17.30 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,000, 2yo, f, 7f 27yT
BUTTONS (IRE) (Kingman {GB}) is the pick of Ryan Moore of the Ballydoyle trio in this always-intriguing maiden, won by the stable's September (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Bracelet (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) in recent times and in which Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was fourth behind Cayenne Pepper (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in an above-average race in 2019. Out of the Listed Cheshire Oaks winner and Oaks runner-up Wonder Of Wonders (Kingmambo) and descended from Urban Sea (Miswaki), the half-sister to the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas-placed So Wonderful (War Front) is joined by Opera Singer (Justify), a half-sister to War Front's top-level scorers Hit It A Bomb and Brave Anna, and by Content (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a daughter of the G1 Nunthorpe S. heroine Mecca's Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).
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