By Tom Frary
Tackling Leopardstown's often-informative Frank Conroy Irish EBF Maiden with vital experience, Marc Chan's homebred Green Impact (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}–Emerald Green {GB}, by Galileo {Ire}) made that edge count as he denied a pair of Ballydoyle bluebloods to open his account in the mile contest. Slowly away before rushed up to shadow the leader in second, the Jessica Harrington-trained 11-8 favourite was committed by Shane Foley approaching the furlong pole and stayed on strongly to account for Ryan Moore's pick of the Aidan O'Brien-trained duo Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) by 1 1/2 lengths. That son of Tepin (Bernstein) was in turn 2 3/4 lengths ahead of stablemate Scandinavia (Justify) in a race whose form will need close attention in the weeks ahead.
“He's the first horse that Marc Chan has ever bred so he's very excited,” Harrington said of the winner of the race won two years ago by Tower Of London (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). “He's a very laid-back horse, a big horse, and he's probably a little bit on the weak side still. We'll give him a bit of time and we probably won't be going anywhere in a hurry. There are plenty of mile races in the autumn. He's got some entries. We'll see how he comes out of this and go from there. Whatever he does now he's going to get better.”
Jamie McCalmont Bloodstock purchased the dam for 475,000gns at the Tattersalls December Sale in 2021.
🟩 Green Impact 🟩
The 11/8 favourite was never far off the pace in the Frank Conroy Irish EBF Maiden and goes one better than on his debut for @Jessica_Racing and Shane Foley at @LeopardstownRC. This race's roll of honour includes Camelot & Tower Of London. pic.twitter.com/0fBuu7Rx16
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 25, 2024
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