Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
PATRICK P O'LEARY MEMORIAL PHOENIX SPRINT S.-G3, €60,000, Curragh, 8-12, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:17.54, yl.
1--FIRE LILY (IRE), 129, f, 3, by Dansili (GB)
1st Dam: Beauty Is Truth (Ire) (MGSW-Fr, $226,147), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Zelding (Ire), by Warning (GB)
3rd Dam: Zelda (Ire), by Caerleon
O-Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier & Derrick Smith; B-Beauty Is Truth Syndicate; T-David Wachman; J-Wayne Lordan; €39,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Ire & Fr, GSP-Eng, 13-4-4-1, €312,769. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Gordon Lord Byron (Ire), 133, g, 4, Byron (GB)--Boa Estrela (Ire), by Intikhab. (€2,000 wnlg '08 GOFNOV; €5,000 RNA yrl '09 GOFMIL). O-Morgan J Cahalan; B-Roland H Alder; T-Tom Hogan; €12,000.
3--Definightly (GB), 136, g, 6, Diktat (GB)--Perfect Night (GB), by Danzig Connection. O/B-S Emmet & Miss R Emmet; T-Roger Charlton; €6,000.   
Margins: HF, 3HF, 4 3/4. Odds: 5-2, 6-1, 9-4.
Also Ran: Invincible Ash (Ire), Norville (Ire), Starspangledbanner (Aus). Scratched: Arctic (Ire), The Reaper (Ire), After (Ire).
Click for the Racing Post chart or the brisnet.com PPs. Video, courtesy attheraces.com.
   Fire Lily followed a second Pattern-race success in the G3 Ballyogan S. over six furlongs at Leopardstown June 14 with a seventh in the G1 July Cup at Newmarket July 14, but rebounded from that to win this race in which the returning Starspangledbanner (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) proved a major disappointment. Held up in last early as that 9-4 joint-favorite led, the bay gradually worked her way into contention as Ballydoyle's four-time Group 1 winner started to fade away with a quarter mile remaining. Getting to Gordon Lord Byron inside the final 50 yards, Fire Lily asserted as Starspangledbanner dropped out the back and was eased down by Joseph O'Brien. Connections of the winner are looking at a return to this venue for the Sept. 15 G3 Renaissance S.