Point Nepean (Image: @NavanRacecourse Twitter)
Joseph O Brien will attempt to win Tuesday s Listed Lenebane Stakes at Ireland s Rosscommon Racecourse with yet another horse owned by Australian interests.
O Brien has won the past two editions of the Lenebane with the OTI Racing-owned Downdraft in 2019 and the Lloyd Williams-owned Pondus, who defeated OTI s Jessica Harrington-trained mare Camphor last year.
O Brien and Williams, who have combined to win two Melbourne Cups, have representation again in the Lenebane on Tuesday with the aggressively placed Point Nepean.
Point Nepean has only raced once, winning his debut in a €12,000 (A$19,000) three-year-old maiden over 2615 metres at Navan on May 30 when confidently supported in betting to overturn odds-on favourite Malawi.
UPDATED 4:13PM, MAR 3 2021
The familiar black, white and red colours of Moyglare Stud have been carried to success by countless stars down the years - think recent Group 1 winners such as Free Eagle and Search For A Song - and the operation s broodmare band is now set for another season of top-class coverings.
The 2021 breeding season follows on from a period of lockdowns and global economic uncertainty as a result of coronavirus. Moyglare s bloodstock advisor Fiona Craig noted that the restrictions on travel have been far from ideal, although she explains that it was possible to work around those concerns while formulating mating plans with the stud s owner Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner.