More Stakes Success for Copacabana Sands

COPACABANA SANDS maintained her rapid rate of improvement with victory in the Group 3 Ballycorus Stakes at Leopardstown.

The three-year-old filly is a graduate of the September Yearling Sale where she was consigned by Springfort Park Stud and purchased by D.N.A Equine for €7,000.

It was a second successive stakes success for the Michael O’Callaghan-trained filly, who won the Listed Owenstown Stud Stakes on her penultimate start.

The filly was running for the first time in the colours of Barbara Keller, and her trainer stated afterwards that an ambitious autumn campaign is likely to be mapped out for her, given her effectiveness on soft ground.

The 2023 September Yearling Sale has now produced eight stakes winners, including the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes winner COOL HOOF LUKE.

The 2024 September Yearling Sale has produced 15 individual winners, the latest of which was the Charlie Johnston-trained CHAMPION ISLAND who opened his account at Chelmsford on Thursday.