Aidan O'Brien's | Sextet stand firm against Camelot

Aidan O'Brien's | Sextet stand firm against Camelot. Camelot can face simply six rivals in his bid to become the sixteenth horse to finish the Epsom and Irish Derby double at the Curragh on Saturday night.

Aidan O'Brien's unbeaten colt, who are going to be ridden by the trainer's son, Joseph, are going to be joined by Ballydoyle pair Astrology (Seamie Heffernan) and Imperial Monarch (Colm O'Donoghue), with stablemates Daddy Long Legs, Father Of Science and Learn not declared.

There was only 1 alternative defection, John Oxx's decision To Battle, however the Currabeg trainer can still have 2 runners within the race.

Stable jockey Johnny Murtagh is aboard Born To ocean, with William Buick taking a superb spare on Akeed Mofeed.

Last year's Beresford Stakes runner-up Akeed Mofeed are going to be having his 1st begin of the season within the Dubai Duty Free-sponsored Classic.

Completing the sector, needless to say, are Jim Bolger's Ballysax and Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes winner lightweight serious, and also the Dermot Weld-trained Speaking Of that, who took the Gallinule Stakes at the course last month in spectacular fashion.

The Curragh was hit by substantial rain on Wednesday night, however general manager Paul Hensey expects the weather for the remainder of the week to be adequate to stop testing conditions.

"We had lots of rain overnight - 20mm fell - and also the ground is currently soft, serious in places," Hensey said on Thursday morning.

"It is barely a few of spots that are serious. it absolutely was the band of rain that we have a tendency to thought earlier within the week would come back on Thursday, however it stopped by half dozen.30am.

"I have spoken to the Met workplace and also the forecast appearance sensible for subsequent few days. It's bright and breezy at the instant and also the course ought to begin to dry up.

"I'd expect the bottom to begin up as soft for the beginning of the Derby meeting on Friday and hopefully be sensible to soft by the weekend.

"To have Camelot within the field is astounding and we're all wanting forward to it."

Hensey later reported additional positive news on ground conditions.

He tweeted: "It has been an honest drying day here @curraghrace. Brendan Sheridan walked the track PM and was delighted how the course has taken the rain."

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Ballycorus Stakes | ALANZA HITS THE RIGHT NOTE

Go Go Go Horserace: ALANZA HITS THE RIGHT NOTE. Alanza, the odds-on favorite, ran out a reasonably prepared winner of the cluster 3 Ballycorus Stakes at Leopardstown on Thursday.

The field for the seven furlong contest was reduced to 6 with 2009 winner Duff and One Spirit missing from the initial declarations that saw John Oxx's daughter of Dubai Destination sent off a heat order.

Johnny Murtagh was keen to induce her settled too soon however, once he had done therefore, eased his approach through the sector to race in fourth behind Glor Na Mara with Marvada cutting out the running.

British raider Rodrigo De Torres was the primary to require on the pacemaker who soon saw off that challenge however Alanza loomed giant on the surface underneath a assured Murtagh.

The four year recent had to figure tougher than appeared doubtless to induce past Marvada, who had finished 2 places behind her last day trip, however the 8-11 shot was well on prime at the road and price for quite the winning margin of a neck, within the method paying a compliment to her Curragh conqueror Emulous, who is certain for Royal Ascot next week.

Oxx said: "She won nicely, as we have a tendency to hoped she would. She does not do lots in front - i believed she was reaching to win 2 lengths however she was dossing in front.

"The ground has gone somewhat for her, she needs smart to firm - she loves that.

"I assume we'll offer her another shot at a bunch One, within the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket. She's smart at seven furlongs however we'll offer her an extra shot at a mile.

"We set against taking her over for the Windsor Forest as it's powerful at Ascot."

Oxx and Murtagh had earlier struck with Harasiya, like Alanza owned by the Aga Khan and who appearance to own a really bright future judged on her effort within the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden.

Oxx said: "That was a pleasant run and she's won nicely for her initial time.

"It was a decent effort too considering that she was slowly away. we have a tendency to liked her however you are never positive how inexperienced they're going to be initial time.

"She may well be one to aim at the Moyglare - we'll run her in a very month's time and then deem the Debutante in August - we'll see how she measures up in her prep race.

"She's by Pivotal and that they sort of a very little ease therefore we have a tendency to mightn't run her on smart to firm.

"Her dam (Hazariya) was quite a decent filly - she got a fracture within the Oaks - she stayed well.

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