Jessica Harrington Stable Tour

Form profile

Rated 101, she won a maiden as a juvenile and finished in the frame in both Listed and Group 3 company last year.

Trainer says

She’s back with us and I’m very happy with how she has done over the winter. She has strengthened up a lot. We were thinking about starting her off at the Curragh this weekend, but she wants firmer ground, so we’ll wait until it dries out some more. She’s entered in the Park Express Stakes at the Curragh in a fortnight and that might be where she starts. She has been stakes placed, so winning a Listed race will be our first goal with her.

Form profile

Rated 101, she won a maiden at Bellewstown in July prior to finishing second in a Group 3 at Newmarket in September.

Trainer says

She did brilliantly last year to progress from winning a maiden at Bellewstown to finish second in a Group 3 at Newmarket. She is back and in good form. Mind, she does take a little bit of time to come to herself in the spring, so I wouldn’t be expecting to run her for another few weeks at least. I’d imagine we’ll start her off at a mile-and-a-half and will most likely try her at a mile-and-three-quarters again later in the season.

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Rated 99, she won the Gowran Classic in June prior to finishing second in the Concorde Stakes at Tipperary in October.

Trainer says

We have declared her for the Gladness Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. The ground is on the soft side and seven furlongs will be a bit sharp for her, but she has to start somewhere. Winning a stakes race with her is the obvious goal for the season. She has got good and strong over the winter and I’m hopeful she’ll be able to find improvement.

Form profile

Rated 106, she made a winning return to action in a handicap at Naas in March.

Trainer says

It was great to see him win as he did at Naas the other day, but I have to say that I was shocked to see him raised 15lb for it. Can an eight-year-old with 40-odd runs ever genuinely improve 15lb in one start? He was 20-1 on the day and to me, it looked like most of his opposition didn’t handle the testing ground. He’s a wonderful horse that has won one race a year since joining us and unfortunately I think he’ll struggle to win two this year after that rise. We have declared him for the Gladness Stakes on Saturday as we don’t have too many options for him now. It’s a very tough race, but he has race fitness on his side and hopefully he’ll run ok.

Form profile

Rated 87, he made it third-time lucky on the Flat when winning a maiden at Gowran Park in September 2023 and has been absent since.

Trainer says

He’s back and rearing to go! We are just waiting for the ground to dry out to get him back on the track. We’ve always thought a hell of a lot of him, but he didn’t get to the track last year as he broke his pelvis early in the season. He’s been gelded since then and everything has been going smoothly with him this time. A mile or a mile-and-a-quarter will suit him, and he’ll be one to watch in valuable handicaps I’d say.

Form profile

A 145-rated hurdler, she made a winning debut on the Flat in a maiden at the Curragh in November.

Trainer says

The plan is to go to Aintree and the Punchestown Festival over hurdles with her, but the plan after that is to get her back on the Flat. Longer distances will be her thing, and we’ll give her the chance to earn some black type on the Flat. She’s the most wonderful mare. What you see is what you get. She tries her best every run.

Form profile

Rated 103, he won three times last season including the Knockaire Stakes at Leopardstown in October.

Trainer says

He has grown a bit and got stronger over the winter. I’ve been very happy with his work so far. He is a Listed winner already, so will be one for Listed and Group 3 races around a mile. I’m hopeful that there will be more to come from him.

Form profile

Rated 95, she won a maiden at Tramore in August and went on to finish fourth in a Listed race at Naas in October.

Trainer says

She was unlucky not to sneak some black type last year. She’s a big filly by Camelot and has done well over the winter, so you’d be very hopeful that she can improve again this season. She’ll be one for all those fillies-only stakes races over a mile-and-a-half and further. There’s a good programme there for her and hopefully she can make the best of it.

Form profile

Rated 95, she won the Petingo Handicap at Leopardstown at the Irish Champions Festival in 2023.

