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LEOPARDSTOWN , IRE

  • Purse: 39,600 €
  • Date: June 9, 2011
  • Class:
  • TV:
  • Age: 3 yo
  • Race: 7
  • Distance: 11F
  • Post Time:
1 Laughing (IRE) Margin: TrueNicks: A++ 26,000 €

2008 | Bay Filly | Dansili (GB) - Comic (IRE), Be My Chief

  • Breeder:FLOORS FARMING & THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE
  • Owner: MRS J MAGNIER, MRS J O'BRIEN & MRS P SHANAHAN
  • Trainer: O'BRIEN CHARLES
  • Jockey: LORDAN WAYNE

Sire: Dansili (GB), Dark Bay or Brown, 1996. Raced 3 years. 14 starts, 5 wins, $570,686. Lifetime: 307 yearlings sold, median $69,959.

Broodmare Sire: Be My Chief, Bay, 1987.

Sale History: Tattersall's October 2009 Yearling Sale, $459,488.

2 Notable Graduate (IRE) Margin: head TrueNicks: D 8,000 €

2008 | Bay Colt | Galileo (IRE) - Market Slide, Gulch

  • Breeder:MOYGLARE STUD FARM LTD
  • Owner: Moyglare Stud Farm
  • Trainer: WELD DERMOT
  • Jockey: SMULLEN PAT

Sire: Galileo (IRE), Bay, 1998. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $2,245,373. Lifetime: 690 yearlings sold, median $147,765.

Broodmare Sire: Gulch, Bay, 1984.

3 Haziyna (IRE) Margin: head TrueNicks: A+ 4,000 €

2008 | Bay Filly | Halling - Hazariya (IRE), Xaar (GB)

  • Breeder:H H THE AGA KHAN
  • Owner: H H AGA KHAN
  • Trainer: OXX JOHN
  • Jockey: MURTAGH JOHNNY

Sire: Halling, Chestnut, 1991. Raced 3 years. 18 starts, 12 wins, $1,332,651. Lifetime: 241 yearlings sold, median $50,682.

Broodmare Sire: Xaar (GB), Bay, 1995.

Time: 2:22.32   Track: GD-Y

Others: BANKSTERS BONUS (IRE); MANIEREE (IRE); OBLIGADA (IRE); LUXURIOUS (IRE); HURRICANE HAVOC (IRE); TRIPLE EIGHT (IRE).

FinishHorseJockeyTrainer
1Laughing (IRE)LORDAN WAYNEO'BRIEN CHARLES
2Notable Graduate (IRE)SMULLEN PATWELD DERMOT
3Haziyna (IRE)MURTAGH JOHNNYOXX JOHN
4BANKSTERS BONUS (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
5MANIEREE (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
6OBLIGADA (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
7LUXURIOUS (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
8HURRICANE HAVOC (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
9TRIPLE EIGHT (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

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