Alpha (Ire)

She was 1-6 to add to Aidan O'Brien's tally in Leopardstown's G3 Saudi Cup Silver Flash Stakes and despite landing the odds Alpha (Sea The Stars) made her backers sweat at the finale. Cutting a different figure to the dominating filly that achieved TDN Rising Star status at The Curragh last month, the daughter of Alpha Centauri (Mastercraftsman) was needing the line late as Dancing Destiny (Magna Grecia) flew home. There was a fast-diminishing head between them there, with Alpha's pacemaking stablemate Nevermindtherain (No Nay Never) 1 1/4 lengths away...

Alpha Centauri was one of the most celebrated racemares of the 21st century and her daughter Alpha (Sea The Stars) also has the wow factor based on her scintillating display at The Curragh on Sunday. Lining up for the seven-furlong GAIN Equine Nutrition Irish EBF Fillies Maiden which had been won for the last four years by Aidan O'Brien, Coolmore and Flaxman Stables' homebred was facing a deep group of peers in the race taken recently by Lake Victoria, Ylang Ylang and Alpha Centauri's sister Discoveries who all went on to succeed...

Thursday's opening fillies' maiden at Leopardstown has a notable recent winner's list and Blonde Over Blue (Lope De Vega) added her name to it in convincing style in the John Oxley silks. Sent off at 6-1 for the seven-furlong contest won in 2024 by Bedtime Story, in 2019 by Cayenne Pepper and in 2017 by September, the Joseph O'Brien-trained daughter of the Italian Group 3 winner American Bridge (Kodiac) received the perfect tow under cover throughout the early stages. Surging to the front inside the final furlong under Dylan Browne...