Trainer says

She’s back in training and is a great form. Things didn’t really go her way last season as she was struggling with a sinus issue that has now been fully resolved. She has come back down the weights a little bit and if we can get her back to top form, she might be able to win another valuable handicap on her way to hopefully earning some black type.

Form profile

Rated 91, he won two of his four starts last season including a valuable handicap at the Curragh in June.

Trainer says

We had been aiming him towards the Ebor last year, but he had a setback after his last run that ruled him out for the rest of the season. He has been training nicely, and all has gone smoothly with him. He’s like his mother, he likes to hear his feet rattle, so we’ll wait for firmer ground before we start him back on the track. He is likely to start in handicaps, but I think he has the potential to progress into a stakes horse. I could see him going up in trip as the season progresses, maybe up to as far as two miles.

Form profile

Rated 101, she won the Jannah Rose Stakes at Naas in May.

Trainer says

Sea The Boss was a little unlucky last year as she got a setback just before Royal Ascot. We got her back for the backend of the season, but it didn’t work out as hoped as the ground got too soft for her. She’s back again and she is likely to start off in the Noblesse Stakes at Cork next month. She looks a stronger filly that last year and I think she can have an exciting campaign this season.

Form profile

An unraced daughter of Dubawi that is out of a Listed-winning half-sister to the Australian star Anamoe.

Trainer says

This is an interesting filly that came to us unraced from Godolphin. She has obviously had problems along the way, but we’ve had a clear run with her. We have a maiden at Gowran Park next week in mind for her debut and we’ve been pleased with her work. She has a great pedigree, and it would be great to win a race with her.

Form profile

Rated 103, she made a winning debut in a maiden at the Curragh in May prior to finishing in the frame in three stakes races including the Debutante Stakes at the Curragh.

Trainer says

At this stage she is an intended runner in the Priory Belle Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday. She is a massive, big filly. Every time we look at her, we think she’s grown even more. She has matured nicely, and I’d be surprised if she doesn’t find improvement this season. The trip is seven furlongs on Sunday, but a mile will be no problem for her, and she might even stay a bit further than that.

Form profile

Rated 112, he won two of his three starts as a juvenile including the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown at the Irish Champions Festival.

Trainer says

We set our stall out by deciding not to run him again after he won the Group 2 at the Irish Champions Festival as we wanted to give him plenty of time to mature with a view to maximising him this year. I’m delighted with how well he did over the winter. He’s a big, laid-back horse and we’ve been very happy with his work so far. We have entered him everywhere and won’t make a decision until we need to, but I’d imagine it will be either the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket or possibly the Irish 2,000 Guineas. If he goes to either of those, I don’t think he’ll have a run beforehand. He has an entry in the Derby too and I wouldn’t want to rule out that possibility. He’s by Wootton Bassett out of a Galileo mare with a relaxed racing demeanour, so he could stay that far.

Form profile

Rated 117, he won four of his six starts as a juvenile including the Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown, the Beresford Stakes at the Curragh and the Futurity Trophy Stakes at Doncaster.

Trainer says

We are particularly happy with how he did over the winter. He is 520kg on the scale. He is a very different horse to Green Impact in terms of outlook on life. Green Impact is very laid back, whereas Hotazhell is on the ball every step of the way. He’s thriving on his regime, and we are delighted with him. We’ve entered him in the Newmarket, Irish and French versions of the 2000 Guineas and we’ll wait until closer to the time before we pick his starting spot. He stayed a mile as a two-year-old and we’ve entered him in the Derby, but it is a bit of a debate amongst ourselves here whether he’ll stay quite that far. A mile-and-a-quarter might well end up being his trip. He’s very exciting.

Form profile

Rated 87, she won a maiden at Roscommon and a nursery at the Galway Festival last season.

