{"id":1055332,"date":"2026-06-28T11:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1055332\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:05:32","slug":"ryan-moore-backs-benvenuto-cellini-irish-derby-ground-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1055332\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Moore Backs Benvenuto Cellini Irish Derby Ground Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ryan Moore says quicker ground at the Curragh could make a significant difference to Benvenuto Cellini as Aidan O\u2019Brien\u2019s colt bids to revive his Classic season in Sunday\u2019s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moore is back aboard Benvenuto Cellini for the \u20ac1.25million Group One after the Chester Vase winner\u2019s chaotic Epsom run, where he was later declared a non-runner under the BHA\u2019s fair-start rule following stalls drama.<\/p>\n<p>The Ballydoyle rider told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/news\/raceday-intel\/ryan-moore-feels-this-factor-could-make-a-significant-difference-to-benvenuto-cellini-plus-thoughts-on-all-his-irish-derby-day-rides-a7DRx5P7YILm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Racing Post<\/a>, via his World Pool role, that the colt\u2019s two disappointing runs have both come on slower ground and that the return to a quicker surface should help him at the Curragh.<\/p>\n<p>Moore Identifies Raaheeb As Main Ballydoyle Danger<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien also runs Epsom Derby winner Christmas Day, Pierre Bonnard and Action, giving the trainer another powerful hand as he chases an 18th Irish Derby win. The wider Ballydoyle context is already stark: O\u2019Brien has dominated the race for a generation, as shown in ReadHorseRacing\u2019s guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/readhorseracing.com\/2026\/06\/28\/aidan-obrien-irish-derby-winners-curragh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">every Aidan O\u2019Brien Irish Derby winner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moore still pointed to Owen Burrows\u2019 unbeaten Raaheeb as the clearest threat from outside the yard. Raaheeb won the Sandown Classic Trial and has been trained specifically for the Curragh, making him the obvious British danger in an eight-runner field shaped by Epsom form, ground conditions and O\u2019Brien\u2019s depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Moore says quicker ground at the Curragh could make a significant difference to Benvenuto Cellini as Aidan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1052461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4107],"tags":[38666,143359,55085,288,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-1055332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-aidan-obrien","tag-benvenuto-cellini","tag-curragh","tag-horse-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1052461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}