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Onenight Ready For Tipperary Comeback

Onenightidreamed winning at the Curragh in MarchOnenightidreamed winning at the Curragh in March
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Onenightidreamed is set to make his return from a near-four-month absence in the Coolmore Stud Home Of Champions Concorde Stakes at Tipperary on Sunday.

Tommy Stack's four-year-old won the Irish Lincolnshire at the Curragh in late March before following up with a Group Three triumph in May's Amethyst Stakes at Leopardstown.

He has not been seen in competitive action since, but is primed for a comeback this weekend.

Fozzy Stack, son and assistant to his father, said: "We have been waiting for soft ground for him and he is in great form and he'll head to Tipperary next weekend for the Concorde Stakes."

Onenightidreamed could be reopposed by Amethyst runner-up Sruthan.

Paul Deegan's charge has also been off the track since that race.

Deegan said: "This race has been the plan for a while. Whether the ground will be soft enough for him, we'll have to wait and see.

"He's in good form and we're very happy with him at home, but the weather is glorious here at the moment."

Onenightidreamed and Sruthan are among 25 horses to have stood their ground for their ground at the confirmation stage and there are two British-trained entries in Brendan Powell's Dark Emerald and the Dandy Nicholls-trained Sovereign Debt.

Dark Emerald is unlikely to turn out quickly following Monday's triumph at Hamilton, but Sovereign Debt, who does most of his racing in Ireland, is set to make the journey.

Powell said: "He won't be going to Tipperary. I just left him in in case it cut up to nothing.

"He's fine this morning, but I think we'll give him his break now. I don't want to get too greedy."

James Kelly, racing manager for Sovereign Debt's owner Lady O'Reilly, said of their contender: "He is an intended runner. He ran a very good race at Haydock last time and he is a very solid horse at this level.

"He handled slow ground well at Haydock and I'd imagine it will be on the soft side next weekend."

Dermot Weld has saddled four of the last five winners and has three potential runners in Tested, Stormfly and Joailliere.

Other contenders include Tom Hogan's stable star Gordon Lord Byron, Aidan O'Brien's Sir Isaac Newton and Iveagh Gardens from Charles O'Brien's stable.

The latter, also engaged in the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp, needs testing conditions.

Charles O'Brien said: "It all depends on the weather. By the look of the weather forecast I don't think she'll be going anywhere.

"She's in good form and I'd love to run her, but she won't run until we get soft ground."