Albigna© Photo Healy Racing
Classic winning jockey Shane Foley reflected on the prospects of the Jessica Harrington trained Albigna for today's Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh.
The daughter of Zoffany was last seen when filling fourth place at the Breeders Cup at Santa Anita and Foley, speaking on Paddy Power Media’s podcast From The Horse’s Mouth, said “she's very very good.
“She’s in great shape and I’m looking forward to riding her. She’s a very, very good filly, albeit she is a bit quirky and she has her own thoughts sometimes but when she does put it together she’s very, very good. She does (have her own way of thinking) — she’s a chestnut filly and in the Moyglare now she was in season and that and she got very warm and she wasn’t easy that day.
“Again in Santa Anita she was a bit awkward early and got herself back — look the track probably didn’t suit but that’s just her and the same at home — she does her work but If you change her routine she can get a bit nasty. The good ones always, some of them always have a quirk and she definitely does. But the fact is she’s very, very good.”
