Prince of Lir’s The Lir Jet Wins the Norfolk

[Wandering Eyes]

Having broken the all-aged track record on debut at Yarmouth June 3, Qatar Racing’s acquisition The Lir Jet (GB) emulated the 2009 success of his sire Prince of Lir (Ire) in this G2 Norfolk S. Registering the first success for his first-season sire on fast ground at the East Anglian venue, the 9-2 shot had easier conditions to deal with here and also a trailblazing Wesley Ward runner to deal with as Golden Pal (Uncle Mo) powered over the easy turf. It took until the final yards for the Michael Bell-trained bay to get to the US raider, but Oisin Murphy found the line in time to prevail by a neck, with three lengths back to Imperial Force (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) in third.

Friday, Royal Ascot, Britain
NORFOLK S.-G2, £50,000, Royal Ascot, 6-19, 2yo, 5fT, 1:01.55, g/s.
1–THE LIR JET (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Prince of Lir (Ire)
1st Dam: Paper Dreams (Ire), by Green Desert
2nd Dam: Pickwick Papers (GB), by Singspiel (Ire)
3rd Dam: Papering (Ire), by Shaadi
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€9,500 Wlg ’18 TATFBR; £8,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Qatar Racing Ltd; B-Donal Boylan (IRE); T-Michael Bell; J-Oisin Murphy. £29,600. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $41,965. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Golden Pal, 127, c, 2, Uncle Mo–Lady Shipman, by Midshipman. ($325,000 RNA Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O-Ranlo Investments, Llc; B-Randall E Lowe (FL); T-Wesley Ward. £11,195.
3–Imperial Force (Ire), 127, c, 2, Camacho (GB)–Cafetiere (GB), by Iffraaj (GB). (72,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-M A R Blencowe; B-Ballyphilip Stud (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £5,595.
Margins: NK, 3, 2HF. Odds: 4.50, 12.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Lipizzaner, Macho Pride (Ire), Ventura Tormenta (Ire), Andronicus Beau (Ire), Jojo Rabbit (GB), Eye of Heaven (GB), Nelson Gay (Ire), Cooperation (Ire), Papal Bee (Ire). Scratched: Emirati Dirham (Ire), Get It (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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