First foal of $6 million champion Stellar Wind debuts at Leopardstown

Leopardstown's juvenile fillies' maiden (5.30) on Thursday boasts a blue-blooded line up of fillies making their debut, in fact one might say a stellar field.

Chief among them is A Moment Like This, a daughter of Galileo and the first foal out of the six-time Grade 1 winner Stellar Wind. The Curlin mare was purchased by MV Magnier for $6m at the 2017 Keeneland November Sale from Lane's End.

Stellar Wind was America's champion three-year-old filly in 2015 when she was triumphant in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks and second in the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

Trained by John Sadler for Hronis Racing for each of her starts prior to her sale at Keeneland, Stellar Wind's Grade 1 successes included defeats of Beholder in the Grade 1 Clement L Hirsch Stakes and Zenyatta Stakes.

She made one start for the Coolmore partners and Chad Brown when sixth to Gun Runner in the Pegasus World Cup, after which she was retired to stud.

Stellar Wind is out of the Malibu Moon mare Evening Star who is a half-sister to stakes winner M Out First, second dam of Grade 1 Metropolitan and Los Alamitos Futurity winner Mor Spirit. She is also a half-sister to the Listed winner and Grade 3 second Zenith, who is the dam of Grade 1 second Great Hunter.

Full card for Leopardstown's two-year-old fillies' maiden

Donnacha O'Brien trains A Moment Like This who runs in the blue and orange silks of Michael Tabor.

Dame Kiri also carries the Tabor silks and is trained by O'Brien's father Aidan. She is from the first crop of Coolmore America's unbeaten Triple Crown winner Justify and is the first foal out of Hence, a Listed-placed Galileo full-sister to Sun Chariot, Matron and Falmouth Stakes winner Alice Springs.

As with A Moment Like This, she too was bred by Orpendale, Chelston and Wynatt.

Aidan O'Brien also unveils the filly by Lord Kanaloa out of Promised To Be True. Maybe Just Maybe is a daughter of Lord Kanaloa, sire of Almond Eye, and a Galileo full-sister to European champion two-year-old filly Maybe

Not to be left out of the family photo afterwards is Joseph O'Brien who saddles Thornbrook in the contest. She is from the first crop of 2,000 Guineas and Racing Post Trophy winner Saxon Warrior and out of Lillebonne, a Danehill Dancer half-sister to Listed winner Circuit Stellar and the Listed winner and Group 3-placed Seisai.

Lillebonne's dam is a half-sister to Helene Charisma, Normandel and La Pyle, who is the dam of Group 1 winner Pyeldriver.

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