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Gowran Park Wed, 20th May, 2026 Sparan Nua Declan said she is very, very classy. Very smart. It's her second start. She was a little bit on her toes in the parade ring for the preliminaries. Declan said everything went wrong for her. It wasn't the way he wanted to ride her at all. He said she just oozes class; the minute he pressed the button it was all over in two strides. He said she could be an Oaks filly. He said she just has oodles of class. He's riding enough of them to know. Look, she's doing everything right at home. Kevin (Manning) rode her work there last week. She's come on from her run in Naas. She's grown up mentally and physically. She's a beautiful filly going forward and we like her a lot now. The way she worked the last day and even here today. Declan was blown away with her there.

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Gowran Park Wed, 20th May, 2026 Sparan Nua

Declan said she is very, very classy. Very smart. It's her second start. She was a little bit on her toes in the parade ring for the preliminaries. Declan said everything went wrong for her. It wasn't the way he wanted to ride her at all. He said she just oozes class; the minute he pressed the button it was all over in two strides. He said she could be an Oaks filly. He said she just has oodles of class. He's riding enough of them to know. Look, she's doing everything right at home. Kevin (Manning) rode her work there last week. She's come on from her run in Naas. She's grown up mentally and physically. She's a beautiful filly going forward and we like her a lot now. The way she worked the last day and even here today. Declan was blown away with her there.