Curragh Result

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Very, we didn't think he'd ever get here. We thought that he had no chance of running after what happened to him. Everyone did a great job to get him over his first mishap, he was off for a long time. Then he came back and it wasn't smooth with him. Jamie who looks after him did an incredible job. I didn't think he'd get here, our eye was on the Irish Champion Stakes and obviously we knew you couldn't go to a Champion Stakes without a run and this was the only place we could run. The track was beautiful. In this heat it's very difficult to have ground the way it is so hats off to the Curragh. First time back we didn't want a grueller because he was only ready to start. It was brilliant really because they didn't go too fast and he had to quicken and run hard for the last two which he wanted to do before he'd go into a big championship race. We were over the moon. We knew Willie's filly was a good filly as we'd ran against her earlier in the year. They ran hard the last two and Ryan gave him a lovely ride and taught him. He had to sprint the last two furlongs and I couldn't be happier. Ryan said he moved up, got there and just shut down. He's used to doing that in his work, just getting there and coming with horses. Obviously he wouldn't have been edged up in any way. A lot of his work would be physical core work rather than sharpness because he wasn't ready to start sharpening him. We were only going to have one race to sharpen him and then we could take him home and A P O'Brien, trainer

For three years old and upwards
Weights - 3-y-o 9st 4-y-o and up 9st 8lbs Fillies allowed 3lbs
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2022) Winner of a Group 3 race 3lb extra Of a Group 2 race or a Group 1 race 5lb extra