High Chaparral returns in Curragh´s Royal Whip Aidan O´Brien confirmed yesterday that High Chaparral is likely to make his eagerly awaited return in Sunday´s Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh.The double-Derby winner hasn´t raced since scoring in the Breeders´ Cup Turf and sustained a shoulder injury at the start of this season.The colt´s recovery wasn´t quick enough for him to make the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes but the Curragh´s Group Two pot over a mile and a quarter is his probable kick-off for the second half of the season.'He has only done a little bit since he worked at the Curragh a few weeks ago but he is ready to start and we would love to start him now. 'If the ground is safe he will run,' O´Brien said.The Ballydoyle trainer also indicated that One Cool Cat could lead his team in the Group One Waterford Wedgewood Phoenix Stakes.The brilliant eight-length Coventry Stakes winner Three Valleys will lead the overseas challenge but One Cool Cat could try and make the leap to Group One level.'He´s a possible runner and he wouldn´t mind it if the going was fast,' said O´Brien who said the Prix Robert Papin runner-up, Colossus, could wait for the Prix Morny at Deauville instead of running on Sunday.Mark Johnston´s Norfolk Stakes winner Russian Valour is now unlikely to run at the Curragh and the trainer said: 'The Irish race will probably come too soon and he is more likely to wait for the Gimcrack.' This evening´s Roscommon card features the first three-year-old hurdle of the season and Barry Geraghty´s booking for Imazulutoo will encourage many to side with the Jessica Harrington horse who ran off 90 on his last start at the Curragh.Dermot Weld´s Naahil missed out on the Galway Festival and with the ground drying out he looks to have an excellent shout in the mile and a half handicap.John Oxx reintroduces a couple of three-year-old maidens and both Arawan and Brave Geronimo look to hold obvious chances while the Galway gamble Potsdam could go one better in the seven-furlong handicap.
