Maine Chance Farms / Black Minnaloushe 2

Black Minnaloushe (USA)
Timeform 123
Raced 11 times for 4 wins, 2 places and £352,621

2-y-o:	Won	Foxhound European Breeders Fund Maiden 1200m, Cork, by 4 lengths from La Stellina. “Kept on well inside final furlong” - Racing Post. ”Won easily on his debut; looks well up to holding his own in better company” - Timeform.
	Won	Aga Khan Studs Blenheim Stakes L 1200m, Curragh, by 0.75 lengths from Imperial Dancer. “Looked to have a good chance on his maiden win last time and justified favouritism on this softer ground, travelling well on the outside and ridden out after leading with over 1f to go; he’ll stay at least 7f and is open to further improvement” - Timeform.
3-y-o:	2nd	Loughbrown Stakes L 1400m, Curragh, beaten 2 lengths by Lethal Agenda. “A failure to settle dented the chances of Black Minnaloushe” - Racing Post. “Didn’t do his chances any good at all by pulling hard” - Timeform.
	5th	Desert King European Breeders Fund Tetrarch Stakes G3 1400m, Curragh, beaten 2 lengths by stable companion, Modigliani. Scarlet Velvet was a head back in 2nd and Mozart a short head back in 3rd. “Lost 10 lengths at the start” - Racing Post. “He might well have won had he got away on terms” - Timeform.
	6th	Dubai Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1 1600m, Longchamp, beaten 4.5 lengths by Vahorimix. “Finishing as well as anything having been held up last” - Timeform.
	Won	Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas G1 1600m, Curragh, by 2 lengths from Mozart. “Maintained the momentum to win with a bit to spare” - Racing Post. “On this evidence he has the attributes of a high-class miler” - Timeform.
	Won	St James’s Palace Stakes G1 1600m, Ascot, by a neck from Noverre. “This looked another strong renewal of this race, well up to its G1 standard, with two Guineas winners and another G1 victor in Olden Times fighting out a bobbing finish after a strongly run contest” - Racing Post. “Responding splendidly to shade the issue close home” - Timeform.
	5th	Coral Eurobet Eclipse Stakes G1 2000m, Sandown Park, beaten 0.75 lengths by Medicean. “His rider felt he would have been 2nd but for running out of room inside the final furlong” - Racing Post. “Ran close to his very best, possibly not enjoying that much room inside the last” - Timeform.
	3rd	Champagne Lanson Sussex Stakes G1 1600m, Goodwood, beaten 3.5 lengths by Noverre. “There was no disgrace in this defeat on a track that arguably does not play to his strengths” - Racing Post. “It has to be a possibility he wasn’t at the very top of his game; on the day” - Timeform.
	4th	Juddmonte International Stakes G1 2100m, York, beaten 9.25 lengths by Sakhee. “He’s had 6 outings at Group 1 level in three months, so there’s no doubting his durability” - Racing Post. “A little below the level of his last 2 starts” - Timeform.

• Unbeaten Stakes Winner at 2
• Duel G1 and Classic Winner at 3
• Top Rated 3-y-o Miler Ireland 2001

I R E L A N D
Blenheim Stakes (Listed)

Black Minnaloushe (USA) wins the Aga Khan Studs Blenheim Stakes L for 2-y-o’s over 1200m at the Curragh by 0.75 lengths from Imperial Dancer.
“Having tracked the leaders, he was sent to the front over 1f out and won driven out from the consistent, albeit well-exposed English challenger Imperial Dancer, who tried hard to peg him back” - Racing Post.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien said of the winner: “He is a big baby and while there are no firm plans for him we may give him one more race before the end of the season.”

I R E L A N D
Irish 2000 Guineas (Group 1)

Black Minnaloushe (USA) wins the Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas G1 over 1600m at the Curragh by 2 lengths from the highly rated Mozart with Minardi 3rd and Maumee 4th.
“A remarkable result that provoked a general air of bewilderment, mixed with admiration at the achievement of Aidan O’Brien in saddling the first three, led home by Black Minnaloushe” - Racing Post.
“He stayed on well to collar his tiring stable companion well inside the last; he’s a very smart colt, and a mile may prove his best trip” - Timeform.

QuickTime clip of Irish Guineas

U N I T E D K I N G D O M
St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1)

Black Minnaloushe (USA) wins the St James’s Palace Stakes G1 over 1600m at Ascot by a neck from Noverre, Olden Times and Vahorimix.
“Black Minnaloushe showed plenty of the qualities of his former stablemate, Giant’s Causeway, who won this race last year. He had to weave through to challenge after being taken over to the rail from his low draw. That initial move helped put him off the fast pace which proved vital, but he has a good turn of foot which could ultimately see him challenge for the Breeders’ Cup Classic” - Racing Post.

QuickTime clip of St James's Palace Stakes!