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
T: J P O'BrienJ: Wayne 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
T: W P MullinsJ: Declan 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
T: M R ChannonJ: Ronan Whelan
Held up in 6th, 5th 3f out, soon ridden, went 4th 1f out, kept on without threatening in 3rd inside final furlong
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
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
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
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)
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.
- Wicklow Brave
- Forgotten Rules
- 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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