By Tom Frary
Maintaining the theme of first-season sires having their first black-type winner at Dundalk on Friday evening, Castle Hyde Stud's resident Arizona (Ire) (by No Nay Never) was off the mark in that sphere as his son Right And True (Ire) captured the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Star Appeal Stakes. Off the mark at the fifth attempt over a mile at Listowel last month, the 13-2 shot was in front initially before being steadied by Ronan Whelan to take a lead from fellow Ballydoyle runner Bernard Shaw (Into Mischief).
Mastering that 10-11 favourite two out, the relatively cheap €68,000 Tattersalls Ireland September graduate stayed on strongly to score by 1 1/4 lengths from Comanche Brave (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), with the same margin back to Bernard Shaw in third. “He is progressive. It just took a while for the penny to drop,” Ballydoyle representative Chris Armstrong explained. “He is a horse that Aidan thought was a stakes horse from early in the year. It is nice that he is now starting to show it.”
“He could maybe start off in a Guineas Trial,” he added. “If he comes through it well, he could put himself in the mix for the Breeders' Cup. We'll see where he fits in with the rest of the team. He came on nicely from Listowel and it is great to see that he is starting to deliver the promise that he showed at the start of the year.”
Right And True (Arizona) strikes on his first start at Listed level with victory in the @IrishEBF_ Star Appeal Stakes for @WhelanRonan and Aidan O'Brien 🥇 @DundalkStadium pic.twitter.com/SdoKg9JEBF
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) October 4, 2024
The dam, whose yearling is a full-brother to the winner, hails from the family of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, GI Stephen Foster Handicap, GI Donn Handicap and GI Woodward Stakes-winning champion Saint Liam and the GI United Nations Stakes winner Funtastic (More Than Ready).
IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF STAR APPEAL STAKES-Listed, €47,500, Dundalk, 10-4, 2yo, 7f (AWT), 1:25.92, st.
1–RIGHT AND TRUE (IRE), 131, c, 2, by Arizona (Ire)
1st Dam: Princess Theodora, by Quality Road
2nd Dam: Opera Song, by Unbridled's Song
3rd Dam: Misty Dancer, by Lyphard
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (€35,000 Wlg '22 GOFNO1; €68,000 Ylg '23 TATIRY). O-Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-T Boylan (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ronan Whelan. €28,500. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-3, $75,174.
2–Comanche Brave (Ire), 131, c, 2, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Ishvana (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Mrs John Magnier & Mrs A M O'Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Donnacha O'Brien. €9,500.
3–Bernard Shaw, 131, c, 2, Into Mischief–Princess Haya, by Street Cry (Ire). ($550,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $1,800,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Peter M Brant; B-Barry Becker & Judith Becker (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien. €4,750.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 6.50, 5.00, 0.91.
Also Ran: Beckman (Ire), Va Va Vroom (Ire), Minaun View (GB), Queens Fury (Fr), Kahu (Ire), Actin Like A Diva (Ire).
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