Pretty Perfect debuted with a fifth going one mile at Gowran Park Sept. 20, and lined up for this Classics staging post having shed maiden status dropped to seven panels at Leopardstown last time Oct. 25. Sent to the front and under a tight hold from the outset, she was stirred into action when Glamorous Approach loomed large with three furlongs remaining, but had that opponent's measure at the eighth pole, drawing clear in the closing stages to win in impressive fashion. “She's been working really nicely at home and has improved from two to three,” commented rider Colm O'Donoghue. “[Trainer] Aidan [O'Brien] said to ride her how I found her, and she picked up when they came to me. She's not short of speed and has a lot of class. She had good form last year and the maiden she won has worked out well. She kept galloping, is by Galileo and you would have to think the [June 3 G1 Epsom] Oaks is an option.” O'Brien added, “She was held up the first day and then Ana [O'Brien] made the running on her when she won at Leopardstown. Colm gave her a lovely ride and she will go for one of the Oaks trials. Looking at her you would say that she definitely stays.” The winner's dam is a full-sister to MG1SW French highweight Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) (Danehill) and her third dam is the multiple champion and producer Fanfreluche (Northern Dancer). Pretty Perfect is a full-sister to the 2-year-old filly Asanta Sana (Ire).
IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF SALSABIL S.-Listed, €55,000, NAV, 4-17, 3yo, f, 10fT, 2:20.47, sf.
1–#PRETTY PERFECT (IRE), 126, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Milanova (Aus) (GSW & MG1SP-Aus, $159,402), by Danehill. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Milanova Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Colm O'Donoghue. €32,450. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $49,164.
2–Glamorous Approach (Ire), 129, f, 3, New Approach (Ire)–Maria Lee (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). O-Mrs J S Bolger. €11,000.
3–Emergent (GB), 126, f, 3, Oasis Dream (GB)–Trojan Queen, by Empire Maker. O-Khalid Abdullah. €5,500.
Margins: 3HF, 8HF, 1HF. Odds: 9.00, 7.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Best In The World (Ire), Queen Blossom (Ire), Kind of Magic (Ire).
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