Curragh Preview Sunday The Flat season really kicks into gear on Sunday with the Curragh´s first meeting of the campaign getting underway at 2.25. The feature race of the day is the Lodge Park Stud EBF Park Express Stakes, which gives us a sign of things to come as heavyweights Aidan O´Brien and Jim Bolger go head to head for the first time this season. The Ballydoyle maestro, who is having his first runners of the campaign, is represented by Ice Queen and Savethisdanceforme, with the latter looking the first string as newly-appointed stable jockey Johnny Murtagh is in the plate. The three-year-old was last seen taking a Listed event over course and distance by nine lengths and had finished fourth in a Group One at Longchamp on her penultimate start. Bolger´s Lush Lashes has only been seen once on the racecourse but has already earned more prize-money than most horses do in a lifetime. She ran out an impressive winner of the Goffs Fillies Million and features prominently in the betting for the upcoming Classics. Sciatin could prove the solution to a typically competitive Ladbrokes.com Irish Lincolnshire. A smart juvenile in Britain, the son of Alhaarth had lost his way somewhat prior to his runaway success at Cork earlier in the week. The handicapper has bumped him up 9lb for that but connections will still be expecting a bold show. John Oxx´s Alarazi drops back from Group Three company to contest this valuable event and must be respected. Should Jim Bolger´s Lush Lashes be out of luck in the feature race, Bunsen Burner could give the trainer a welcome lift in the Ladbrokes 271 Shops Madrid Handicap. A comfortable winner at Leopardstown on his latest outing, he could still be ahead of the assessor with further improvement likely.
