Moyglare Stud Stakes |
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| Group 1, Curragh 15:15 €350,000 added, 2yo fillies only, 7f  |
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| Sunday 15th September 2019 | |
1 Love 6/1
2
Daahyeh 13/8F
3 So Wonderful 16/1
9 ran Distances: ¾l, ¾l, ½
Time: 1m 24.28s (slow by 0.78s)
Love gets hearts beating as she powers to victory in the Moyglare Stud Stakes, chalking up yet another win for team @Ballydoyle and Ryan Moore 🙌❤️ #LICW19 pic.twitter.com/HpXAkiI5I0
— The Curragh Racecourse (@curraghrace) September 15, 2019
One of four contenders for Aidan O’Brien in the seven-furlong contest but the choice of Ryan Moore, Love was never far from the pace set by stablemate Tango and the Ger Lyons-trained Soul Search.
The previously unbeaten Albigna had Love (6-1) for company on her outside and was beaten by the time the field got to the furlong pole, where Love kept on strongly to hold the late charge of Roger Varian’s 13-8 favourite Daahyeh by three-quarters of a length.
So Wonderful was third, having been a bit tight for room close home.
O’Brien said: “She’s genuine, has a beautiful pedigree and stays very well. She has a beautiful action and when Ryan asked her to get down and lengthen she stuck her head out.
“She’s been working lovely and progressing with every run.
“We thought she was a filly that would be crying out for a mile this year, and we were trying to keep her at seven for as long as we could with the view to coming here and then maybe finishing off in the Fillies’ Mile and being a Classic filly next year.
“That family all get a mile and a half well at three so it’s very exciting for her and she has a lovely mind, too.
“The ground was probably a bit soft for her the last day.”
Boylesports cut Love to 16-1 for the Qipco 1000 Guineas.
Varian, meanwhile, will consider the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies for the runner-up, with the Fillies’ Mile also an option.
He said: “I had confidence she would get the stiff seven, although until you try you are never sure, and on her performance today it looked like a mile would be within her reach.”
Moyglare Stud Stakes (Group 1)
€350,000 added, 2yo only, 7f
9 ran
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
1 (8) Love 2 9-0 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 6/1
2 (9) ¾ Daahyeh 2 9-0 Roger Varian William Buick 13/8F
3 (4) ¾ So Wonderful 2 9-0 A P O'Brien Seamie Heffernan 16/1
4 (3) ½ Soul Search 2 9-0 G M Lyons Colin Keane 9/1
5 (5) shd Under The Stars 2 9-0 James Tate P J McDonald 9/1
6 (6) ½ Albigna 2 9-0 Mrs John Harrington Shane Foley 9/4
7 (2) hd Tango 2 9-0 A P O'Brien Donnacha O'Brien 9/1
8 (1) 2¾ Precious Moments 2 9-0 A P O'Brien Michael Hussey 25/1
9 (7) 2 Assurance 2 9-0 J S Bolger Kevin Manning 40/1
