14 May. IRE. Blue Wind S. G3. Naas. 10f. Turf. 90.000 €
1.- ADORED (J.Murtagh)
2.- TIFFANY DIAMOND (J.Heffernan)
3.- PROFOUND BEAUTY (P.Smullen)


A maiden at the start of the month, Aiden O’Brien’s Adored underlined her tremendous rate of progress when making all the running for Johnny Murtagh at Naas to claim the featured Blue Wind Stakes.

A gamble on Profound Beauty went badly astray as Dermot Weld’s odds-on chance was unable to overhaul Murtagh’s mount and, indeed, lost out for second to the winner’s 33/1 stablemate, Tiffany Diamond.

Any hope of Marjalina being considered for the English Oaks disappeared when Kevin Prendergast’s hitherto unbeaten charge dropped right out and was later discovered to be coming in season.

Adored is from the Darshaan mare Sudden Hope, who is a half sister to Kris' G1 winner Sudden Love and has a Sadler's Wells yearling three-quarter-brother to Adored.