Fly To The Moon winning at the Curragh© Photo Healy Racing
David Wachman launches a formidable twin assault on the Mallow Town Summer BBQ Evening July 11th Handicap at Cork on Saturday with talented filly Fly To The Moon joined by stable companion Danehill Brook.
Fly To The Moon made a winning three-year-old debut with a smart performance in the Madrid Handicap at the Curragh last month and the form looks bombproof after the runner-up, Dermot Weld's Go For Goal, came out and won the Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial.
Danehill Brook filled the runner-up spot at this track on his return to action and steps up from five to six furlongs for the 20,000 euro contest.
Wachman said: "Fly To The Moon won her race at the Curragh well in soft ground and the form has worked out well. You have to be a bit careful with soft ground form, but she has come out of the race in good shape and I don't think better ground will be a problem.
"Danehill Brook is in good form and he'll definitely appreciate the drying ground, so hopefully he'll run a good race as well."
Johnny Murtagh runs Gold Peregrine and Jim Bolger saddles Focus On Venice, while a seven-runner field is completed by the Jessica Harrington-trained Persian Caliph, Andrew Oliver's Thrilled To Bits and Chiclet from Tracey Collins' yard.
There is also 20,000 euro up for grabs in the Friday Evening Racing Handicap, with 12 runners declared to tackle the extended mile and a quarter. Heading the weights is Chapter Seven, who joined trainer Ger Lyons earlier this year and was swiftly shipped out to Dubai.
The five-year-old ran a couple of decent races in defeat at Meydan and made late gains to finish seventh on his return to the Curragh in the Irish Lincolnshire, but Lyons feels he has his work cut out this weekend.
He said: "I'm still getting to know him, in truth. We're in a tricky situation with him because, as Jamie Spencer said to me, he last won off a mark of 92 and he's currently rated 100 and he's struggling off it, to be honest.
"He won't come down the weights sat in his box so we have to run him, but we'll be trying to pick up some prize money. This is the first race he can run in since the Lincoln but I don't realistically think he can win it.
"He ended up with me by accident as Sheikh Fahad (owner) wanted him to go to Dubai, but Stuart Williams didn't have anything else going, so they said he may as well join my team there and he has just stayed with me.
"He's a team player really as he's in all the big races where he may have to help make the pace, but along the way he's good enough to run in some nice races of his own accord."
Bolger's runaway Gowran Park winner Einsteins Folly and the Weld-trained Defining Year also feature in the dozen-strong field.
