1.30 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, f, 8fT
SANSIBAR JEWEL (Street Cry {Ire}) debuts for Moyglare Stud Farm and Dermot Weld and is a daughter of their G2 Ribblesdale S. heroine and G1 Prix de l'Opera runner-up Irresistible Jewel (Ire) (Danehill), making her a full-sister to the fellow Ribblesdale winner Princess Highway who beat none other than The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}) by six lengths in that race four years ago. Also a half to the G1 Irish St Leger hero Royal Diamond (Ire) (King's Best) and the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas runner-up Mad About You (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), she encounters the Niarchos Family's similarly-unraced Awareness (Distorted Humor), a Jessie Harrington-trained full-sister to the stable's G1 National S. winner Pathfork.
2.00 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
BELGRAVIA (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is introduced by Aidan O'Brien in a fascinating maiden full of blue-blooded individuals and just wins out in that regard as a full-brother to the operation's 2013 G1 Epsom Derby hero Ruler of the World (Ire) and half to the five-times Group 1-winning sire Duke of Marmalade (Ire). Also a full-sibling of the G1 Irish Derby third Giovanni Canaletto (Ire), who won this race two years ago, the April-foaled bay is joined by four stablemates including Spanish Steps (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a son of the MGISW Turbulent Descent (Congrats), and Venice Beach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a half-brother to the Arc and King George heroine Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}). Up against the cream of Ballydoyle are the Cashman Family's homebred Musikel (Ire) (Frankel (GB)">Frankel {GB}), a Jim Bolger-trained half-brother to his brilliant Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley), with Kevin Manning on the stable's experiencedGodolphin representative Clongowes (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), a son of the G1 Yorkshire Oaks and G2 Ribblesdale S. winner Punctilious (GB) (Danehill).
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