Sea The Stars Pretty Polly Stakes |
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| Fillies Group 1, Curragh 16:20 Race Value: €225,000 1m 2f  |
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| Sunday 26th June 2016 | |
1 Minding 1/5F
2 Bocca Baciata 25/1
3 Lucida 14/1
5 ran Distances: 4½l, 5l, ½l
TIME 2m 9.94s (slow by 5.94s)
Minding blows rivals away in Pretty Polly saunter
Minding duly landed the odds to collect her third Group One triumph of the season in the Sea The Stars Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.
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Colm O'Donoghue tried to steal a march on Bocca Baciata and Jessica Harrington's four-year-old turned for home a good five lengths in front.
However, Ryan Moore asked Aidan O'Brien's filly to go about her business and the 1-5 shot gobbled up the deficit in a matter of strides, going away to win by four and a half lengths.
Lucida was third for Godolphin and Jim Bolger, while the Luca Cumani-trained Koora was fourth and James Fanshawe's Speedy Boarding last of the five.
It was a big-race treble for the Ballydoyle team and Moore after earlier Group-contest wins by Sir Isaac Newton and Roly Poly.
Minding was quoted at 2-1 for the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood with Sky Bet. RaceBets made her 13-2 from 8-1 for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Pretty Polly Stakes (Fillies' Group 1)
€225,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 2f, Class 1
5 ran
Going: Good
| Pos | Dr | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | (3) | Minding (IRE) 1/5f | R L Moore 8-12 |
A P O'Brien | 3 | |
| 2nd | (5) | 4½ | Bocca Baciata (IRE) 25/1 | C O'Donoghue 9-10 |
Mrs J Harrington | 4 |
| 3rd | (2) | 5 | Lucida (IRE) 14/1 | K J Manning 9-10 |
J S Bolger | 4 |
| 4th | (1) | ½ | Koora 8/1 | J P Spencer 9-10 |
L M Cumani | 4 |
| 5th | (4) | ½ | Speedy Boarding 10/1 | F Tylicki 9-10 |
J R Fanshawe | 4 |
