By Sean Cronin
Coolmore's hitherto unraced New Yorker (No Nay Never), who missed his intended debut at the Curragh last week, was let go as the odds-on favourite for Friday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Dundalk, a contest won in recent years by Ballydoyle's Caravaggio and Blackbeard, and did enough under a late drive to secure a 1 1/4-length success in the five-furlong heat.
“It was really tough for them, but he handled the preliminaries well and he was good in the race,” reflected Ballydoyle's Chris Armstrong. “Today is not ideal, with the wind and rain, which is very tough for babies. He is a horse that has been going nicely at home, none of the two-year-olds at this stage have done very much, and he is a horse that has been showing the right signs. He is bred to be quick and he looks quick. He will improve from this run and he looks like an Ascot two-year-old. We will see how he comes out of this and it may be something like the [Listed] First Flier, the winners' race at Naas or the [G3] Marble Hill.”
Breaking well to stalk the pace in third through halfway, the 4-7 pick was bustled along to launch his challenge approaching the final furlong and came under stern urging in the closing stages to defeat Litmus Test (Havana Grey) in game fashion.
New Yorker is the second of three foals and first scorer out of G1 Cheveley Park Stakes and G1 Flying Five heroine Fairyland (Kodiac), herself a half-sister to the dual Group-winning G1 Irish 1000 Guineas third Now Or Never (Bushranger). From the family of Dream Ahead, the winner is a half-brother to a yearling filly by Justify and Fairyland was bred back to Justify last year.
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Aidan O'Brien's No Nay Never colt defies greenness to score on debut under Ryan Moore. @DundalkStadium | @coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/SRjXKVC9cF
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