{"id":78462,"date":"2026-08-23T13:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/78462\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:48:06","slug":"melbourne-bound-defiantly-another-for-mcmonagle-and-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/78462\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne-Bound Defiantly Another For McMonagle And Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Tom Frary<\/p>\n<p>Not content with a Curragh five-timer on Saturday, Dylan Browne McMonagle carried over his streak to Deauville on Sunday when guiding Defiantly\u00a0(Kameko) to a dominant win in the G2 Sumbe Prix Kergorlay.<\/p>\n<p>Sent to the front from the break, Australia Bloodstock&#8217;s impressive Goodwood Handicap winner kept it honest throughout the 15-furlong test and as a result took the high-class mare Santorini Star (Golden Horn) and the 2024 and 2025 winner Double Major (Daiwa Major) out of their comfort zones.<\/p>\n<p>At the line, the margins were 5 1\/2 and five lengths, with Joseph O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s four-year-old now guaranteed a berth in the Melbourne Cup after winning this.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s got better with every run this year and is a strong stayer who is always behind the bridle,\u201d the jockey sensation of 2026 said. \u201cHe picked up well off the bend and kept finding. There doesn&#8217;t seem to be a bottom to him, he always keeps a bit in the locker and he killed them off one by one. He handles fast ground well, so the owners have a nice fun horse to go to Melbourne with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outstayed them!<\/p>\n<p>Defiantly strikes in the G2 Prix Kergorlay for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DylanBrowneMcM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@DylanBrowneMcM<\/a> and Joseph O&#8217;Brien\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uSoofEn3RB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uSoofEn3RB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 At The Races (@AtTheRaces) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AtTheRaces\/status\/2091505714153812002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=001emHU8ZhrsEajJ7wAchg-Q0BVk4IZqcgudN44sPgrKIw215QhAC5sOZpiX2mrUIPZV0h_h2A4HEEvukxvIEvpdYgT6ykDs9chd4YAtYY2nZzhd0K6eEyx2zOnhVYTOI5e5sP3SaMDOnutKM6JHYKayGwukK-TLM2vL2HpHR34Q_n7wQDJg1T7y03OUFUnvNn_vWUsgwpBZ_I%3D\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #D3132F;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/there-doesnt-seem-to-be-a-bottom-to-him-mcmonagle-hails-melbourne-bound-defiantly\/\" id=\"copyLink\" onclick=\"copyToClipboard(event)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Copy Article Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-tags\">\n              This story was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/europe\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Europe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/shared-news-europe\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shared News Europe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/news-europe\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top News Europe<\/a> and tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/australia-bloodstock\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia Bloodstock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/deauville\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deauville<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/deauville-race-results\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deauville race results<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/defiantly-fr\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Defiantly\u00a0(Fr)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/double-major-ire\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Double Major (Ire)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/dylan-browne-mcmonagle\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Browne McMonagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/g2-sumbe-prix-kergorlay\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">G2 Sumbe Prix Kergorlay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/joseph-obrien\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph O&#8217;Brien<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/kameko\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kameko<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/santorini-star-ire\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santorini Star (Ire)<\/a>.            <\/p>\n<p>          <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Tom Frary Not content with a Curragh five-timer on Saturday, Dylan Browne McMonagle carried over his streak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[119442,119443,119444,119445,119446,119447,119448,82931,119449,260,119450],"class_list":["post-78462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-melbourne","tag-australia-bloodstock","tag-deauville","tag-deauville-race-results","tag-defiantly-fr","tag-double-major-ire","tag-dylan-browne-mcmonagle","tag-g2-sumbe-prix-kergorlay","tag-joseph-obrien","tag-kameko","tag-melbourne","tag-santorini-star-ire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}