Deepone flies home in the Concorde Stakes Deepone relished ground conditions (officially heavy, soft in places) when routing his six rivals in the Coolmore Sioux Nation Concorde Stakes at Tipperary. The Paddy Twomey-trained colt was easy in the market reappearing after a three-month break and drifted out to 100/30 favourite (from 9/4) for this Listed event. Billy Lee soon adopted customary front-running tactics and the son of Study Of Man took control from over a furlong out, staying on strongly to beat Lord Massusus by nine lengths. Soft Winds was a further three and a half lengths back in third. Lee said, “He’d been going well at home and his couple of runs through the year had been fairly decent. We were confident coming back on that ground that he’d be comfortable on it. “He travelled away well. He’s gone more professional as he used to be a bit keen but is settling great now. Hopefully that is a stepping stone in the right direction and there might be something to look at before the rest of year is over. He might have to travel. “Probably a mile on that ground is a good trip for him. He’s run well over ten (furlongs) on good ground. “That was a good performance, and he put them to the sword well. He likes to pour on the pressure and have them at it early. The ground helped as well.”
