The Curragh on Sunday

[my miss storm cat]

Some nice fields tomorrow....

Good luck to Warsaw, Alexander Tango, Eagle Mountain, Henry, Benbaun and Al Qasi.

(..... and, of course, to Mr. Fallon).

edit - Insane odds on Warsaw. Hmmm.....I think he wins here (but have been dead wrong all day, thank you very much).

Curragh - Sunday 12 August
Going: N/A

14:45
5 Run United Arab Emirates Royal Whip Stakes (group 2)
Class 1, £125000.00 added, 3yo plus, £77500.00 penalty 1m 2f


Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(1) 823711 Championship Point (IRE) M R Channon 4 9 9 T P O'Shea
2(2) 432-332 Cougar Bay (IRE) D Wachman 4 9 9 J A Heffernan
3(4) 39-3316 Decado (IRE) K Prendergast 4 9 9 D P McDonogh
4(5) 4-523U2 Eagle Mountain A P O'Brien 3 9 3 K Fallon
5(3) 7-24141 Alexander Tango (IRE) T Stack 3 8 11 W M Lordan


Betting Forecast: 6/4 Eagle Mountain, 5/2 Championship Point (IRE), 7/2 Decado (IRE), 4/1 Alexander Tango (IRE), 8/1 Cougar Bay (IRE)

15:45
7 Run Independent Waterfood Wedgwood Phoenix Stakes (group 1)
Class 1, £300001.00 added, 2yo only, £177600.00 penalty 6f

Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(3) 61 Captain Royale (IRE) J Noseda 2 9 1 M J Kinane
2(7) 11 Henrythenavigator (USA) A P O'Brien 2 9 1 K Fallon
3(5) 12924 South Dakota (IRE) A P O'Brien 2 9 1 C O'Donoghue
4(2) 110 Warsaw (IRE) A P O'Brien 2 9 1 J A Heffernan
5(6) 3113 Elletelle (IRE) G M Lyons 2 8 12 J P Murtagh
6(1) 31253 Saoirse Abu (USA) J S Bolger 2 8 12 K J Manning
7(4) 1253 The Loan Express (IRE) T Stack 2 8 12 W M Lordan


Betting Forecast: 4/7 Henrythenavigator (USA), 7/2 Elletelle (IRE), 10/1 The Loan Express (IRE), 12/1 Captain Royale (IRE), 16/1 Warsaw (IRE), 20/1 South Dakota (IRE), 50/1 Saoirse Abu (USA)


16:15
9 Run Patrick P.o'leary Memorial Phoenix Sprint Stakes (group 3)
Class 1, £75001.00 added, 3yo plus, £48750.00 penalty 6f


Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(7) 2153-10 Benbaun (IRE) M Wallace 6 9 10 E Ahern
2(5) 3232-50 Advanced K A Ryan 4 9 5 N Callan
3(3) 211-602 Al Qasi (IRE) P W Chapple-Hyam 4 9 5 K McEvoy
4(4) 251040 Assertive R Hannon 4 9 5 K J Manning
5(9) 370327 Fonthill Road (IRE) R A Fahey 7 9 5 P Hanagan
6(2) 1129-46 Osterhase (IRE) J E Mulhern 8 9 5 F M Berry
7(6) 121439 Grecian Dancer C O'Brien 4 9 2 J P Murtagh
8(1) 251151 Aahayson K R Burke 3 9 1 P Cosgrave
9(8) 11-31 Evening Time (IRE) K Prendergast 3 8 12 D P McDonogh


Betting Forecast: 5/2 Evening Time (IRE), 3/1 Benbaun (IRE), 5/1 Al Qasi (IRE), 7/1 Advanced, 8/1 Assertive, 10/1 Osterhase (IRE), 12/1 Fonthill Road (IRE), Aahayson, 14/1 Grecian Dancer

[_ed_]

Fantastic fields.

Probably a stupid question sorry, but what does the U in Eagle Mountain's formline mean? Never seen that before.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Fantastic fields.

Probably a stupid question sorry, but what does the U in Eagle Mountain's formline mean? Never seen that before.

I've never seen that either and I'm wondering if the u is for unseated rider since he parted ways with Fallon last time?

[_ed_]

Yeah that must be it. Thanks!

[NoChanceToDance]

Yes, U means unseated rider. Don't you have that in Oz or in the US? What is written in the form if a horse loses his/her jockey mid race?

It will be interesting to see if Eagle Mountain can win today, he has been so disappointing really considering his potential. He should be the best horse by far, but i wouldn't like to bet him at 6/4.

Henrythenavigator looks home and hosed already and aslong as there isn't a downpour to make the conditions really testing, he should win but he will be odds on. Warsaw is probably only in there as a rabbit, could be wrong though. I know Captain Royale is really well thought of by Noseda, but i doubt if he can cope with Henry.

The sprint is very competitive. Evening Time may turn out to be the best of these in the longer term but i think it's about time Al Qasi got his career back on track and showed us that he is a top sprinter, so i'm hoping he can win today.

[_ed_]

We have L here for lost rider.