Showing posts with label Irish Champion Stakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish Champion Stakes. Show all posts

Ken Condon aiming high with Marvada

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, July 17, 2012


Ken Condon aiming high with Marvada | Marvada is about to travel in search of a lot of Pattern-race glory following her game success at Naas.

Trainer Ken Condon is eyeing another crack at a gaggle 3, the EBF Fairy Bridge Stakes at Tipperary on August twenty three, once the four-year-old filly landed the re-arranged Brownstown Stakes on Wednesday.

And the County Kildare handler has not dominated out a tilt at the cluster One Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on September eight if the race cuts up.

"We were delighted along with her the opposite day. If something, the last twenty five yards she was going away," said Condon.

"She's powerful and he or she deserved it. She's pop out of it in nice type, as recent as paint and in fine condition.

"She has an entry within the Fairy Bridge in Tipperary in August, then she's conjointly got an entry within the Matron on Irish Champion Stakes day.

"Leopardstown is up the road for us, thus it isn't so much to travel. She has an entry and that we can see nearer to the time.

"If there is a heap of rain, these races will break up and have simply seven or eight runners thus we'll simply keep an eye fixed on it."
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Irish Champion Stakes | Born To Sea in Champion frame

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, July 4, 2012


Irish Champion Stakes | Born To Sea in Champion frame. Born To ocean could be a candidate for the Irish Champion Stakes following his second-placed end within the Irish Derby.

The improving John Oxx-trained colt gave Camelot a mini-fright at the Curragh on Saturday when he have to be compelled to at intervals 2 lengths of Ballydoyle's Triple Crown aspirant.

Born To ocean, a half-brother to ocean the celebs, is currently within the frame to contest the Irish Champion at Leopardstown on September eight.

Oxx said: "Every time he runs, he runs higher than the previous time.

"I thought he had him (Camelot) for a moment, however the last 50-100 yards the bottom sorted him out.

"He simply flagged slightly at the top, however he is setting out to build his own mark.

"He's powerful and real and takes his races fine.

"We could aim Born To ocean for the Irish Champion Stakes.

"Whether or not he'd have a run beforehand i do not understand."
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