With improvement on the cards following a pleasing debut at the Curragh GAVOO can be fancied to confirm form with Innumerable, who was having her second start The form of the race has been boosted and Neolithic, who finished eighth, may have derived enough benefit from the run to make his presence felt. Fresh Fade can also improve from an initial outing. [Alan Sweetman]
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210,000gns foal purchase; only beginning to get the hang of things late on debut at the Curragh; strictly speaking, well held by the placed horses Gavoo and Innumerable, but no surprise if he improves enough to play a leading role.
E180,000 yearling; slowly away and ran green when stable's second string over an extended 7f at Roscommon; open to improvement but shorter trip may not be ideal.
33-1 outsider of four on debut in 5f Naas contest won by 1-14 shot Charles Darwin; soundly beaten but should be better for the run and is likely to be better suited by this longer trip, since his dam is a 1m1f winner by Galileo.
E65,000 yearling; fourth foal; half-sister to three winners including Ottoman Prince, a three-time scorer for Sir Michael Stoute; dam a Listed-placed 6f juvenile winner.
Excellent run on debut at the Curragh, 33-1 ran on well for second behind the subsequent Group 3-placed Andab; finished 1/2l in front of today's rival Innumerable who had the benefit of a previous run; form has been endorsed by a win for fourth-placed Balantina at the same venue.
Shaped respectably over 5f at Dundalk in late March when soundly beaten in fourth behind subsequent Group 3 winner Lady Iman, (second and third have also won since); confirmed promise with third behind the useful Andab over 6f at the Curragh, 1/2l behind today's rival Gavoo; fourth-placed Balantina has franked the form at the same venue,
