Irish-Breds Round Out Top Three in Del Mar Fillies Turf

Irish breeding was very much to the fore in America Sept. 2 after an enterprising piece of placing by Fozzy Stack saw Yesterdayoncemore lead home two other juveniles who had begun life on the other side of the Atlantic in the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes at Del Mar.

Stack's runner, who came through smoothly under Victor Espinoza to win by a length, was a maiden in five starts in Ireland, running a close fifth in a nursery at Galway last time and contesting two group races.

Bred by Llang Bloodstock and sold to Stack and agent Cormac McCormack for 110,000 guineas (US$151,225) in Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, she is a half sister to several minor winners and a daughter of Coolmore's No Nay Never.

Yesterdayoncemore is from the family of Dr Devious, who took the 1992 Ever Ready Epsom Derby (G1) after an audacious attempt in the Kentucky Derby (G1), and Stack reported afterwards that she would remain in the U.S. to explore more options.

Four of the 11-strong field were Irish-bred and runner-up Croughavouke had won a maiden at Limerick in July for Aidan Fogarty before a transfer to the Jeff Mullins barn.

Fogarty's father Joe bred the daughter of Dandy Man from their Kilfeacle Stud in Tipperary and she had been led away unsold for just €4,500 ($5,166) at last year's Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale.

Completing the clean sweep was Applecross, a Bath maiden winner for Michael Bell in the spring who finished down the field in the Queen Mary (G2).

Bred by Sophie Hayley and Thomas Cahalan of Rahinane Farm in Leinster, the daughter of Sir Prancealot  had been pinhooked by Tally Ho Stud and sold to Alex Elliott for £60,000 ($77,400) at the Goffs UK Breeze-Up before switching connections to Richard Baltas.