Eight races at Naas on Thursday where the 2yr-olds take centre stage. Notebooks at the ready and hopefully we can find a winner or two.
Naas Tips
- 13:50 Be In Love
- 14:22 Salt Lake
- 14:52 New Bond Street
- 15:22 Summer Sent You
- 15:52 Santerno
- 16:25 Elyatta
- 16:56 Rosiliane
- 17:32 Soldat
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13:50 6f (5f205y) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden (2yo)
An intriguing maiden to start the card and BE IN LOVE looks a very interesting runner for the Ballydoyle team. This filly cost €1.9m as a yearling and is a sister to Blackbeard, Charles Darwin, Tunbridge Wells and Run Away. She holds an entry in the Goffs Million at the Curragh on Saturday 26th September and if she was impressive here then that could be the planned route.
Selection: Be In Love
14:22 6f (5f205y) Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (2yo)
The Amo team have been in the news this week where Kia Joorabchian mentioned that he will support the new venture of Emmet Mullins. SALT LAKE was a massive eye-catcher on debut where it was beaten by a short head in the shadows of the post by the Juddmonte-owned and Joseph O’Brien-trained Monogram.
That form has worked out well as Monogram finished second in the Group 1 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday, and then on Tuesday the third from that maiden, Noble Exhibit, won by seven lengths at Punchestown. Should take a world of beating with normal improvement.
Selection: Salt Lake
14:52 5f Goffs Two Million Series Maiden (2yo)
Paddy Twomey has his team in good form of late with two winners from his last eight runners. NEW BOND STREET comes back into maiden company after finishing third in a listed event last time out. Some of the maiden form prior to that is very solid, notably finishing third to Push The Boat Out at the Curragh. Push The Boat Out franked the form by winning in Group Three company on second start in the Heider Family Stables Round Tower Stakes.
A repeat of either of those runs should finally see New Bond Street get off the mark.
Selection: New Bond Street
15:22 5f Nursery Handicap (2yo)
An uphill finish could be ideal for SUMMER SENT YOU for the Ken Condon team following a third-place finish last time out in nursery company at Down Royal. This filly ran over seven furlongs, and while weak in the market, she ran a race full of promise, outpaced early on then running on into second before losing a place close home.
The winner was rated 68 and was raised eight pounds for victory while Summer Sent You was dropped two pounds by the handicapper. A strong pace could suit and could be involved with luck in running.
Selection: Summer Sent You
15:52 1m Irish Stallion Farms EBF Claiming Maiden (2yo)
This doesn’t look the strongest race on the card and with strong form lines few and far between, a chance can be taken with SANTERNO who is equipped with a tongue-tie for the first time. This colt has run in some strong maidens that have worked out well. He made his debut on soft ground at the Curragh behind Great Barrier Reef where he finished fifth of seven and was beaten eleven lengths.
The winner went on to win the Marble Hill Stakes (Group 3) and the Coventry Stakes (Group 2) following that and has since finished second in the Round Tower Stakes to Push The Boat Out. Santerno would go and finish 9th in the maiden that Push The Boat Out won and that form will be tested earlier on the card with New Bond Street (14.52).
Two races over 6f for Santerno may not have suited but the step up in trip could and he races over 1m here.
Selection: Santerno
16:25 1m Nursery Handicap (2yo)
Billy Lee rode a treble at Punchestown on Tuesday, and he takes the mount here aboard ELYATTA for Noel Meade. Collateral form with Summer Sent You, who we selected earlier on the card, will be tested as this colt was second in the nursery at Down Royal. He challenged inside the final furlong and hit the front but was ultimately gunned down by Romance, who ran on strongly to lead near the finish.
The dam is a half-sister to Lord Campari who won over a mile for Roger Varian in 2020, which suggests that there is stamina in the pedigree so the step up in trip should suit.
Selection: Elyatta
16:56 7f Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden (2yo)
Kevin Coleman, who has yet to saddle a two-year-old winner in 2026, will send a very interesting runner to post for this race. A graduate from the barrier trial academy, ROSILIANE ran a race full of promise on debut to finish fourth at Down Royal on the 4th of September. She caught the eye in a barrier trial prior to that when second at Leopardstown to Midnight Empress from the Diego Dias yard.
She was drawn in 14 a Down Royal and sat in midfield; she was 9th at the 3f marker but still travelling strongly on the inside; at the 2f marker she was still searching for room, the front runners had kicked and, while she was a little flat footed, she stayed on nicely for fourth. She is drawn wide again here in 15, but she should have learnt plenty from that opening run.
Selection: Rosiliane
17:32 7f Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (2yo)
Only one runner in the final race on the card has racecourse experience and that is Raqi from the Joseph O’Brien yard, who finished fifth in a barrier trial at Leopardstown. However, the selection is SOLDAT, a gelding in the Moyglare Stud Farm colours for the combination of Ger Lyons and Colin Keane. On the pedigree side of things, he is closely related to Yamal and a half brother to Hardy Warrior and Tamrat. Ger trained Tamrat to win on debut at the Curragh and could follow it up with victory for Soldat here. The market will tell us plenty about his chances.
Selection: Soldat
Naas Tips
- 13:50 Be In Love
- 14:22 Salt Lake
- 14:52 New Bond Street
- 15:22 Summer Sent You
- 15:52 Santerno
- 16:25 Elyatta
- 16:56 Rosiliane
- 17:32 Soldat
