Joseph O'Brien lands Naas treble as Dancing Destiny wins Listed race
Joseph O’Brien’s 39-1 Naas treble was headed by Dancing Destiny’s Listed breakthrough, while Concorde Landed surged into the Lowther picture on debut.
Joseph O’Brien landed a 39-1 treble at Naas on Saturday, with Dancing Destiny’s Listed success giving the afternoon its sharpest edge. While Aidan and Donnacha O’Brien were closing out the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown, Joseph was building momentum at home with three winners that suggested his yard is not just in form, but placing its horses precisely where they can progress.
Dancing Destiny provided the headline in the Irish EBF Pat Smullen Stakes, a Listed contest for two-year-olds over 1m. The Magna Grecia filly, owned by Fishdance Limited and ridden by Chris Hayes, stayed on best to beat Sarah’s Choice by 3/4 of a length in 1:41.62, with One Number third and Florida Bay fourth. The winner collected €29,450 and reversed a defeat of more than ten lengths to Florida Bay on her previous start, a transformation that marked her out as more than a promising juvenile. By winning a race named after Pat Smullen, she added a layer of emotion to a result that already carried clear black-type value.
Joseph O’Brien’s other Naas winners underlined the depth behind the treble. Mai Dahlia, sent off the 10/11 favourite, took the Naas Racecourse Fillies’ Maiden by five lengths, and the trainer said she had “a lovely debut at Naas” but that he and his team had been “a bit disappointed after Fairyhouse the last day.” He added that they were delighted to land “a nice winner for breeder Ahmed Aldubaili.” Rodeo Blues completed the treble when staying on strongly under Dylan Browne McMonagle to win the Care At Home Handicap, a result that showed the yard was operating across every part of the card rather than relying on one standout performance.
Paddy Twomey supplied the other major juvenile pointer of the day when Concorde Landed made a highly persuasive debut in the EMS Copiers Irish EBF Fillies Maiden. The Sioux Nation filly, bought for €200,000, went off 13/8 favourite under Billy Lee and swept five lengths clear, immediately stepping into the late-summer conversation for the Lowther Stakes at York. Twomey said it is rare for him to train a five-length winner first time out, and even rarer to have a first-time-out winner at all, while confirming that the filly is entered in both the Lowther and the Moyglare Stud Stakes. Her early pace and finishing strength gave the performance the sort of shape that turns a maiden winner into a genuine stakes name, and it left Naas with two clear juvenile signals for the rest of the season.
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