Leopardstown Results Sat, 10th Sep, 2016

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It was a good performance. It was her first run in four months,. The plan is to give her one more run this year. The plan has always been the Group 1 Fillies and Mares on British Champions Weekend. I've had that in mind for her since April. She put in two lovely performances in the Blue Wind and Alleged Stakes, beating Found and then Bocca Baciata. She enjoyed her summer break and has come back to be what I expected her to be, a Group 1 filly before the end of the year. It's equally pleasing to have bred her with my late mother. She's out of Nightime who gave my mother a great day when winning the 1,000 Guineas. I'm more looking forward to next year and think she'll be a serious mare then. The best is yet to come. D K Weld, trainer

E.J. McNamara, rider of Bondi Beach, trained by A.P.O'Brien, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount was a little keen while racing in last place and he held onto him in a race run at a steady pace but stayed on well in the closing stages.

For three yrs old and upwards that have not won a Group 1 race
Weights - 3-y-o 9st; 4-y-o and up 9st 9lb; Fillies allowed 3lb
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2016) Winner of a Group 3 race 3lb extra; Of a Group 2 race 5lb extra; Declarations to run for this race must be made by 10 a.m. on Thursday, 8th September Closed 3rd August.