14:45 Leopardstown

Saturday 11 September 2021

All12:4013:1013:4014:1014:4515:1515:4516:20

Irish Champion Stakes (Group 1)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 1  |   1m 2f  |   Good  |   4 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:46  |   Winning time: 2m 11.19s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(3)
Horse silk
Patrick Sarsfieldt88
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-9| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR:  112| BF| C| D
33/1
Smart and consistent performer but he's come up a little short at listed level on both starts this year and will surely prove vulnerable against this level of opposition.
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Timeform
2
(2)
Horse silk
Tarnawa37
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: D K Weld| OR:  122| CD
9/4
Big improver at 4, scoring at Group 1 level on her final 3 starts. Looked every bit as good as ever when hacking up in Group 3 Ballyroan on 1½m course reappearance last month.
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Timeform
3
(1)
Horse silk
Poetic Flare27
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-3| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR:  122| C
4/1
One of this season's best milers, winning the 2000 Guineas and St James's Palace. Runner-up in Sussex and Jacques Le Marois the last twice and he's certainly bred to effective at 1¼m.
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Timeform
4
(4)
Horse silk
St Mark's Basilica70
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-3| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR:  127| D
5/6
Has made into a top-class colt, impressively completing four-timer in Eclipse at Sandown. Earlier won Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Prix du Jockey Club in France. Has good turn of foot. One to beat.
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Timeform

Forecasts

St Mark's Basilica (5/6), Tarnawa (9/4), Poetic Flare (4/1), Patrick Sarsfield (33/1)

Verdict

Just the 4 runners but a belting renewal. ST MARK'S BASILICA coped very well with a small-field scenario when an impressive winner of the Eclipse and can land a fifth Group 1 success in a row. The Arc is presumably the main target for Tarnawa so it could be that the chief threat comes from leading miler Poetic Flare, whose pedigree provides plenty of hope that he'll be just as good over this trip.

  1. ST MARK'S BASILICA (FR)
  2. POETIC FLARE (IRE)
  3. TARNAWA (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020
Magical
Weight: 9-6  |Age: 5
J: Seamie Heffernan  |  T: A P O'Brien
9/2

Prize Money

1st: €580,000.002nd: €200,000.003rd: €100,000.004th: €50,000.005th: €30,000.006th: €20,000.007th: €10,000.00

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