasi Stakes prior to upstaging Red Letter in Navan's Listed Kooyonga Stakes.
At the line, the 11-4 second favourite had 1 1/4 lengths to spare over the 10-11 market-leader Faiyum, with a telling 5 1/2 lengths back to And So To Bed (Kodiac) in third.
“She loves running like that and she's probably now just growing into herself. She's a proper filly now,” Harrington said. “There was always a doubt that she mightn't stay, being by Calyx and everything out of the mare hasn't gone further than nine furlongs. We've won a Listed and we've won a Group 3, so she'll move up the grades. We could look at France and there is also the Snow Fairy [at The Curragh Aug. 30].”
Barnavara (Calyx) downs warm order Faiyum and strikes in the Group 3 @alshiraaracing @IrishEBF_ Jannah Rose Stakes for Shane Foley and @Jessica_Racing @NaasRacecourse pic.twitter.com/gb3m1UF30k
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Pedigree Notes
The winner's dam Alfea (Kentucky Dynamite) is a granddaughter of the Group 3-winning Bal De La Rose (Cadeaux Genereux), the half-sister to the all-conquering dual Classic-winning sire Lope De Vega and the G3 Prix de Lieurey scorer Lady Frankel who produced the G1 Grosser Dallmayr Preis winner Danceteria (Redoute's Choice). Her yearling daughter of Blackbeard was a 300,000gns purchase by Norris/Huntingdon at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, while she also has a filly foal by St Mark's Basilica.
Wednesday, Naas, Ireland
AL SHIRAAA RACING IRISH EBF JANNAH ROSE STAKES-G3, €70,000, Naas, 6-25, 3yo, f, 10f 84yT, 2:11.79, gd.
1–BARNAVARA (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Calyx (GB)
1st Dam: Alfea (GB), by Kentucky Dynamite
2nd Dam: Askania Nova (Ire), by New Approach (Ire)
3rd Dam: Bal De La Rose (Ire), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB)
1ST GROUP WIN. (€70,000 Ylg '23 GOFOR). O-Alpha Racing; B-Mr Andriy Milovonov & V Tymoshenko; T-Jessica Harrington; J-Shane Foley. €42,000. Lifetime Record: 10-3-0-4, $138,587. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Faiyum (GB), 128, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Quail (GB), by Pivotal (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms (East) Ltd; T-Ger Lyons. €14,000.
3–And So To Bed (Ire), 128, f, 3, Kodiac (GB)–Pepys Tillergirl (Ire), by Tillerman (GB). (85,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Ridgmont/Thomas P O'Brien/V Zhdanov; B-Tally Ho Stud; T-Joseph O'Brien. €7,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 5HF, 1HF. Odds: 2.75, 0.91, 5.00.
Also Ran: Calrissiana (GB), Bonnie Moon (Fr), Dawn Spirit (Ire), Butterfly Wings, Bellacanta (Ire), Medici Venus. Scratched: Darzina (Ire), Tamam Desert (Ire).
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