Hogan star set for Leopardstown Betfred Sprint Cup runner-up Gordon Lord Byron is set to turn out quickly for the Clipper Logistics Boomerang Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday. The six-year-old found only G Force too strong when defending his crown on Merseyside last Saturday and trainer Tom Hogan is so delighted with how his stable star has taken those exertions, he is prepared to let him line up on the inaugural Irish Champions Weekend. Hogan said: "He's actually come home in brilliant form. He had a light canter this morning, he's very fresh and well in himself and it seems as though the race has taken nothing out of him." He went on: "He left Haydock just after 5pm and by the time he caught his ferry at 8pm he'd eaten up his dinner. When he arrived home at 2am on Sunday he was wondering why he had no food, so the lads gave him another couple of bowls. "The slow ground probably caught him out on the day and being in front so early took the edge off him as well, but he ran a good race. "If everything goes OK in the next few days we'll probably let him take his chance in the Boomerang Stakes over a mile in Leopardstown on Saturday. "If he runs on Saturday it still leaves us three weeks until the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp, which is a nice gap."
