Wootton Bassett-sired filly wins Killarney maiden Wootton Bassett-sired Gifted (11/4) got off the mark for owner/breeders Coolmore at Killarney today, landing the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden for champion trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Wayne Lordan. By the recently deceased top stallion, Gifted had competed at both Bellewstown (twice) and when hanging slightly off a bend at Galway in three previous tries and today made all the running to score comfortably from Forthill . Lordan, whose mount Los Angeles disappointed in yesterday’s Prix de l’Arc, reported “Gifted didn’t handle Galway the last day and things were on the tight side for her but she had run some nice races. We went a good even gallop today and she kept going well. “Bellewstown can be a little sharp and today, with no undulations, she winged around. The cheekpieces helped her concentrate a little more as she saves a bit and is an easy-going filly. She stays well and today’s three-furlong straight was a huge difference compared to where she had been running.”
