Danehill Dancer juveniles Ascot bound

8th May 2007

Aidan O’Brien’s juvenile team have made a big impression this year and none more so than a pair of Danehill Dancer colts in action at the Curragh and Newmarket.

At the Curragh on Monday, Warsaw (2c Danehill Dancer-For Evva Silca by Piccolo) justified strong market support to land the Listed Coolmore Stakes by a length and a half.

"He’s quick and there’s plenty of length to him," said O’Brien. "He did it effortlessly and is a possible for the G2 Norfolk Stakes or Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot."

Warsaw, who was bred at Jim Murphy’s Redpender Stud and sold for 250,000gns as a yearling, landed the black-type contest from The Loan Express (2f Choisir-Mamma’s Too by Skyliner), who became a stakes-placed runner for Danehill Dancer’s son Choisir’s first crop.

A day before Warsaw’s victory, Achilles Of Troy (2c Danehill Dancer-Twice The Ease by Green Desert) ran out a five-length winner of the maiden at Newmarket in which George Washington made his debut two years earlier.

Achilles Of Troy, a 115,000gns yearling who was bred by Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House, is another set for Royal Ascot.

"Achilles of Troy was very green first time out at Naas, but he learned a lot from that and he has always been pretty quick," said O’Brien. "We will put him in both the G2 Norfolk Stakes and G2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot and shuffle our options nearer the time, but it would not matter if he stayed at five furlongs or moved up to six."