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Sapphire (IRE) b f 2008
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Review cork 5th Aug
Sapphire showed a liking for testing conditions as she romped away with the feature Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes at CorkSun 05th Aug
Sapphire sparkles in Give Thanks Stakes
The Dermot Weld trained Sapphire justified her long odds-on as she took the feature race at Cork this afternoon, the Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes. Sun 05th Aug
Review curragh 1st Jul
Izzi Top landed her first Group One victory as she ran out an impressive winner of the Barclays Bank Ireland Pretty Polly Stakes at the CurraghSun 01st Jul
Gosden returns Pretty Polly to Newmarket!
Izzi Top landed the featured Group 1 Barclays Bank Ireland Pretty Polly Stakes at The Curragh today, scoring an appropriate win for her trainer John Gosden, whose Clarehaven Stables was where Pretty Polly herself was trained over a hundred years ago. Sun 01st JulReview cork 17th Jun
Sapphire could not have been more impressive on her four-year-old debut as Dermot Weld's filly stormed to victory in the Group Three Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes at CorkSun 17th Jun
Sapphire shines in Noblesse
Sapphire stamped her class on proceedings when running out an impressive winner of the Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes at Cork. Sun 17th JunReview curragh 9th Oct
Aidan O'Brien's smart filly Homecoming Queen continued her dramatic improvement with a superb display in the Lanwades & Staffordstown Studs Stakes at the CurraghSun 09th Oct
Sapphire closes Curragh season
Sapphire made it opening day and closing day wins at the Curragh when landing the Go Racing In Kildare Finale Stakes. Sun 09th OctReview curragh 11th Sep
Manieree showed her all-the-way Group Three victory at the Curragh in July to be no fluke as she repeated the trick when stepped up to Group Two level at the track in the feature www.thetote.com Blandford StakesSun 11th Sep
Manieree runs her rivals ragged
John Oxx continued his good form when Manieree provided a 9/1 upset in the feature Group 2 Blandford Stakes at the Curragh under Niall McCullagh. Sun 11th Sep
Bible Belt is in a different league
Bible Belt looks a filly that could go right to the top after pulverising her eleven rivals in the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes at Gowran Park. Wed 10th Aug
Sapphire shines
The Dermot Weld trained Sapphire made all to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Race at Naas this evening, scoring a double for jockey Pat Smullen. Wed 22nd Jun
Smullen survives stewards on Sapphire
Champion jockey Pat Smullen got off the mark for the season when Sapphire took the concluding maiden on the opening day of the Flat season at the Curragh. Sun 20th Mar
That is a nice double. She is the first mare to win both the Noblesse Stakes and the Give Thanks Stakes. She was very impressive and very good. She is a lovely big staying mare and there is lots to look forward to with her. The Irish St Leger is next up and we will take it from there. She is a stayer with speed and she is a very adaptable mare. She is a big galloping mare and I think she will get 1m 6f at her ease. She is only getting going now and she will be kept in training next year.
D K Weld
We've won this valuable Group race in three out of the last four years,. She's a very progressive mare and I'll probably bring her back to a mile-and-two now for the Group 1 Pretty Polly at the Curragh. She'll probably have to travel as the year progresses. She's just a class act and she does like an ease in the ground.
D K Weld
She won here in March on the first day and has now won on the last day,. She's been a lovely filly to train all year and has run genuinely and consistently all year. It's lovely after she was Group 2 placed last time to come and win today. I got the feeling last time that she would stay a mile-and-a-half. She's a filly to look forward to next year. I had looked at the (Grade 1) EP Taylor Stakes (at Woodbine) next Sunday for her but it comes too soon and that'll be it for the year. She has a lot of physical development in her and hopefully she'll be a replacement for Profound Beauty. She's like a little ease in the ground but has also won when it was pretty fast.
D K Weld
we're delighted Sapphire won as her owner, Eva Marie Bucher-Haefner (of Moyglare Stud), was there to lead her back into the winner's enclosure. We will aim to get some blacktype with her now.
D K Weld
She's a fit filly and did it well. She's tough and stays and we'll try and get some blacktype with her now,. I'll look at one of the Guineas trials and we may put a visor on her to make her concentrate a bit more.
D K Weld
