Connections of Green Impact are eagerly anticipating what they hope will be a successful Classic campaign for the promising colt.
Trained by Jessica Harrington for Marc Chan, the son of Wootton Bassett showed significant potential when narrowly beaten by a neck on his debut at the Curragh. He built on that performance to secure a victory over Delacroix in a maiden at Leopardstown.
The two faced off again at the Irish Champions Festival, where Green Impact confirmed his form by taking Group Two honours in the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown.
"He’s the first horse Marc has ever bred, and we’ve always had high expectations," said Jamie McCalmont, Chan’s racing manager.
"Jessie and Kate (Harrington) mentioned back in April that they planned to run him in a maiden on Irish Derby weekend, so their confidence in him has been clear from the start. He won’t race again this year, as that was part of the plan going into the Leopardstown race. We hope he’ll strengthen up and become an even stronger horse next year, likely starting off in one of the Guineas to gauge his best trip. He’ll definitely stay a mile and a quarter; whether he can handle a mile and a half remains to be seen, but we’ll assess that in the spring."