soon raced in 5th, pushed along from 3f out, went moderate 4th over 1f out, no impression
tracked leader, challenged from over 2f out, no impression and kept on same pace inside final furlong
soon in rear, no impression from 2f out
raced in 4th early, soon disputed 3rd, pushed along under 3f out, no impression 2f out
tracked leaders, a little keen, soon disputed 3rd, pushed along 2 1/2f out, 3rd from 2f out, soon no impression
made all, pushed along under 3f out, strongly pressed from over 2f out, stayed on best to assert inside final furon
Aidan O'Brien has won two of the last four and has half of the six entries this time. The superbly-bred Best In The World, a full-sister to Found and two other winners, landed a Listed event at the Curragh on her second start and, providing she handles this testing ground, will prove difficult to beat. Kind Of Magic also landed a Curragh Listed event before well beaten in a Group 3 while Pretty Perfect, the third of the Ballydoyle trio, comfortably landed a maiden at Leopardstown in October. QUEEN BLOSSOM returned to action in a Group 3 at the Curragh on the opening day of the season and looked a very progressive filly, despite the mile looking too short. She's in the Irish Oaks and this looks a good opportunity to book her place. Emergent is also engaged in the fillies' classic and made a very bright start in a maiden on this track in October so could be anything.
Best In The World (IRE) 4-6fav (9-0) Settled 3rd, 4th and pushed along under 3f out, driven into 3rd under 2f out, headway to lead inside final 200 yards, ridden out, won at Curragh 1m lst fll stks (1) gd in Oct beating Dolce Strega (9-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Glamorous Approach (IRE) 5-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, soon pushed along, ridden and no impression in 4th over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Queen Blossom (8-9) at Curragh 1m Grp 3 fll stks (1) Yielding - Soft in Mar.
Kind Of Magic (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra over 1f out, 7th of 10, 6 1/2l behind Coolmore (9-0) at Curragh 7f Grp 3 fll stks (1) Good - Yielding in Sep.
Queen Blossom (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Held up in rear, 11th halfway, progress between horses 2f out, ridden to go 2nd 150 yards out, kept on well to lead close home, won at Curragh 1m Grp 3 fll stks (1) Yielding - Soft in Mar beating Devonshire (9-11) by 1l, 11 ran.
Emergent 3-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, soon tracked leaders in 5th, still travelling smoothly 3f out and soon switched left, pushed along 2f out and soon on terms and led, asserted 1f out, stayed on well, won at Navan 1m mdn fll gd in Oct beating Etched (9-0) by 1l, 12 ran.
Pretty Perfect (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Made all, ridden and edged left over 1f out, soon asserted and kept on well inside final furlong, won at Leopardstown 7f mdn fll gd in Oct beating Crafted Jewel (9-0) by 2 1/4l, 13 ran.
