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O'Callaghan thinks big for Now Or Never

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Trainer Michael O'Callaghan is daring to dream about a potential Classic contender next season in Now Or Never.

The two-year-old daughter of Bushranger earned quotes for the 1000 Guineas after she cut loose by five and a half lengths in a seven-furlong maiden at Galway on Wednesday.

Now Or Never will now step up in class for the National Breast Cancer Research Debutante Stakes at the Curragh on August 22.

The Group One Moyglare over the same course and distance on September 13 would then come into play .

O'Callaghan said: "That wasn't an ordinary maiden, and you have to be a fair animal to win a race like that at Galway.

"She's not a show-off or anything like that, but she just does everything so easily.

"She's got a great temperament and a great mind, but she's also a backward filly and is still growing.

"I think she's going to mature into a massive, big filly and, hopefully, a lovely three-year-old.

"That (1000 Guineas) would be the target, but her immediate aim is the Debutante, and then the Moyglare at the end of the year.

"We've had some good two-year-olds but she's probably better than any of them.

"She looks to be very special."