Familiar Scene

[Wandering Eyes]

In need of a tonic, ‘TDN Rising Star‘ Cliffs of Moher (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) takes a well-trodden path for Ballydoyle’s former Classic campaigners on Monday in the G2 Coolmore Camelot Irish EBF Mooresbridge S. at Naas. Caught late by Wings of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}) with victory seemingly assured in the G1 Epsom Derby, Susan Magnier’s had various things go against him afterwards including unsuitably easy ground and trouble in running which may have cost him a winning chance in the G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown in September. Last of five and behind stablemate Yucatan (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the course-and-distance G3 Alleged S. staged on a testing surface Apr. 13, he should make the customary jump up in vitality here with conditions more in his favour. Yucatan is already group 1-placed, having finished runner-up in the 2016 Racing Post Trophy, and gives the impression he is a work in progress with a smart pot in his sights this year. The Niarchos Family’s racing manager Alan Cooper said of the son of their high-class Six Perfections (Fr) (Celtic Swing {GB}), “We’d like to win a group race before we hopefully go back up the ladder, as he’s only won a maiden to date. Given his breeding he’s a real stallion prospect–he’s a lovely-looking horse with an outstanding pedigree.” Third in the Alleged was Jon Kelly and James Wiltz’s 2017 Listed John Musker Fillies’ S. scorer Beautiful Morning (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and as a progressive mare in the skilled hands of Jessie Harrington she will pose a threat again if Ballydoyle’s pair need another run to peak.

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