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One Look snapped up by Wathnan Racing

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One Look, who returned to winning ways last time out for Paddy Twomey, is the latest acquisition to the ever-expanding Wathnan Racing team.

Having won the Goffs Million on her only outing at two, connections harboured Classic dreams in 2024 but she came up short in her trial in May.

She ended the last campaign in good form and began this season with a win in Group Three company at the Curragh – and while she found quick ground against her in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot, the step up in trip suited her in the Group Three Meadow Court Stakes most recently.

With a variety of options coming up such as the Matron and Blandford Stakes at the Irish Champions Festival, Wathnan are looking forward to the future, and her second career as a broodmare.

Richard Brown, Wathnan’s Racing adviser, said: “One Look is a fine racemare, with plenty of options from a mile to 10 furlongs before she retires to stud.

“She’s been very well campaigned and is enjoying a tremendous season. We’re thrilled to have her.”

One Look is all it takes for Twomey filly to star at the Curragh

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One Look relished a step up in trip when bouncing back to her best in the Curragh’s Al Shira’aa Racing Meadow Court Stakes.

The four-year-old burst onto the scene here at the Curragh in a valuable event as a two-year-old and has been one of Paddy Twomey’s top performers ever since.

She began this season in great form, winning the Park Express Stakes at this track before returning to give Porta Fortuna a fright in the Lanwades Stud Stakes, but was disappointing when last seen in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Sent off at 100-30 for her first try at 10 furlongs, she relished the return to her beloved Curragh and served a reminder of her class in the hands of Wayne Lordan to deliver a decisive length success over Dermot Weld’s Azada.

Twomey said: “It was great to come here and win again at the Curragh. She seems to like the Curragh and is a lovely filly.

“Ascot didn’t work out for her, probably on ground quicker than she’d like and a trip as short as she’d want to go.

“She ran over nine and a half furlongs at Gowran last year and we felt on pedigree that stepping up in trip would suit her. She was brave today, she didn’t have the easiest passage through but won nicely.

Paddy Twomey with jockey Wayne Lordan after the victory of One Look
Paddy Twomey with jockey Wayne Lordan after the victory of One Look (Niall Carson/PA)

“She’s won a Group Three with a penalty, so we’re going to have to look at better races.

“She’s in the Nassau, she could run here in the Blandford Stakes on Champions Weekend and races on Arc weekend. We’ll have a think and pick our spots, but she’s a four-year-old now and will probably run more than she has in the past.”

Sir Mark Prescott’s Tasmania, the 5-2 favourite, had to settle for a running-on third.