Aidan O'Brien has provided the winner for the last three years and can extend the sequence with Blackbeard's brother CHARLES DARWIN who can be expected to show the benefit of his introduction at the Curragh. His two most expensive rivals are the Joseph O'Brien-trained pair Clarity Of Thought and Estoublon. Both may find this trip a bit sharp, though the stiff track should help. [Alan Sweetman
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E10,000 vendor as a yearling; eighth foal; half-brother to Listed winner Ship Of Dreams, and two other winners; dam unraced half-sister to dam of 1m4f Group 1 winner Shirocco.
No Nay Never brother to three winners, notably Group 1 juvenile winner Blackbeard; improvement on the cards from debut over 5f at the Curragh, got outpaced late and just lost third.
50,000gns foal, 160,000 gns yearling; fifth foal; half-brother to three winners, best at 1m to 1m4f; dam 1m juvenile Listed winner on heavy ground, half-sister to US 1m Grade 3 winner Thewayiam.
E55,000 foal; fourth foal; half-brother to Listed winner Sakti; dam 7f 2yo winner, out of once-raced sister to Flat/hurdle winner Via Galilei, family of National Stakes/Dewhurst winner Teofilo; gelded.
E160,000 yearling; first foal; dam 1m4f winner, sister to middle-distanceGroup 2 winner Leo De Fury, half-sister to 1m2f-1m4f Group 1 winner Luxembourg.
E50,000 foal; sixth foal; half-brother to winners Sign From Above (Flat/hurdle), Floating Voter (7f AW) and I Am Thunder (Qatar); dam 1m4f AW winner, half-sister to 1m4f Listed winner My Renee.
Siyouni colt is half-brother to Australian 1m winner Maximum Dividend; dam Group 3 winner, sister to a middle-distance winner First Officer, out of close relative of Grade 1 winner Court Vision; likely to need further.
First foal; dam hurdle winner, half-sister to hurdle winner Nemean Lion; stable had a good winner of the Curragh maiden in which Charles Darwin was fourth.
