Curragh 5:25 Result

This is a typically messy 21-runner Curragh fillies maiden, but Together Now stands out on class and form. She was runner-up on her only start last season (form figure "2") for the powerful Ballydoyle stable, a yard that regularly wins these maidens with fillies who ran well as juveniles and return fresh for their 3yo debut. Aidan O'Brien's third-season fillies with a placed juvenile run and a break tend to strike well fresh, especially when dropped into a weak home maiden like this rather than a Group event. The 357-day layoff is not a concern here - it's the standard connections' plan to go straight over timber into a suitable pot after a promising 2yo run, and the booking of R.P. Whelan, plus tongue-tie fitted, suggests intent to have her spot on. 1m1f on good to yielding should suit a Dubawi-Galileo cross bred to stay well. Among the market rivals, Ridersinthesky (85 OR) and Lookingforarainbow (84 OR) have the highest form ratings but both are stepping up from long layoffs themselves with modest recent form (0 and 5 last time), while Sunatia (Weld) has been progressive (022) and could threaten but hasn't shown quite the same placed-in-defeat profile at a big meeting. Camelot Queen, also Ballydoyle, has already had five runs without winning (6-3634) so looks the moderate stable one; Together Now looks the fresher, higher-potential type given only one run and a place effort. The O'Brien battalion typically fires in maidens like this with the least-exposed, best-bred filly, and that profile fits Together Now perfectly. She looks the one with the most scope and is taken to defy the layoff and win.