Prendergast Ace Is Champion-Bound Mustameet registered his first Group Two success in style in the United Arab Emirates Racing And Equestrian Federation Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh.Already a three-times course winner, Kevin Prendergast's five-year-old was not hard pressed to complete a four-timer.After Heliostatic and Chelsea Rose had made the running, Declan McDonagh brought Mustameet (3-1) with a telling run on the outside.Leading a furlong out, he coasted home by three lengths from Chelsea Rose, the 7-4 favourite, to earn a 14-1 quote from William Hill for the Baileys Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown next month.Prendergast said: 'He was at the end of his tether last time he ran over this trip at Leopardstown.'He just likes the ground the way it is. He loves fast ground and he's a light-framed horse.'He'll now go for the Irish Champion Stakes. We might as well give it a try.'? PA Sport
