No Nay Never's Henry Adams Takes The Tyros

Leopardstown's usually-informative G3 Japan Racing Association Tyros S. looked a touch on the disappointing side even before the loss of two key players in Mountain Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never) and Islandsinthestream (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and so what the form of the four-runner affair amounts to will have to be seen in time. What it did provide was a remarkable 16th success in the race for Aidan O'Brien as the stable's understudy to Mountain Bear, Henry Adams (Ire) (No Nay Never), showed a game attitude to make all under Ryan Moore.

Off the mark in battling fashion at Naas last month, the even-money favourite who was sporting first-time blinkers had to first shake off the persistent presence of the maiden Chicago Fireball (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) in early straight before a second tussle as Devious (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) appeared. Getting to the line a neck ahead of that TDN Rising Star, who was up in trip from the sprints for the first time, the colt bred by bred by Annemarie O'Brien's Whisperview Trading extended the trainer's record in this Classic pointer that deserved better representation.

“It was a very good performance because the two of them went at it from a long way,” O'Brien said. “He's a tough hardy horse who has plenty of speed and is laid-back. A big mature horse. Ryan said he's a baby still, so I think he'll go on to the [G2] Futurity, he'll probably end up there with Henry Longfellow. He's lovely because he's happy to go forward.”

Henry Adams – too strong in the G3 @JRA_WorldRacing Tyros Stakes 🏆

Just the 16 wins now in the @LeopardstownRC contest for Aidan O'Brien as the son of No Nay Never remains unbeaten 👏 pic.twitter.com/zR9T34SRR0

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 27, 2023

Pedigree Notes

Henry Adams is the second foal out of Jigsaw (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to the smart Mohawk (Ire) who captured the G2 Royal Lodge S. and G3 Meld S. and was second in the aforementioned Futurity. They are out of the G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial winner Empowering (Ire) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) who was also second in the G3 Phoenix Sprint S., while the third dam is the Listed Prix Imprudence winner and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac-placed Blue Cloud (Ire) (Nashwan). A half-sister to the G1 Half-sister to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S.-winning sire Bigstone (Ire), she is also the second dam of the Listed Dee S. scorer Viren's Army (Ire) (Twirling Candy). Jigsaw's yearling colt is by Wootton Bassett (GB).

Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland
JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION TYROS S.-G3, €50,000, Leopardstown, 7-27, 2yo, 7f 32yT, 1:32.13, sf.
1–HENRY ADAMS (IRE), 131, c, 2, by No Nay Never
     1st Dam: Jigsaw (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Empowering (Ire), by Encosta De Lago (Aus)
     3rd Dam: Blue Cloud (Ire), by Nashwan
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $43,613. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Devious (GB), 131, c, 2, Starspangledbanner (Aus)–Federation (GB), by Motivator (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. TDN Rising Star. (100,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE; 140,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Atlantic Thoroughbreds; B-The Federation Partnership (GB); T-Donnacha O'Brien. €10,000.
3–Chicago Fireball (Ire), 131, c, 2, Acclamation (GB)–Shady Sham (Ire), by Shamardal.
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€98,000 RNA Ylg '22 GOFOR). O-Samuel M Mencoff & Anthony Paul Smurfit; B-Forenaghts Stud (IRE); T-Johnny Murtagh. €5,000.
Margins: NK, 7, 6. Odds: Evens, 1.75, 4.00.
Also Ran: Saxon Kingdom (Ire). Scratched: Mountain Bear (Ire), Islandsinthestream (Ire).