Deja Vu In The Moyglare As Precise Steps Out Of The Shadows For Ballydoyle

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As it had 12 months ago, The Curragh's G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes went to Ballydoyle but not to their first string as Precise (Starspangledbanner) emerged best of the stable trio under Ronan Whelan. Like Bedtime Story last year, the even-money favourite Composing (Wootton Bassett) cut out the running but faded late, leaving it to Precise and Beautify (Wootton Bassett) to fight out the finish with the former the stronger by 3/4 of a length. The G1 Prix Morny heroine Venetian Sun (Starman) surrendered her unbeaten record, 1 3/4 lengths away in third with Composing only fourth.

“I didn't jump as cleanly as I would have liked, but she quickened up well,” Whelan said of the G3 Prestige Stakes winner, who was providing Aidan O'Brien with an 11th renewal. “They told me she pricks her ears in front and I was value for a bit more at the line. The way she hit the line, she would probably be better over further.”

O'Brien said of the winner, who is an automatic qualifier for the GI John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, “Ronan gave her a beautiful ride and she is growing and maturing all the time. When they are developing like that, you never where they will stop.”

“She got the trip very well and galloped through the line. That's a win and you're in for the Breeders' Cup and Precise loves fast ground, so that's an option. I should have put in someone to lead Composing, she had made the running twice before but it wasn't fair to ask her to do it again into that headwind–I'm not disappointed with her.”

A HUGE day for Ronan Whelan as rattles off a hat-trick in the Moyglare! pic.twitter.com/z2rkl7xO73

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 14, 2025

 

 

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