{"id":292427,"date":"2025-07-26T04:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T04:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292427\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T04:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T04:53:12","slug":"emit-to-soar-highest-in-obrien-family-battle-at-gowran-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292427\/","title":{"rendered":"Emit to soar highest in O\u2019Brien family battle at Gowran Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trainer Joseph O'Brien. Photo: Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/f2affc47-0d3d-432c-9d10-9011759d2138.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Trainer Joseph O&#8217;Brien. Photo: Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It is the calm before the Galway storm with just one Irish race meeting this weekend as seven days of madness kicks off at Ballybrit on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Today\u2019s Gowran Park card will be the last chance for punters to pick winners on Irish shores before all attention turns to the west and the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Marble City Stakes (2.50) heads a competitive Flat card with plenty of betting opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Restricted to three-year-olds only, Aidan O\u2019Brien won the showpiece event 12 months ago and the Ballydoyle maestro will hold plenty of hopes again via Acapulco Bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Dubawi colt has scored just once in six starts, though, while Ronan Whelan\u2019s mount is 3lbs off his nearest rival on official ratings, with Emit expected to give him more than enough to think about as many of the 11 runners step up to 1m4f for the first time in their careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The latter, trained by Joseph O\u2019Brien, never landed a blow in a Group Three at Royal Ascot but Dylan Browne McMonagle\u2019s mount had been knocking on the door prior to that and he can get the job done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trainer Joseph O&#8217;Brien. 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