By Sean Cronin
Naughty or Nice was a belated debut scorer going an extended nine furlongs at Gowran Park in her only prior start last time Apr. 30, and dug deep in this black-type bow to maintain her perfect tally. Settled towards the rear until improving into a handy fifth at halfway in this marathon test, she forced her way between rivals to joint the leaders with three furlongs remaining and kept on bravely under a drive once sent to the front approaching the final eighth to register a career high. “For a green filly she was in front plenty soon enough and that maybe contributed to her stopping a little at the end, but it's great to win [back type] with her,” said trainer John Oxx. “Declan [McDonogh] was drawn on the inside and held her up, but he was in a bit of a pocket and when the chance came he had to take it and go a little bit sooner than he wanted to. She stays well, got the trip well and has a bit of a turn of foot too. She's not one paced by any means. She has an entry in the [June 22 G2] Ribblesdale S. [at Royal Ascot], but that might be a fair jump up. We'll see as she's still quite green and might keep improving. This is supposed to be a lead up race to the [June 23 G3] Queen's Vase and that would be an option, but it is an extra furlong this year. Those are the two alternatives and it might be one or the other.”
Naughty or Nice is the first stakes winner out of Monty's Girl (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and is a half-sister to G3 Give Thanks S. runner-up Dark Crusader (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Her unraced dam is a sibling of three black-type performers headed by GI Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup H.-winning sire Subtle Power (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and G1 Dubai Duty Free and G1 Jebel Hatta placegetter Mutahadee (Ire) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}). The homebred bay is a full-sister to the 2-year-old filly Lady Osborne (Ire) and half to a yearling filly by Shamardal.
IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF YEATS S.-Listed, €75,000, NAV, 5-20, 3yo, 13fT, 2:54.02, gd.
1–#NAUGHTY OR NICE (IRE), 124, f, 3, by Fastnet Rock (Aus)
1st Dam: Monty's Girl (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire)
2nd Dam: Mosaique Bleue (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
3rd Dam: Martingale (GB), by Luthier (Fr)
O/B-Newtown Anner Stud Farm Ltd (IRE); T-John Oxx; J-Declan McDonogh. €44,250. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $59,671. *1/2 to Dark Crusader (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), GSP-Ire & SP-Eng, $141,387.
2–Grandee (Ire), 129, c, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Caravan of Dreams (Ire), by Anabaa. (110,000gns Ylg '15 TATOCT). O-Mill House LLC. €15,000.
3–Finn McCool (Ire), 129, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Mystical Lady (Ire), by Halling. O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs A M O'Brien. €7,500.
Margins: HD, 2HF, NO. Odds: 4.00, 6.00, 8.00.
Also Ran: Belgravia (Ire), Haripour (Ire), World War (Ire), Three Jacks (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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