1st-NAS, €15,500, Mdn, 5-11, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:14.56, y/s.
CUFF (IRE) (f, 2, Galileo {Ire}–Massarra {GB} {SW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Fr}, by Danehill), a debut fourth going five furlongs at Navan Apr. 17, occupied a prominent berth from the outset of this contest annexed by the stable's subsequent G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in 2011. Nudged into a slender lead inside the two pole, the crwod's 13-8 choice rolled around in front approaching the final eighth and was ridden out to hold on by a short head from Wayside Flower (GB) (Shamardal). “She's still a bit of a baby and still very green, and Seamie [Heffernan] did very well and looked after her,” said trainer Aidan O'Brien. “She hit the gates, but will have learned plenty. She could come back here for the stakes race [May 29 Listed Naas Juvenile Fillies Sprint] and hopefully will get a lead then.” Cuff is out of the stakes-winning G2 Prix Robert Papin second Massarra (GB) (Danehill), herself a sibling of sires Kodiac (GB) (Danehill) and Invincible Spirit (Ire) (Green Desert), and she is thus a full-sister to G3 Silver Flash S. victress Wonderfully (Ire), GSW-Ire, $121,955, G1 St James's Palace S. third Mars (Ire), G1SP-Eng & GSP-Ire, $153,762, and a yearling colt. She is also half to the G1 Gran Criterium-winning Italian highweight Nayarra (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), Hwt. 2-year-old Filly-Ity, G1SW-Ity, MGSP-Eng & MSP-US, $268,629. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, €10,308. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Massarra Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien.
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