16:50 Curragh

Sunday 2 July 2017

All13:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:2016:5017:25

Comer Group International Curragh Cup (Group 2)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 1  |   1m 6f  |   Good (Good to Yielding in places)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:51  |   Winning time: 3m 3.33s
1st
Horse silk
6
(5)
4/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: W M Lordan
Held up in 5th, 6th travelling well 3f out, short of room briefly 2f out, soon pushed along, headway and ridden in closer 5th 1f out, improved into 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on well to lead close home tchd 7/2
2nd
Horse silk
½
4
(3)
11/8f
T: W P MullinsJ: D P McDonogh
Chased leader in 2nd, pushed along and led 2f out, ridden 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, no extra and headed close home op 7/4 tchd 15/8
3rd
Horse silk
1
1
(6)
79-11
25/1
T: M R ChannonJ: R P Whelan
Held up in 6th, 5th 3f out, soon ridden, went 4th 1f out, kept on without threatening in 3rd inside final furlong
4th
Horse silk
½
3
(7)
20/1
T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning
Held up in last, pushed along on outer 2f out, soon ridden, went 3rd briefly 1f out, no extra in 4th inside final furlong op 18/1 tchd 16/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ¾
7
(2)
7/1
T: A P O'BrienJ: J A Heffernan
Led, pushed along 5f out, ridden and headed 2f out, no impression over 1f out op 8/1
6th
Horse silk
16
5
(1)
3/1
T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore
Chased leaders in 3rd, ridden in 3rd 3f out, 4th 2f out, no impression tchd 11/4
7th
Horse silk
42
2
(4)
10/1
T: D K WeldJ: P J Smullen
Chased leaders, 4th 3f out, ridden and no impression when quickly eased 2f out, soon behind op 12/1 tchd 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.30Pl:€2.60, €1.70EX:€12.70Trifecta:€138.10SF:€10.37

Forecasts

Wicklow Brave (11/8), Belgravia (3/1), Rekindling (4/1), Wisconsin (7/1), Forgotten Rules (10/1), Stellar Mass (20/1), Elidor (25/1)

Verdict

Of all these horses' recent form, WICKLOW BRAVE's is by far the best. Willie Mullins' charge was responsible for the shock defeat of Order Of St. George in the Irish St Leger last September and has managed to back that up with victory in the Punchestown Champion Hurdle since. He was slightly below-par in America last month but most of his recent performances would have been easily good enough to win this race, which contains many once-promising horses whose form has tailed off, including one-time Ascot Gold Cup favourite Forgotten Rules, and, more recently, last year's Irish Derby third Stellar Mass.
  1. Wicklow Brave
  2. Forgotten Rules
  3. Stellar Mass

Prize Money

1st: €70,800.002nd: €22,800.003rd: €10,800.004th: €4,801.005th: €2,400.006th: €1,200.00

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