Million Dollar Mare Produces Irish Winner

Tara Madgwick - Monday July 16
Coolmore have outlaid considerable investment on Australian bred mares that have been sent to stud in Ireland and one of those mares featured with a super impressive winner overnight in Anthony Van Dyck.

Ridden by Donnacha O'Brien and trained by Aidan O'Brien, two year-old Galileo colt Anthony Van Dyck improved sharply on his unplaced debut at the Curragh on July 1 to race away and win as he pleased at Killarney.

A half-brother to Group I winner Bounding from stakes-winning Exceed and Excel mare Believe'n'Succeed, Anthony Van Dyck ran out an eight length winner in the 1m maiden as a short priced favourite.

"Anthony Van Dyck is a lovely horse and did that really nicely. They went a good gallop and I wanted to get him rolling early, he really picked up well when I gave him a slap. I think he's a smart horse," said Donnacha O'Brien.

Anthony Van Dyck is the third winner for Group III winner Believe'n'Succeed and her first in the Northern Hemisphere since she was purchased by Tom Magnier for $1.1 million at the 2014 Magic Millions  Patinack Dispersal.

Believe'n'Succeed is a full sister to Darley's promising young sire Kuroshio, who has left winners in both hemispheres this year.

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