ETIHAD AIRWAYS IRISH 1000 GUINEAS-G1, €300,000, Curragh, 5-27, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:38.50, gd.
1--SAMITAR (GB), 126, f, 3, by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)
        1st Dam: Aileen's Gift (Ire), by Rainbow Quest
        2nd Dam: Joyful (Ire), by Green Desert
        3rd Dam: Optimistic Lass, by Mr. Prospector
(39,000gns yrl '10 TATOCT). O-Martin S Schwartz;
B-Norman Court Stud; T-Mick Channon; J-Martin
Harley; €174,000. Lifetime Record: 9-3-2-2,
€504,722. *1/2 to Nijoom Dubai (GB) (Noverre),
GSW-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Ishvana (Ire), 126, f, 3, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)--
Song of the Sea (GB), by Bering (GB). (€5,000 RNA
yrl '10 GOFSEP). O/B-Anne Marie O'Brien; T-Aidan
O'Brien; €60,000.
3--Princess Sinead (Ire), 126, f, 3, Jeremy--Princess
Atoosa, by Gone West. O-Betty Maxwell Moran; 
B-Brushwood Stables; T-Jessica Harrington; €30,000.
Margins: 1HF, 2 1/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 12-1, 33-1, 25-1.
Also Ran: Homecoming Queen (Ire), After (Ire), La Collina (Ire), Yellow Rosebud (Ire), Janey Muddles (Ire).

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   Samitar emulated her half-sister Nijoom Dubai (GB) (Noverre) in winning Royal Ascot's G3 Albany S. over six furlongs last June and was runner-up after a two-month break in the £100,000 Tattersalls Millions Median Auction S. over that trip on Newmarket's July Course. Held up when third, while attempting a mile in Doncaster's G2 May Hill S. in early September, the experimentation continued a fortnight later when ridden from the front only to be worn down late on by Lyric of Light (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}) in the G1 Fillies' Mile on Newmarket's Rowley Mile. Just eight days later, she was back there to scoop the main prize in the £300,000 Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy over seven furlongs after which Martin Schwartz opened his cheque book. That investment looked to have a hole in it after she had flopped on her sophomore return in another in the series of sales races in Newmarket's £150,000 Tattersalls Millions 3-Y-O Sprint over six furlongs Apr. 18, but connections stayed on track for the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches nevertheless. Again ridden from the front to no avail at Longchamp, she was held onto this time by first-time partner Martin Harley as the 1000 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen assumed her customary front-running duties. Unlike at Newmarket, that favorite was not asked to stretch to the maximum which allowed Samitar the luxury of drafting in behind. As Joseph O'Brien sent out the distress signals on Homecoming Queen, the eventual winner swooped with a furlong remaining before dealing with another from the Ballydoyle legions in the 33-1 shot Ishvana. "She did it great," commented her West Ilsley-based trainer Mick Channon after landing an elusive first Irish Classic success. "I knew that she was well and that France was a mess, but it was my fault for running her in the sales race and thinking I was clever going over six furlongs there. After that, we knew that she needs holding up and to be given a chance. I would love to go for the [June 22] G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot next and I will probably keep her until September, but the plan has always been for her to go over to America. It is hard for people to keep believing in you when you say she's a good filly and things go wrong, but from halfway today you could see she was going to win."