Wannabe Royal easily wins Limerick’s opener Wootton Bassett-sired Wannabe Royal (15/8) landed Limerick’s opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden today, scoring by six lengths for trainer Joseph O’Brien and jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle. Eventual third-placed debutante Hanamaya was a late gamble (7/2 — 7/4f) but failed to keep tabs with 89-rated Wannabe Royal, who made all and skipped clear to beat runner-up Indigo Dream by six lengths. Regarding the Kieran Mariga-owned winner, O’Brien’s representative Michael Halford reported “Dylan gave her a lovely ride, kept it simple, went a nice early pace and she hit the line strong. She is a forward-goer, her form would suggest that and while she was entitled to win her maiden, did it in good style. “She looks a filly who could go a further furlong in time and getting black-type will be the ultimate aim: she looks well up to that level on that performance.”
