Donnacha O'Brien Stable Tour

Form profile

Rated 111, he has been placed in multiple stakes races, most recently finishing a close third in the 1351 Turf Sprint at Riyadh.

Trainer says

He ran really well out in Riyadh and looks to be progressing. If the ground isn’t too bad, we’d like to run him in the Gladness Stakes next week. After that, the plan is to travel him to Hong Kong for the big meeting there on April 26th. We’ll enter him in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize and the Champions Mile, but the Chairman’s Sprint Prize is the one I’d be favouring. We’ll be facing into Ka Ying Rising there, but we are keen to see how he copes with six furlongs at that level and the prize money is fantastic. If he went well there, the likes of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot would be an obvious target for him.

Form profile

Rated 98, he won the Petingo Handicap at Leopardstown at the Irish Champions Festival last year.

Trainer says

He’s a fine big horse that we gelded over the winter. He has done well physically, and I’d be hopeful that he can improve this year. There’s a conditions race at the Curragh on Good Friday that looks a good starting point for him and all being well he will run in the Vintage Crop Stakes after that. After that, we should have a good idea as to whether he is a stakes-class stayer or more of a premier handicap horse.

Form profile

Rated 91 on the Flat, he won a handicap at the Galway Festival last season.

Trainer says

He won over hurdles at Punchestown, but disappointed in two starts since, so we’ll get him back on the Flat now for premier handicaps. I wouldn’t rule out having another go over hurdles, but he has the right rating to get into valuable handicaps on the Flat and that route makes appeal. He won at Galway last year, so getting him back there is something we’ll keep in mind.

Form profile

Rated 107, he made an impressive winning debut at Killarney in July and progressed with each start in Group company after that culminating in a second-place finish to Pierre Bonnard in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud.

Trainer says

He has done really well over the winter and looks great. The plan is to give him a racecourse gallop next week and if that goes well, there’s a chance we could start him off in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. I’m not sure how far he’ll stay. We obviously ran him over a mile-and-a-quarter on soft ground in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud last year, but I’m not convinced at how well he hit the line after making a big move into contention. I think he might be one that gets faster as he gains in experience. I’d definitely be comfortable with him at a mile and based on what we see in his runs, we could try a mile-and-a-quarter again further down the line.

Form profile

Rated 93, she finished third in a Listed race at Dundalk prior to returning to that track to win a maiden in October.

Trainer says

She’s a lovely filly that is in great order. The Polonia Stakes at Cork would look to be a logical starting point for her and we think she’ll be capable of progression this year.

Form profile

Rated 113, she won a maiden at the Curragh and ran very well in Group company prior to finishing off her season with a sensational win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar in October.

Trainer says

She looks great. We gave her a good long break after she came back from America, so we never intended to have her ready for the 1000 Guineas. The Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot is where we are aiming and she is likely to go straight there. Longer term, we’d like to get her back to America for more Grade 1 races as she looked to enjoy that style of racing at Del Mar. She is very comfortable at a mile, but there is plenty of stamina on the dam side of her pedigree, so I wouldn’t like to rule out trying her over a bit further, particularly in America.

Form profile

Made a promising debut when second in a seven-furlong maiden at Dundalk in September.

Trainer says

She’s a nice filly by Camelot that showed plenty of promise in her only run last year. She was always going to be much better this year. She wants nice ground and we’ll look to start her back in a mile-and-a-quarter maiden either at Dundalk or once the ground dries out. I’d be hopeful she can be a stakes filly in the fullness of time.

Form profile

Improved from his debut to finish an encouraging third in a maiden at Leopardstown in October.

Trainer says

He shaped well in his second start last year and looks a nice prospect. I’m not sure how far he’ll stay, but he could start off in a mile maiden at Dundalk in a couple of weeks.

Form profile

An unraced daughter of Camelot that realised 420,000gns as a yearling, she is a half-sister to the useful sprinter Desert Safari.

Trainer says

She’s a very nice filly by Camelot that cost plenty as a yearling. She has really come to herself this year and we’ll look to start her off in a mile-and-a-quarter maiden on nice ground. The hopes are that she’ll make up into a stakes filly based on what we’ve seen from her so far.

Form profile

Made a promising debut when third in a fillies’ maiden at the Curragh in March.

Trainer says

I was very happy with her debut at the Curragh last week. We’ll most likely step her up in trip now and hopefully she shouldn’t have much trouble winning a maiden before progressing into stakes company.

Form profile

An unraced daughter of Camelot that is a half-sister to the high-class miler Prague.

Trainer says

She’s a filly we like that should be ready to make her debut in the next couple of weeks. She could start off over a mile and will handle an ease in the ground. She’s working well and will have a chance to be a stakes filly.

Form profile

Rated 113, she won a Listed race at Naas in July prior to finishing a close second in the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket in September.

Trainer says

I’m very happy with how she has progressed over the winter in physical terms. We are working backwards from the Commonwealth Cup with her and starting in the Polonia Stakes at Cork makes plenty of sense. She improved throughout last year and can hopefully do more of the same again this year.

Form profile

Rated 86, she made it fourth-time lucky when winning a fillies’ maiden at Naas in October.

Trainer says

We thought she would be a filly that stay a mile last year, but the more we stepped her back in trip, the better she was. She’s done well over the winter and shows a lot of pace in her work. There’s a 6f fillies’ handicap at the Curragh on Good Friday that looks a good potential starting point.

Form profile

Rated 92, she won a maiden at Gowran Park by five lengths in September.

Trainer says

She’s a filly we always liked. We might start her in the 1,000 Guineas trial at Leopardstown if the ground isn’t too bad. She probably isn’t going to stay much further than a mile. I’d be hopeful that she can progress into a stakes filly.

Form profile

Rated 90, she was formerly trained by Ger Lyons for whom she won a maiden at Punchestown and finished fourth in a Group 3 at the Curragh.

Trainer says

She’s a lovely filly that came to us from Ger Lyons last year. I know she is by Mehmas, but there is a lot of stamina on the dam side of her pedigree and she is very relaxed, so I think she has a good chance of staying middle distances. We’re looking to start her off in the Salsabil Stakes at Navan on April 25th.

Form profile

Rated 87, she ran well without winning in three starts including when mid-division in a Listed race at Dundalk in October.

Trainer says

She’s a filly we like. She disappointed us a little bit in a stakes race in her last start, but she’s better than that. We’ll start her off in a mile maiden when the ground dries out.

Form profile

Rated 102, he ran well without winning in three starts, most notably finishing fourth in the Beresford Stakes at the Curragh on his latest outing in September.

Trainer says

He’s a fine big colt owned by Al Shaqab. He bumped into a few very good horses last year, but we think he’s going to be a lovely three-year-old. We’ll look to start him a mile-and-a-quarter maiden at the Curragh in a couple of weeks.

Form profile

Rated 93, he won a maiden at the Curragh in September.

Trainer says

He has a few good runs last year until disappointing on ground that was too soft for him at Leopardstown. He could be one for a handicap at Royal Ascot and we’ll aim him in that direction.

Form profile

Rated 78, she made it fifth-time lucky when winning a nursery at Dundalk in October.

Trainer says

She’s a filly that won a nursery last year and looks like she’s improved over the winter, which you would have hoped for her to do given her pedigree. We’ll start her off over a mile and will wait for a sound surface.

Form profile

An unraced daughter of Australia that is from the family of the great Urban Sea.

Trainer says

She’s a lovely big filly that has taken time to come to hand. She’s one that will keep improving and will be even better next year. She’ll start off in a mile-and-a-quarter maiden in the coming weeks.