Irish Derby Day

[my miss storm cat]

Curragh - Sunday 27 June

14:15
12 Run Dubai Duty Free Sapphire Stakes (group 3)
Class 1, £65000.00 added, 3yo plus, £39000.00 penalty 5f
Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey

1(12) 244-628 Benbaun (IRE) K A Ryan 9 9 8 P J Smullen
2(4) 944910- Reverence E J Alston 9 9 8 W J Supple
3(2) 225362 Elnawin R Hannon 4 9 5 R L Moore
4(8) 07-3546 Judge 'n Jury R Harris 6 9 5 L Morris
5(9) 122-102 Rain Delayed (IRE) G M Lyons 4 9 5 K Latham
6(3) 261-747 Spin Cycle (IRE) B Smart 4 9 5 R Mullen
7(5) 1115- Arctic (IRE) T Collins 3 9 2 P Shanahan
8(1) 421204 Glamorous Spirit (IRE) R Harris 4 9 2 K Fallon
9(10) 52-4615 Look Busy (IRE) A Berry 5 9 2 P Mathers
10(11) 87-1214 Miss Gorica (IRE) Ms J Morgan 6 9 2 W M Lordan
11(6) 814-145 Sole Power E Lynam 3 8 13 J P Murtagh
12(7) 21160-2 Piccadilly Filly (IRE) E J Creighton 3 8 10 E Creighton


Betting Forecast: 4/1 Benbaun (IRE), 9/2 Arctic (IRE), 6/1 Spin Cycle (IRE), 7/1 Rain Delayed (IRE), Sole Power, 8/1 Elnawin, Piccadilly Filly (IRE), 12/1 Miss Gorica (IRE), Look Busy (IRE), 16/1 Reverence, 20/1 Judge 'n Jury, Glamorous Spirit (IRE)



15:15
8 Run Ladbrokes.com Railway Stakes (group 2)
Class 1, £100000.00 added, 2yo only, £60000.00 penalty 6f
Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey

1(5) 2125 Chilworth Lad M R Channon 2 9 1 K Fallon
2(4) 3211 Clondinnery (IRE) G M Lyons 2 9 1 K Latham
3(1) 31 Formosina (IRE) J Noseda 2 9 1 R L Moore
4(2) Glor Na Mara (IRE) J S Bolger 2 9 1 K J Manning
5(7) 1241 High Award (IRE) T Stack 2 9 1 W M Lordan
6(8) 1 Longhunter K Prendergast 2 9 1 D P McDonogh
7(3) 410 Oor Jock (IRE) D K Weld 2 9 1 P J Smullen
8(6) 114 Samuel Morse (IRE) A P O'Brien 2 9 1 J P Murtagh


Betting Forecast: 6/4 Samuel Morse (IRE), 9/2 Clondinnery (IRE), 5/1 Glor Na Mara (IRE), 6/1 High Award (IRE), Formosina (IRE), 12/1 Longhunter, Chilworth Lad, 16/1 Oor Jock (IRE)



17:10
11 Run Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (group 1)
Class 1, £1250000.00 added, 3yo only, £725000.00 penalty 1m 4f
Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey

1(9) 51-2324 At First Sight (IRE) A P O'Brien 3 9 0 J P O'Brien
2(6) 62-5110 Bright Horizon A P O'Brien 3 9 0 S M Levey
3(3) 111-10 Cape Blanco (IRE) A P O'Brien 3 9 0 J P Murtagh
4(10) 9-2211 Carraiglawn (IRE) J S Bolger 3 9 0 D J Moran
5(11) 120-14 Chabal (IRE) Saeed Suroor 3 9 0 K Fallon
6(4) 10-137 Coordinated Cut (IRE) M L W Bell 3 9 0 J P Spencer
7(8) 1367-42 Dubawi Phantom D Simcock 3 9 0 A Ajtebi
8(1) 411-14 Jan Vermeer (IRE) A P O'Brien 3 9 0 J A Heffernan
9(5) 314-15 Midas Touch A P O'Brien 3 9 0 C O'Donoghue
10(7) 111211 Monterosso M Johnston 3 9 0 L Dettori
11(2) 1189-11 Puncher Clynch (IRE) J S Bolger 3 9 0 K J Manning


Betting Forecast: 9/4 Cape Blanco (IRE), 3/1 Monterosso, 7/2 Jan Vermeer (IRE), 6/1 Midas Touch, 10/1 Coordinated Cut (IRE), 14/1 Chabal (IRE), 16/1 Puncher Clynch (IRE), 20/1 Carraiglawn (IRE), 25/1 At First Sight (IRE), 50/1 Dubawi Phantom, 100/1 Bright Horizon


FORMWATCH
AT FIRST SIGHT (IRE) 5-2fav (8-12) Led, pushed along over 2f out, headed 2f out, outpaced to 3rd soon after, hard driven over 1f out, no chance with leading duo and lost 3rd last strides, 4th of 8, 5l behind Monterosso (8-12) at Royal Ascot 1m 4f 3yo Grp 2 (1) gf.BRIGHT HORIZON 8-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear on inside, ridden well over 2f out, no impression when switched right 2f out, 12th of 18, 11l behind Dandino (8-13) at Royal Ascot 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gf.CAPE BLANCO (IRE) 2-1fav (9-2) 10th of 22, 9l behind Lope De Vega (9-2) at Chantilly(FR) 1m 2f 3yo Grp 1 (1) sft.CARRAIGLAWN (IRE) 7-2 (8-10) Chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden to challenge 2f out, soon led, kept on well final furlong, won at Curragh 1m 2f Listed stks (1) gf beating Choose Me (9-9) by 1l, 13 ran.CHABAL (IRE) 7-4fav (9-0) Raced in last place of the pace, pushed along over 4f out, ridden 3f out, beaten 2f out, eased final furlong, 4th of 5, 20l behind Cape Blanco (9-0) at York 1m 2f 3yo Grp 2 (1) gf in May.COORDINATED CUT (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Stumbled leaving stalls, held up in rear, 10th straight, effort on outside and kept on final 2f, never reached challenging position, 7th of 12, 12l behind Workforce (9-0) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gf.DUBAWI PHANTOM 8-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Bullet Train (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 3f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gf in May.JAN VERMEER (IRE) 9-4fav (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway on outside to mid-division 9f out, 6th straight, stayed on to well held 3rd over 2f out, weakened to 4th 1f out, 4th of 12, 12l behind Workforce (9-0) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gf.MIDAS TOUCH 6-1 (9-0) Chased leaders in 4th, 3rd straight, chased clear leader over 3f out until 3f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 12, 12l behind Workforce (9-0) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gf.MONTEROSSO 7-2 (8-12) Tracked leading trio, effort on outside over 2f out, led 2f out, soon hung right to far rail, ridden and in command over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Royal Ascot 1m 4f 3yo Grp 2 (1) gf beating Arctic Cosmos (8-12) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.PUNCHER CLYNCH (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Always prominent, led narrowly from 2f out, strongly pressed final furlong, all out close home, won at Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gf in Apr beating At First Sight (9-1) by shd, 8 ran.

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Nice to see Benbaun (and Reverence!!!) back here.

Railway Stakes? Man it's not like there's an Antonius Pius in this group.

AOB owns this race so whichever runner...

I keep changing my mind about the Derby but guess I should just stick with Jan Vermeer who was my original pick. * * * * *

Come home safe everyone.

(We'll never forget you, Gypsy King).


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[my miss storm cat]

Cape Blanco wins, AoB loses his grip on the Railway, Reverence 2nd (!!!!!).

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