Making Waves: Bunratty Manor Sparkles At Gulfstream

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   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of the No Nay Never filly Bunratty Manor.

 

No Nay Never Filly Third Time Lucky

It took three tries, but Bunratty Manor (Ire) (No Nay Never) secured her first career victory at Gulfstream Park for Three Diamonds Farm on Mar. 9 (video). Trained by Rusty Arnold, the bay was bred by Yulong Investments (Australia) in Ireland.

The first foal out of Sapphire Ring (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the filly changed hands for €185,000 as a Goffs Orby yearling when selling to Highbury Bloodstock from Baroda Stud. She ran eighth for Dewsweepers III and George Weaver in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes on debut. After making $110,000 at the Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale when picked up by Three Diamonds Farm, she was a close second when she made her 2025 bow in January.

Her dam has Lucky Vega (Ire) offspring born in 2023 and 2024, a colt and filly, respectively. Bunratty Manor's granddam was the G3 Munster Oaks heroine Words (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), who foaled stakes winner and G3 Give Thanks Stakes third Library (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Words, in turn, is a full-sister to stakes winner Nevis (Ire) and a half-sister to three additional stakes winners, among them US Army Ranger (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a Group 3 winner and runner-up in the G1 Derby.

Coolmore's No Nay Never has 58 winners from 102 runners (57%) in the U.S. An even 10 stakes winners have captured 15 stakes between them, with Meditate (Ire)'s GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf the crowning jewel. A trio of other runners have also earned Grade I placings: Mountain Bear (Ire), Nay Lady Nay (Ire), and Aesop's Fables (Ire).

 

Repeat Winners

GII Pilgrim Stakes hero Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) was back in the winner's circle after a tally in Tampa Bay's Columbia Stakes on Mar. 8 (video). The 3-year-old ridgling races for Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, William Strauss and Michael Caruso and trainer Chad Brown.

Jungle Peace (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) won for the second time in four starts when successful at Santa Anita for Phil D'Amato on Mar. 9 (video). The daughter of Peace Treaty (Ire) (War Command) races for CYBT, McLean Racing Stables, Jerry McClanahan, Michael Nentwig, and Jeremy Peskoff.

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