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Fortuenville, ridden by R. James, trained by Anne Marie Ryan, owned by the Monbeg Partnership, wins the third race at the Muskerry Point to Point in Dawstown at odds of 12\/1.<\/p>\nThe Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival starts this evening and runs through to Sunday providing three days of non-stop action for connoisseurs of the flat.<\/p>\n
It’s also a huge weekend for socialites and fashionistas, as glamour and glitz descend on the Kildare venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This year marks 160 years of the Irish Derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The all-conquering Ballydoyle operation seek to complete an unprecedented French, Epsom and Irish Derby treble.<\/p>\n
Epsom Derby hero Lambourn could face nine opponents as he attempts to follow up in Sunday’s Derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The son of Australia gave Aidan O\u2019Brien his eleventh victory in the Epsom classic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He looks to emulate his sire by achieving dual Derby success.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He could renew rivalry with the second and third from Epsom, Charlie Johnston\u2019s Lazy Griff and Joseph O\u2019Brien\u2019s Tennessee Stud.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lazy Griff will require rain if he is to run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Green Impact, a smart juvenile won at Leopardstown recently, twelve furlongs represents unknown territory for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fortuenville, ridden by R. James, trained by Anne Marie Ryan, owned by the Monbeg Partnership, wins the third race at the Muskerry Point to Point in Dawstown at odds of 12\/1.<\/p>\n
Ralph Beckett\u2019s Dante Stakes winner Pride Of Arras flopped at Epsom, but the Dante form hasn’t worked out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lambourn\u2019s stable companions Puppet Master, Serious Contender, Thrice and Shackleton complete Sunday’s line up.<\/p>\n
Lambourn is the 4\/5 favourite to become the twentieth Epsom winner to follow up at the Curragh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lambourn is a tough uncomplicated horse who stays really well, he’d be suited by some rain before Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he replicates his dominant display at Epsom from the front, he’ll be difficult to peg back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Twelve furlongs around here is a proper test for a three year old.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lambourn is blessed with stamina in abundance and he can confirm Epsom form.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ryan Moore takes over from Cork jockey Wayne Lordan, who is likely to partner Puppet Master.<\/p>\n
Tonight’s opener might be the best maiden run all weekend at the Curragh.<\/p>\n
It looks a dead match.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Puerto Rico was an eye-catcher in fourth to stable companion Flushing Meadow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ger Lyons’ Learntodiscover was supported when third after a tardy start to Brussels.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The market will be sacrosanct.<\/p>\n
Ger Lyons’ Game Point sets a high standard with a rating of 88 in the ten furlong maiden tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He’s been unfortunate to draw stall 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colin Keane will hope to tack across from his wide berth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tswalu, Our Friend Mouse and Falls Of Acharn are his only rivals of note.<\/p>\n
\n WEEKEND WAGERS:\n <\/p>\n
\n Friday:\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Doncaster: 2.20pm:\n <\/p>\n
FAVORITE MEMORY (Nap) Ran well from a poor draw when hampered behind a Godolphin hotpot at Kempton. Beckett\u2019s yard has hit form and this looks a golden opportunity.<\/p>\n
\n Curragh: 4.50pm:\n <\/p>\n
Dead match here PUERTO RICO versus LEARNTODISCOVER. The exchanges will be pivotal near the off .<\/p>\n
\n Newmarket: 5.40pm:\n <\/p>\n
SECRET OATH ran well in second despite a slow start at Nottingham behind a smart Karl Burke filly who ran well in Royal Ascot. She only has Mood Queen to beat.<\/p>\n
\n Sunday:\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Curragh: 4.10pm:\n <\/p>\n
LAMBOURN can make his stamina count and follow up his Epsom victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival starts this evening and runs through to Sunday providing three days…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[86579,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-219121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-cork-racing","9":"tag-racing","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114756437001166627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219121","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=219121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}