1.50 Naas, Mdn, €17,500, 2yo, f, 6fT
DARKNESS FALLS (War Front">War Front) is one of three Ballydoyle runners here and is the first foal out of the stable's 2012 G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Seamie Heffernan takes the mount on the relative of New Approach (Ire), with Wayne Lordan on fellow newcomer Cheering (War Front">War Front)–whose smart dam Kissed (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a half to Pour Moi (Ire)–and Donnacha O'Brien on the Dundalk maiden disappointment Dramatically (War Front">War Front), a daughter of the Classic-placed Wonder of Wonders (Kingmambo).
3.45 Goodwood, Cond, £10,000, 2yo, 9f 11yT
LOXLEY (IRE) (New Approach {Ire}), one of two Godolphin nominees, is a son of 2008 G1 Prix de l'Opera heroine Lady Marian (Ger) (Nayef) and faces five rivals in this debut for Charlie Appleby. They include Castle Down Racing's once-raced Starcaster (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who is a son of G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 Irish Oaks runner-up Shirocco Star (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}), representing the Hugh Morrison barn.
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