By Sean Cronin
Aidan O'Brien trainee Bernard Shaw (Into Mischief–Princess Haya, by Street Cry {Ire}), a $550,000 Keeneland November foal turned $1.8-million Keeneland September yearling, backed up a June 29 debut fourth at the Curragh with a breakthrough score in Thursday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Dundalk.
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$1.8 million buy Bernard Shaw (Into Mischief) opens his account at the second time of asking in fine style at @DundalkStadium pic.twitter.com/wj4HmLU7O0
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4th-Dundalk, €18,000, Mdn, 8-15, 2yo, 8f (AWT), 1:39.27, st.
BERNARD SHAW (c, 2, Into Mischief–Princess Haya {GSW & GISP-Can, MSP-US, $441,736}, by Street Cry {Ire}), who shaped with promise when a June 29 debut fourth at the Curragh last time, stalked the pace in second for the most this synthetic bow. Nudged along rounding the home turn, the 1-2 favourite was not for catching once hitting the front inside the final quarter-mile and kept on strongly under continued urging in the closing stages to easily defeat 50-1 outsider Nakatomi (Ire) (Kuroshio {Aus}) by nine lengths. “He's a smashing colt and Wayne [Lordan] gave him a lovely ride,” said Ballydoyle's Chris Armstrong. “He had a very good run the first day at the Curragh in a maiden that is working out well. He was still very green throughout the run, even once he got him straightened up, and Wayne thinks there's lots of improvement in him. He is a horse that will be able to go up in trip, handles the quick ground and is a horse with plenty of class. He is a horse to look forward to for the backend and he will be in the mix for something like the [G2] Champion Juvenile [Golden Fleece Stakes] at Leopardstown. Once the penny dropped with him, he really lengthened away in the finish. He's a nice one to have.” Bernard Shaw is the seventh of eight registered foals and fifth scorer produced by GII Canadian Stakes victrix and GI E P Taylor Stakes third Princess Haya (Street Cry {Ire}). The March-foaled dark bay is kin to stakes-winning GI La Troienne Stakes runner-up Lady Kate (Bernardini), GII Californian Stakes and GIII Affirmed Stakes placegetter Prince Of Arabia (Mineshaft), GIII Honey Fox Stakes third Princess Theorem (Nyquist) and a weanling filly by Essential Quality. Princess Haya was bred back to Into Mischief this year. Sales history: $550,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $1,800,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $12,547.
O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Peter M Brant; B-Barry Becker & Judith Becker (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien.
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