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Big bonanza card ahead of Naas Saturday! AndrewNelis

A number of recent Royal Ascot contestants including Royal Ascot winner Art Power are Naas bound this weekend for a quality Saturday Card.
Coolmore Stud, one of Naas Racecourse's longest standing sponsors have announced today that they will sponsor the Group 3 Lacken Stakes for the first time as well as the Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies Sprint Race. Recent winners of the Group 3 Lacken Stakes include So Perfect and Group 1 Royal Ascot winners Sioux Nation and Caravaggio. This year the race has attracted 21 entries.
“Coolmore are delighted to be continuing our valued association with Naas racecourse” commented David O’Loughlin of Coolmore Stud.
Last season’s European two-year-old filly of the year Millisle will be making a shorter trip to the racetrack as she is set to have her first start in Ireland this season when lining up in the Coolmore Sioux Nation Lacken Stakes at Naas Racecourse.
The Jessica Harrington trained filly was a winner of the Group 1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes last season and finished fifth at Royal Ascot eleven days ago in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup.
Millisle’s potential opposition is headed by English raider Art Power. Tim Easterby’s exciting young sprinter is stepping up in class after his impressive victory in a five-furlong handicap at Royal Ascot.
Another English raider entered is Ventura Rebel for the Richard Fahey yard.
Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien has won the last three running’s of the race and holds eight entries in this renewal including recent Group 3 winner Love Locket and last season’s Group 2 winner Royal Lytham.
Yorkshire-based trainer Easterby said: “We are currently studying the entries and logistics for the weekend.
Art Power is in good form, he has come out of his Royal Ascot win very well and I am very happy with him. He is a very exciting horse to train.”
The Coolmore Stud EBF Fillies Sprint Stakes is another pattern race down for decision on Saturday and the exciting Ger Lyons trained Frenetic heads the 12 entries. She showed her class last weekend in the Listed GAIN First Flier Stakes at the Curragh when dismissing her five rivals with a fine display of speed. Connections will be hoping she can do the same this weekend...

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