Pleascach (IRE)

Second foal; dam 7f (at 2) and 1m2f winner (RPR 99), out of half-sister to US 1m1f stakes winner Drina (dam of Breeders´ Cup Distaff winner Spain and 1m4f Grade 2 winner Puerto Banus); big improver in a sparkling 2015, winning a Group 3 at Naas in May before taking the Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh later that month; runner-up in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot, before fifth in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh; won the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks at York before finishing a creditable fourth against the colts in the Irish Champion Stakes; outstanding second in the Prix de l'Opera at Chantilly in October on delayed comeback in 2016; stays 1m4f; acts on good to firm and good to soft.