Light Missing From Curragh Showpiece North Light is a surprise absentee from the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh on Sunday. Trainer Sir Michael Stoute had indicated that the four-year-old, winner of the 2004 Vodafone Derby, would make his seasonal bow in the 10-furlong race. However, North Light was not among the nine confirmations for the Group One contest today. Last year´s Prix de l´Arc de Triomphe winner Bago heads the list of possible runners and the four-year-old will be trying for a quick Group One double after making a successful reappearance in the Prix Ganay at Longchamp last month. He is one of two entries for trainer Jonathan Pease with stablemate Imago Mundi, who is also owned by the Niarchos family, in the race as a likely pacemaker. Aidan O´Brien has three possibles to choose from with one-time Vodafone Derby hope Yeats entered along with Ace and Solskjaer. John Oxx has left in Azamour but his participation is in some doubt after suffering a minor setback yesterday. Grey Swallow, winner of last year´s Irish Derby, is set to make his first appearance of 2005 in the ?155,000 race, while David Elsworth´s Norse Dancer is the sole British raider. Carlos Laffon-Parias´ Delfos, winner of the Prix d´Harcourt, completes the line-up. ? PA Sport
