June 28, 2025 - The Curragh, Race 1, EUR €20,000, 7fT, 2yo, c/g
Dam: Snowflakes (Ire) , by Galileo (Ire)
Owner: Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg
Breeder: Snowflakes Syndicate (Ire)
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Such is the record of The Curragh's Barronstown Stud Maiden, it is a given that Aidan O'Brien reserves one of his best for the seven-furlong contest and Dorset lived up to the billing to become Wootton Bassett's latest TDN Rising Star.
“He's a lovely straighforward horse who will get further,” commented O'Brien, who had won this race with City Of Troy, Rip Van Winkle, Gleneagles, Roderic O'Connor, Duke Of Marmalade, Horatio Nelson and Australia. “Ryan gave him an uncomplicated ride and he's a good mover who could go for any of those races-the Futurity, the Tyros or Newmarket for the Superlative.”
Runner-up on debut to stablemate Amadeus Mozart over course and distance earlier this month, the grey relative of the dual 1,000 Guineas heroine Winter was sent straight to the front by Ryan Moore. Kept company throughout by the yard's newcomer Benvenuto Cellini (Frankel), the 4-9 favourite safely held that son of Newspaperofrecord at bay to score by 1 1/2 lengths, with the Joseph O'Brien-trained Al Haarith (Lope De Vega) 2 3/4 lengths away in third.
Dorset, a €400,000 Goffs Orby Book 1 graduate, makes it 15 TDN Rising Stars for the sire and is one of five among the stable's current crop of juveniles after Albert Einstein, Italy, Simply Astounding and Brussels.
Dorset is the fourth foal out of the stable's former runner Snowflakes (Galileo) who was beaten just over five lengths when eighth in the 2017 G3 Albany Stakes. Purchased by BBA Ireland for €525,000 at the Goffs November Sale two years later, she is a full-sister to the aforementioned Winter who was a four-times Group 1 winner for Aidan O'Brien with the Nassau and the Coronation on her resume alongside the English and Irish Guineas.
1st-Curragh, €20,000, Mdn, 6-28, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:24.48, gd.
DORSET (IRE), c, 2, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
1st Dam: Snowflakes (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Laddies Poker Two (Ire), by Choisir (Aus)
3rd Dam: Break Of Day, by Favorite Trick
Sales history: €400,000 Ylg '24 GOFOR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, €16,000. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg; B-Snowflakes Syndicate; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore.
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