2.55 Curragh, Mdn, €17,500, 2yo, 7fT
LIGHTENING FAST (GB) (Frankel (GB)#tot">Frankel {GB}) becomes the first by his sire to race in Ireland in a maiden that has witnessed the beginning of some stellar careers in recent times with Teofilo (Ire), New Approach (Ire) and Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) successful en route to the big time. Qatar Racing's homebred son of the 2011 G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Lightening Pearl (Ire) (Marju {Ire}) represents Ger Lyons and encounters stiff opposition, namely from Ballydoyle headed by the recent maiden flop Taj Mahal (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-brother to the Classic winners Gleneagles (Ire) and Marvellous (Ire). He is Ryan Moore's mount over the newcomer Lancaster Bomber (War Front), a half-brother to Excelebration (Ire).
6.50 Curragh, Mdn, €12,500, 3yo/up, 12fT
DE CORONADO (Street Cry {Ire}) is a full-brother to none other than Zenyatta who debuts for Michael Tabor and Aidan O'Brien in this closer to the Irish Oaks card. He has a fair benchmark to aim at on debut in Godolphin's Listed Queen's Vase third Twilight Payment (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), a Jim Bolger-trained colt whose dam is a half to Banimpire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}).
7.35 Haydock, Cond, £6,600, 2yo, 7fT
BAY OF POETS (IRE) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) starts out for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby with the weight of a 400,000gns price tag hanging from him. From the extended family of the German stars Boreal (Ger) (Java Gold) and Borgia (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), he encounters five rivals headed by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's course-and-distance winner Londinium (GB) (New Approach {Ire}).
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