Giant Sequoia

The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight (June 22-July 5), with a trio of Ballydoyle bluebloods taking high order after a productive Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival for the stable. =3. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (GB) Wootton Bassett (GB) - High Celebrity (Fr), by Invincible Spirit (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 90 Aidan O'Brien's domination of the two-year-old maidens staged at the Curragh's three-day fixture was kicked off by Abraham Lincoln, a straightforward winner of the 6f contest run on June...

The Curragh's Barronstown Stud Maiden has been a testing ground for some of Aidan O'Brien's best colts for some time now and Saturday's edition followed the trend with a stable one-two-three led by Giant Sequoia (Frankel). Third on debut behind stablemate Aix La Chapelle over this course and seven-furlong trip earlier this month, the son of the Oaks runner-up Pink Dogwood (Camelot) made no mistake this time to record a 2 1/4-length success from Hawk Mountain's brother Oklahoma (Wootton Bassett). There was another 3 3/4 lengths back to Shakespeare (Dubawi),...

3.18 Nottingham, Mdn, 2yo, f, 5f 8yT SENORITA BONITA (IRE) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) topped the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale at 900,000gns and debuts for Victorious Forever and Simon and Ed Crisford in the maiden won in the last three years by Zelaina, Leovanni and Beautiful Diamond. Jaber Abdullah's Queen Of Christmas (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) also makes her debut, with the Karl Burke-trained €305,000 Arqana Deauville October purchase a half-sister to the Listed-winning dam of last year's Prix du Moulin de Longchamp hero Sahlan (Wootton Bassett).   5.40 Curragh, Mdn, 2yo,...