Beaten only once in a glorious 11 start career that produced six Group I wins, Shadwell superstar Baaeed is on the board with his first stakes-winner as a sire after 2YO filly Curracloe won the Group III Darley Fillies Stakes (7f) at The Curragh on Sunday.
Trained by Johnny Murtagh and ridden by Ben Coen, Curracloe won by nearly three lengths making it two wins in as many starts.
Curracloe runs for Qatar Racing and was a 240,000 guinea purchase from Tattersalls October Book 2 Yearling Sale for David Redvers Bloodstock.
“You're always looking to try and get these good horses into your yard. What Curracloe did the first day was kind of special. Ours usually need a run. They always run green, but Ben [Coen] liked her from the word go, and the way she won her maiden was impressive,” Murtagh said.
“We were a bit worried today coming here. I just said to Ben this morning. What about the ground? He said to me, the good ones go on any ground.
“Hopefully she'll go on. She has the size, she has a bit of scope, so hopefully she'll go on and improve again during the winter and be a really, really nice, exciting three-year-old.”
By champion sire Sea the Stars, Baaeed was unraced at two and then undefeated at three in six runs all at a mile before returning at four to win all but his very last start when closing out his career with a fourth in the Group I British Champion Stakes at Ascot.
Given his pedigree and profile there has been no real expectation for his stock to be out and running early and to date he has sired six winners from 24 starters with Curracloe the first stakes-winner.
Bred in the US, Curracloe is a half-sister to stakes-placed Sweet Little Lila and is the first winner from Group I placed Artie Schiller mare Sassy Little Lila, a daughter of stakes-winner Sharp Apple and half-sister to Group II Haydock Lancashire Oaks winner Pomology.
Baaeed stood at a fee of £55,000 in 2026.
Footnote: There are six two year-olds in Australia by Baaeed bred to Southern Hemisphere time that were all bred by Yulong and include one that has already been named.
Red Tape Lady is a filly from Bureaucracy (IRE) that was bought by Munce Racing/Arthur Hoyeau, from the Yulong draft at Magic Millions for $300,000. She is trained by Chris and Corey Munce with Yulong retaining an interest in her ownership.
