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Review naas 10th Jul
Aidan and Joseph O'Brien celebrate the five-timer
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The O'Brien family dominated proceedings at Naas, with trainer Aidan bagging a five-timer, four ridden by son Joseph and one by daughter Ana.< Oklahoma City looks a colt going places after blitzing his three rivals in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.
The Aidan O'Brien-trained colt was sixth behind Sudirman on his debut after being slowly away, but he made no such mistake here, bursting into the lead as soon as the gates opened.
Joseph O'Brien hardly had to get serious on the 1-2 chance, as he stretched 13 lengths clear of Bonjour Bob at the line.
O'Brien senior and junior made it a quick double when Minorette struck on her debut in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.
Travelling noticeably better than her rivals approaching the final furlong, the 5-4 favourite picked up nicely when asked and went on to beat Touch Of Snow by a length and three quarters.
The treble came up when Rain God won a shade cosily in the Hospitality Booking On Line Handicap.
Sent out in front from the outset by O'Brien junior, the 5-2 chance kept on well to hold the fast finishing Mordanmijobsworth by a length and a half.< The Vatican (11-4) was off the bridle a long way out in the Tipper Road Race, but Joseph O'Brien found a very willing partner to get up close home and score.
Ana O'Brien found a really willing partner in Waver (10-3), who responded to his jockey's urgings to land the Follow Naas Racecourse On Facebook Apprentice Handicap.
The Ballydoyle juggernaut had to settle for second in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden for older fillies as their representative Il Palazzo could not reel in the Dermot Weld-trained Violet Hour (5-2 favourite), who struck by a length and three quarters under Pat Smullen.
Eddie Lynam's Penny Serenade came home strongly for Niall McCullagh to land the Final BBQ Evening At Naas 24th July Handicap.