Green Sense (Ire)

Isaac Souede and Simon Munir's Green Sense (Starman) faded out of contention when 13th of 17 in Royal Ascot's G3 Albany Stakes last month, but bounced back in style to defeat her male peers and secure a breakthrough success in Sunday's G2 Goffs Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly. "She's a really good filly, she is very easy to ride and she won well," said winning rider Maxime Guyon. "My instructions were to follow and then use her turn of foot. We were unsure how she would handle the track as...

Lady Iman had already provided Starman with his first black-type winner and things only got better for Tally Ho Stud on Sunday as she led home a one-two for their much-vaunted first-crop sire in Naas's G3 Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Blackbeard Fillies Sprint Stakes. Having made the breakthrough in The Curragh's Listed First Flier Stakes earlier this month, the Ger Lyons-trained half-sister to the talented sprinter West Acre travelled with ease under Colin Keane before hunting down the sire's other runner Green Sense in the final furlong. At the line,...

In the first race at the Curragh on Saturday, GREEN SENSE (IRE) (f, 2, Starman {GB}--Big Boned, by Street Sense) broke well and stalked the pace in second through halfway in this debut. Making a forward move soon after passing the quarter-mile marker, the well-supported 5-2 favourite gained an edge approaching the final furlong and was ridden out to assert by three lengths from Extravagant (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), becoming the second winner for her freshman sire (by Dutch Art {GB}). "She's a well-bred filly and obviously the sire has...