Observations: Aug. 11, 2016

7.00 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, c/g, 8fT

FINN MCCOOL (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-brother to the 2014 G1 Irish Derby and 2015 G1 Ascot Gold Cup runner-up Kingfisher (Ire) who debuts for Susan Magnier and Aidan O'Brien in this maiden won two years ago by Order of St George (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a year before by Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and in the previous two years by the subsequently Classic-placed Galileo duo Galileo Rock (Ire) and Astrology (Ire). He is the pick of Seamie Heffernan over the stable's experienced Diodorus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a son of the 2005 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix de Diane heroine Divine Proportions (Kingmambo) and Tang Dynasty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a half-brother to the 2012 G2 Gerling-Preis winner Atempo (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and his 2014 G2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Unternehmer-winning full-sibling Almandin (Ger).

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