1st-GAL, €18,000, Mdn, 9-7, 2yo, 8f 73yT, 1:53.68, yl.
+EBEDIYIN (IRE) (c, 2, Raven's Pass–Ebadiyla {Ire} {Hwt. Older Mare-Ire at 11-14f, G1SW-Fr & Ire, G1SP-Eng, $284,895}, by Sadler's Wells), who attracted support into 6-1, tracked the leading trio early and was traveling strongly on the home turn. Taking time to find his top stride in the last furlong, the homebred wore down Cole Porter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the son of A Z Warrior (Bernardini), in the shade of the post to score by a head. “He's a lovely colt in the making, but he was very idle and lazy at home,” trainer Dermot Weld told Irish-racing.com. “He's a beautifully bred horse with great stamina. If I run him again this year it will probably be in the Listed Eyrefield S. on the last day of the season at Leopardstown, over a mile and a furlong–he stays real well. He's a horse to look forward to for next year and he'll be a mile-and-a-half horse. His half-brothers and sisters have been pretty illustrious, so hopefully he will live up to the page. It wasn't a surprise to me that he won. I got the feeling at home that the first day he sees a racecourse and gets a crack, that he'll take off and that's what he did.” The winner is a half-brother to Eyshal (Ire) (Green Desert), SW-HK & G1SP-Ire, $779,050. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $13,852. .
O-His Highness the Aga Khan; B-H H the Aga Khan's Studs S.C. (IRE); T-Dermot Weld.
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