Bolger Hoping For Guineas Deja Vu

Trainer Jim Bolger will be hoping his G2 Rockfel S. scorer Lucida (Ire) (Shamardal), who was one of 25 fillies remaining in the May 3 G1 1000 Guineas at Wednesday’s declaration stage, will continue to follow the path of his previous winner of that Classic, Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley). 

Finsceal Beo closed out her juvenile campaign with a Rockfel score, having previously taken the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac. She won the Guineas first-up without a prep and Lucida will attempt to do the same. 

“We have decided to send her there without another run as I wanted to follow the same route as I did with Finsceal Beo,” Bolger confirmed. “It is difficult to compare the two as they are different types of fillies and Finsceal Beo had already won a Group 1 in Paris by this stage, but Lucida’s performance was good when she won the Rockfel.” 

All the top contenders remained engaged in the Guineas Wednesday, including Ballydoyle stablemates Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Together Forever (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the top two betting choices at 5-2 and 10-1, respectively. Lucida is one of three at 12-1 in addition to G3 Prix Imprudence winner Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Rockfel second Fadhayyil (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}).