13:18 Curragh

Saturday 29 August 2026

All13:1813:5314:2815:0315:4016:1516:5017:25

John Ormonde Wexford Sand Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden

Off time: 13:18 | Winning time: 1m 40.23s

1^st

(1)

Darkness Falls

29-5

4/6f

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Made all, pushed along and asserted under 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong tchd 4/5

2^nd

(13)

Albany County

29-5

7/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: Wayne Lordan

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, 2nd and pushed along under 2f out, soon ridden and no impression on winner, kept on one pace op 4/1

3^rd

(8)

Cluster

29-5

17/2

T: J P O'BrienJ: Colin Keane

Mid-division, pushed along and switched left 2f out, 7th 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong to go 3rd closing stages op 13/2 tchd 11/2

4^th

1 ¼

(14)

Kingdom Of Camelot

29-5

18/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: J Cleary (5)

Slowly into stride and towards rear, headway on inner over 2f out and 6th over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong op 16/1 tchd 14/1

5^th

(10)

Ted's Turn

29-5

25/1

T: J G MurphyJ: Gary Carroll

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong op 20/1

6^th

(3)

Romayan

29-5

150/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: Jamie Powell

Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along 3f out, 3rd and ridden under 2f out, soon no impression, no extra final furlong tchd 125/1

7^th

(4)

A I Nation

29-5

80/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: Ben Coen

Mid-division, 7th halfway, 4th and ridden 2f out, soon edged left and no impression, no extra op 66/1 tchd 100/1

8^th

(7)

Paul Pierre

29-5

14/1

T: D K WeldJ: Chris Hayes

Rear of mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, 9th and ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace op 16/1

9^th

(12)

Moon Sand

29-5

150/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Declan McDonogh

Towards rear, no impression over 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, never a factor op 80/1

10^th

1 ¼

(2)

Adversity

29-5

13/2

T: N LupiniJ: Billy Lee

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and no impression 2f out, 7th and short of room briefly well over 1f out, no extra op 12/1

11^th

nse

(15)

Highest Order

29-5

250/1

T: G M LyonsJ: Jack Kearney (3)

Mid-division, pushed along 2f out and no impression over 1f out, no extra op 66/1

12^th

6 ½

(9)

Lumierebleu

29-5

100/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: Seamie Heffernan

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, soon ridden and no extra under 3f out, weakened op 50/1

13^th

(6)

Cmon Now The View

29-5

500/1

T: G B CaldwellJ: Wesley Joyce (3)

Slowly away and always rear, pushed along and no impression halfway, weakened under 3f out, completely tailed off op 150/1

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Non-Runners

(11)

Nouveau Grey

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: R O'Sullivan J: Shane Foley

(5)

Rock On Johnny¹⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: A McGuinness J: Adam Caffrey

(16)

Silk Twist

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: T Mullins J: N G McCullagh

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.67Pl:€1.10, €1.30, €2.50EX:€4.60Trifecta:€20.30SF:€3.46

Forecasts

Darkness Falls (4/6), Albany County (7/2), Adversity (13/2), Cluster (17/2), Paul Pierre (14/1), Kingdom Of Camelot (18/1), Ted's Turn (25/1), Nouveau Grey (25/1), Silk Twist (33/1), Rock On Johnny (50/1), A I Nation (80/1), Lumierebleu (100/1), Romayan (150/1), Moon Sand (150/1), Highest Order (250/1), Cmon Now The View (500/1)

Aidan O'Brien has a strong record in this maiden and looks to hold a strong hand once again. Ryan Moore is on Leopardstown third DARKNESS FALLS so he's narrowly preferred to stablemate Albany County, an encouraging fourth on his recent course debut. Group entries suggest newcomers Paul Pierre, Cluster and Kingdom of Camelot, another from Ballydoyle, are well regarded.

DARKNESS FALLS (IRE)
ALBANY COUNTY (IRE)
PAUL PIERRE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025

Hawk Mountain

Weight: 9-5 |Age: 2

J: Wayne Lordan | T: A P O'Brien

10/11

Prize Money

1st: €13,200.002nd: €4,400.003rd: €2,200.004th: €1,100.005th: €659.006th: €440.00