Aidan O’Brien athletes featured in group races on Thursday | Scoop Dyga
Buried in Thursday night’s schedule, Leopardstown’s doubles race, Japan Racing Association Tyros S. and Silver Flash S., could easily be downgraded in a month of so many seismic changes underway. take place. A glance at the races’ honor sheet suggests the opposite is going to happen, with Tyros in particular boasting the next three Classic winners over the past eight years. They are the Galileo (Ire) trio of Gleneagles (Ire), Churchill (Ire) and Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) and all hailed from Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle stables, which hit a record 15 winners including another future classic hero in King of Kings (Ire) and serious Group 1 merchants Rip Van Winkle (Ire) and Cape Blanco (Ire). ‘Rising star TDN’ Age of Kings (Ire) (King This time, {GB}) was assigned to the standard and after taking down at G2 Coventry S. and G2 Railway S. for the first time, his game had to be raised to seven traps.
Family pride
If Age of Kings is short again, it will likely be Donnacha O’Brien, who could lead with fellow Coolmore rep. Proud And Regal (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), son of Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill), who won his debut on this trip at The Curragh June 26 and his coach may have something to do. go to war in the junior competitions better in 2022.” We think he’s improved a bit from that first time,’ he warned.
Aidan also holds the record for Silver Flash wins for the filling, with his 11 winners including Galileo duo winning Group 1 followed by Happily (Ire) and Love (Ire) and in the list. Curragh’s top scorer on June 24. The never ending story (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), daughter of Athena (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), he would love to do it again. Joseph enters the fray here, with one of his two entries being Eric Long’s first winner on June 12 Gowran Park Zoinnocent (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}).
More stars on the show?
12 months ago, Inspiring (GB) (Frankel {GB}) lit Sandown in EBF Star S. Fairy Cross (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), by Westerberg Bet for me (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and Jaber Abdullah’s Dancing on the Grass (GB) (Cracksman {GB}). While Charlie Appleby-trained Fairy Cross did everything right in their second starts at Newmarket June 25 and Bet Me, Richard Hannon’s rep looked smart in the soft ground at Goodwood June 10, bridge distance scorer and the Charlie and Mark Johnston-trained course Dance In The Grass beat fairies including ponies at its premiere on June 10 and was praised from the stables, who have won this seven-hair title twice since 2015.
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