2.15 Curragh, Mdn, €18,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT
TAJ MAHAL (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) debuts for Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor in the maiden that pretty much ensures he has shown enough in his prep work to suggest he is at or near the top of the pecking order at Ballydoyle. Out of Giant's Causeway's G2 Cherry Hinton S.-winning sister You'resothrilling, the January-foaled bay is pure Galileo gold with his three siblings being the G1 English and Irish 2000 Guineas hero Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who broke his maiden in this two years ago; the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Marvellous (Ire); and last year's G3 C.L. & M.F. Weld Park S. scorer Coolmore (Ire), who was a close-up fifth in Sunday's G1 Prix de Diane. Aidan O'Brien also chose this particular platform for Roderic O'Connor (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill) and Horatio Nelson (Ire) (Danehill), while Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was runner-up three yeas ago. Already as short as 16-1 for next year's Guineas with Ladbrokes before he has set foot on a racecourse, his credentials will be tested by the presence of Godolphin's Listed Rochestown S. third Moritzburg (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}).
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