chased leaders, ran freely, 6th halfway, dropped to rear entering straight, no extra over 1f out, eased
led, pushed along straight and strongly pressed 1f out, soon headed and no impression on winner, kept on one pace
tracked leader, 2nd halfway, ridden over 1f out, 3rd and no impression final 150 yards, kept on one pace
slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along and no impression in 6th over 1f out, kept on well final 100 yards
tracked leaders, pushed along in 3rd entering straight, no impression in 4th 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, 4th approaching straight, no impression in 5th 1f out, kept on one pace
held up, 5th halfway, progress on outer in straight and led over 150 yards out, stayed on well
Special Focus has done nothing wrong and her latest start was her best to date. Today's much quicker ground and extra furlong won't be a problem and she'll be difficult to beat. However, Aidan O'Brien has won three of the six renewals and MINDING can keep up the sequence. She's a daughter of Galileo out of the Group 1 winner Lillie Langtry, who produced the Group 3 winner Kissed By Angels with her first foal. Tanaza is out of a mare with almost exactly the same credentials and an entry in the Moyglare suggests Dermot Weld thinks highly of her while this looks the right trip for Spartan's Queen.
Lucys Angel (IRE) Dark Angel filly out of La Quinta.
Minding (IRE) Galileo filly out of Lillie Langtry.
Miss Gossip (IRE) Big Bad Bob filly out of Cabin Point.
Rose of Tralee Fastnet Rock filly out of Millennium Star.
Spartan's Queen (IRE) Acclamation filly out of Helen Of Sparta.
Special Focus (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Slightly impeded start, in rear, closed 2f out, 3rd 1f out, 2nd inside final furlong and wandered slightly, kept on without troubling winner, 2nd of 8, 3l behind Great Page (9-0) at Naas 6f 2yo fll Listed stks (1).
Tanaza (IRE) Dubawi filly out of Tanoura.
