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Irish Oaks Becomes A Coolmore Parade

Champion sire Galileo added another classic winner to his amazing record when his 3YO daughter Seventh Heaven won the G1 Irish Oaks at the Curragh, leading home a parade of fillies by Coolmore stallions.

The first seven fillies to finish in the Oaks were produced by Coolmore sires.

Seventh Heaven beat the Zoffany filly Architecture, followed home by Harlequeen (Canford Cliffs), Turret Rocks (Fastnet Rock), Somehow (Fastnet Rock), An Cailin Orga (Galileo) and Even Song (Mastercraftsman).

Architecture and Harlequeen had finished second and third in last month’s Oaks at Epsom.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained Seventh Heaven (Galileo x La Traviata, by Johannesburg) won the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial in May but failed to cope with the undulating Epsom track when sixth in the Oaks.

She is the fifth Irish Oaks winner trained by O’Brien and the 59th individual G1 winner by the phenomenal Galileo.

Seventh Heaven is also the second G1 winner produced by her G3 winning dam La Traviata, joining her Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade (Mr Greeley).

Another of La Traviata’s foals Cristoforo Colombo (Henrythenavigator) was a multiple G2 placegetter.

La Traviata is the best foal bred from Piedras Negras, an Unbridled mare whose stakes winning dam Provisions (Devils Bag) produced the dual Group winner Jack Sullivan (Belong To Me).

Provisions descends from Novara (Dance Spell), a half-sister to multiple G1 winner Southjet (Northjet).

Seventh Heaven has a 2YO full sister and a yearling full brother in the O’Brien stable.
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Curragh Saturday, 16th July 2016

1m4f TURF GOOD
EUR €400,000

Darley Irish Oaks (Group 1) (G1)

EUR €400,000
Age: 3yo Type: OPEN
1m4f TURF GOOD
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 8. SEVENTH HEAVEN (IRE) 3yo F
GALILEO (IRE) - LA TRAVIATA (USA)
SEAMIE HEFFERNAN
AIDAN O'BRIEN
$15
126lbs
D.SMITH/MME J.MAGNIER/M.TABOR
2nd 3. ARCHITECTURE (IRE) 3yo F
ZOFFANY (IRE) - BRIGAYEV (ITY)
LANFRANCO DETTORI
H PALMER
$7
126lbs
LAEL STABLE

Sales Information

3rd 5. HARLEQUEEN (GB) 3yo F
CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) - AURELIA (GB)
SILVESTRE DE SOUSA
M R CHANNON
$15
126lbs
MRS S BRANDT

Sales Information

4th 10. TURRET ROCKS (IRE) 3yo F
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - BEYOND COMPARE (IRE)
K J MANNING
J S BOLGER
$15
126lbs
5th 9. SOMEHOW (IRE) 3yo F
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - ALEXANDROVA (IRE)
DONNACHA O'BRIEN
AIDAN O'BRIEN
$15
126lbs
6th 2. AN CAILIN ORGA (IRE) 3yo F
GALILEO (IRE) - FINSCEAL BEO (IRE)
R P WHELAN
J S BOLGER
$81
126lbs
7th 4. EVEN SONG (IRE) 3yo F
MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) - GUANTANAMERA (IRE)
RYAN MOORE
AIDAN O'BRIEN
$1.8
126lbs

Sales Information

8th 7. RED STARS (IRE) 3yo F
MANDURO (GER) - MAGEN'S STAR (IRE)
DECLAN MCDONOGH
JOHN M OXX
$34
126lbs
9th 12. WE ARE NINETY (IRE) 3yo F
THEWAYYOUARE (USA) - BRIGIDS CROSS (IRE)
PAT SMULLEN
H PALMER
$26
126lbs

Sales Information

10th 6. PRETTY PERFECT (IRE) 3yo F
GALILEO (IRE) - MILANOVA (AUS)
C O'DONOGHUE
AIDAN O'BRIEN
$10
126lbs

Sales Information

11th 1. AJMAN PRINCESS (IRE) 3yo F
TEOFILO (IRE) - REEM THREE (GB)
ANDREA ATZENI
ROGER VARIAN
$15
126lbs

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