Trainer says

The hope is to start her off for the season in a handicap at Leopardstown. We’re delighted with how she did over the winter and her work has been good. We were hopeful that she’ll stay a mile-and-a-quarter, which she’s bred to do, but she’s showing plenty of pace at home this year. We’ll see how she shapes on Sunday and play it by ear from there.

Form profile

Shaped with promise in a maiden at the Curragh in June prior to running below form in a maiden at the Galway Festival.

Trainer says

She is a half-sister to Trevaunance that we’ve always liked. She’s the most lovely big filly. Even though she is bred as she is, she was showing us a bit of pace last summer and I thought she ran a lovely race on her debut in a seven-furlong fillies’ maiden at the Curragh on Irish Derby weekend. She was a bit disappointing on her next start at the Galway Festival and then she started to grow, so we didn’t run her again and gave her all the time she needed. She’ll be ready to run in about three weeks I’d say. I think she’ll have a good chance of staying a mile-and-a-half. I’d be muttering it very quietly, but she could be an Oaks filly.

Form profile

An unraced daughter of Night Of Thunder from the family of Roderic O’Connor.

Trainer says

She’s a very nice filly. She was very close to running at the backend of last season, but the ground got heavy, and I didn’t want to do that to her on her first run. I’m glad I didn’t, as we gave her all the time she wanted, and she’s furnished out into a lovely filly. She could be one to start off at a mile and she she’ll be ready to start once the ground dries out a little more.

Form profile

Rated 95, she made a winning debut in a maiden at Gowran Park prior to running well in the Ingabelle Stakes at Leopardstown and in the Goff 500 at the Curragh.

Trainer says

She did well last season. We considered starting her back at Leopardstown on Sunday, but her coat isn’t quite there yet, so we have decided to give her a little bit more time. She’ll go straight into stakes company and can hopefully collect some black type this season.

Form profile

Rated 93, she remains a maiden after four starts, but did finish a close second in a Listed race at the Curragh in August.

Trainer says

She is a maiden that got stakes placed last season and has done particularly well over the winter. We have a maiden at Cork next week in mind for her starting point. All being well she’ll soon be back in stakes company. She’s a sprinter.

Form profile

Shaped well without winning in both his starts in maidens.

Trainer says

He’s a great big colt. I’m waiting for the ground to dry for him. He made a really promising debut, but he got a little bit weak after it and I probably shouldn’t have run him again, but I took the chance and got it wrong. He has done really well over the winter. A mile to a mile-and-a-quarter should be good trips for him.

Form profile

Rated 93, she won a maiden at Leopardstown in July and ran creditably in two starts in stakes company after that.

Trainer says

She’s a smashing filly that will be kept under wraps until the ground dries out. She is working well and looks like she has improved. We’ll probably start her over seven furlongs, but a mile shouldn’t be a problem for her.

Form profile

An unraced filly out of a mare that Harrington trained to win a maiden as a three-year-old.

Trainer says

She is one of a few Lucky Vega’s I have that are sharp and is likely to run quite early. Her dam won over a mile-and-a-half, but this filly will be a lot faster than that.

Form profile

An unraced filly that is out of a full-sister to the high-class performers Passage Of Time and Father Time.

Trainer says

She looks an early type and has been showing up well, so we shouldn’t have to wait long to see her on the track.

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An unraced colt that is out of a half-sister to the smart performers Forces Of Darkness and Waterloo Bridge, he realised €200,000 as a yearling.

Trainer says

He’s a lovely big colt by Wootton Bassett that seems to have plenty of class about him. He’ll be one to debut when the seven-furlong maidens start and is one to look forward to.

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A half-brother to the Cheveley Park Stakes winner Lumiere, he realised €450,000 as a yearling.

Trainer says

He is a lovely colt with a great pedigree. He won’t take all that long to come up to a run and he’s one I’m very much looking forward to.

Form profile

An unraced colt that is a half-brother to the useful sprinter Cityman, he realised 60,000gns as a yearling.

Trainer says

He is another that looks like an early type and has been showing us pace.