14:30 Curragh

Saturday 25 September 2021

All13:2513:5514:3015:0515:3516:1016:4517:20

Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford Stakes (Group 2)

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 1m 40.88s

1^st

(3)

Luxembourg

29-5

8/13f

T: A P O'BrienJ: Seamie Heffernan

Waited with in rear, closed towards outer straight, quickened up to lead inside final furlong, soon clear and stayed on strongly, impressive op 8/11 tchd 4/7 and tchd 4/5

2^nd

4 ¾

(6)

Manu Et Corde

29-5

14/1

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Pushed along briefly early, close up in 2nd, pushed along again over 2f out, soon challenged and every chance, no extra and one pace in 3rd inside final furlong, 2nd at finish

3^rd

(2)

Tuwaiq

29-5

25/1

T: G M LyonsJ: Gary Carroll

Soon led, pushed along over 2f out, soon strongly pressed, headed inside final furlong, no extra and one pace after, dropped to 3rd at finish op 22/1

4^th

(1)

Swan Bay

29-5

15/8

T: J P O'BrienJ: S M Crosse

Pushed along briefly early, soon raced in 4th, closed up in 3rd approaching straight, pushed along over 2f out, soon challenged and every chance until no extra and one pace on outer inside final furlong op 7/4 tchd 13/8

5^th

3 ¼

(4)

Chicago Soldier

29-5

25/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: Ben Coen

Soon raced in 3rd, 4th approaching straight, soon pushed along, dropped to last over 1f out, no extra op 22/1 tchd 28/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Piz Badile⁷⁵

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: Donnacha O'Brien J: Gavin Ryan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.70Pl:€1.10, €2.80EX:€7.60Trifecta:€27.30SF:€10.86

Forecasts

Luxembourg (8/13), Swan Bay (15/8), Piz Badile (6/1), Manu Et Corde (14/1), Tuwaiq (25/1), Chicago Soldier (25/1)

With Aidan O'Brien saddling the last ten winners of this contest, LUXEMBOURG is taken to enhance that fine record further. He overcame greenness to get off the mark at Killarney in July and looks destined to go on to bigger and better things. Swan Bay put his experience to good use to score at Galway earlier this month so he's taken to chase the selection home, ahead of Manu Et Corde.

LUXEMBOURG (IRE)
SWAN BAY (IRE)
MANU ET CORDE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

High Definition

Weight: 9-5 |Age: 2

J: Seamie Heffernan | T: A P O'Brien

9/5

Prize Money

1st: €60,000.002nd: €20,000.003rd: €10,000.004th: €5,000.005th: €3,000.006th: €2,000.00