Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland
GRANGECON STUD S.-G3, €65,000, CUR, 6-28, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:11.91, gd.
1–#@MOST BEAUTIFUL (GB), 126, f, 2, by Canford Cliffs (Ire)
1st Dam: Saphira's Fire (Ire) (SW & MGSP-Eng, $127,928), by Cape Cross (Ire)
2nd Dam: All Our Hope, by Gulch
3rd Dam: Knoosh, by Storm Bird
(70,000gns Wlg '13 TATFOA; 120,000gns Ylg '14 TAOCT). O-Ronan O'Gara & Mrs Paul Shanahan; B-Horizon Bloodstock Limited (GB); T-David Wachman; J-Ryan Moore. €42,250. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, €54,755. Werk Nick Rating: A +. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Only Mine (Ire), 126, f, 2, Pour Moi (Ire)–Truly Mine (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). (€80,000 Ylg '14 GOFORB). O-T Egan; B-Exors of The Late Mrs C L Weld (IRE); T-Joseph G Murphy. €12,350.
3–Miss Elizabeth (Ire), 126, f, 2, Intense Focus–Passaggio (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (€7,500 Ylg '14 TISEP). O-Ms Aileen Lynam; B-Golden Garden Stud; T-Edward Lynam. €5,850.
Margins: 3/4, NK, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.38, 9.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Great Page (Ire), Miss Katie Mae (Ire), Planchart. Scratched: Dilly Daydream (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the brisnet.com PPs. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Hot on the heels of Painted Cliffs (Ire) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) providing a first group success for his freshman sire (by Tagula {Ire}) in Saturday's G2 Railway S. over this course and distance, Most Beautiful doubled that tally on black-type bow here. The David Wachman trainee progressed off a debut fourth in an Apr. 27 five-furlong maiden at Naas and accounted for subsequent G2 Norfolk S. hero Waterloo Bridge (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) in an all-gender affair when graduating upped one panel at Navan last time May 30. Stalking the pace in a close second after an alert exit, the 11-8 favorite eased to the front approaching the final furlong and was ridden out inside the last 150 yards to comfortably hold Only Mine. The pacesetting Miss Elizabeth kept on gamely once headed inside the final quarter mile and finished a close-up third. “She's always worked like a good filly,” revealed Wachman. “She's big and is still a bit weak, you could see that in the last furlong, and she has a nice future. [Ireland Rugby International and part-owner] Ronan [O'Gara] couldn't be here today as he's on a family holiday in the south of France, but I'd say he won't miss the next day wherever that is. She's well entered up and will go further. The one thing is she likes goodish ground.”
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