Irish 1000 & 2000 Guineas

The great racing continues

2000 Guineas (Friday) www.racingpost.com/racecards/178/curragh/2020-06-12/741369/pro

1000 Guineas (Saturday) www.racingpost.com/racecards/178/curragh/2020-06-13/741370/pro

Early double SISKIN x SO WONDERFUL

Some great racing Friday night with highlight being Irish 2000 gns

Siskin going for 5 in a row and has Armory to beat.

Hopefully we will cross over to watch the link with Francesco Cumani presenting.
Even if you back a loser she is worth watching.

Armory for me


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On the subject of Racing today.

Curragh:tonight, 2000 gns Siskin 5/2 and Armory 5/1.
Newbury: where you can start with Ryan in the early races and end with Frankie on the later races.
Kempton: Oisin Murphy the man to follow.
Wolves: De Sousa should have a few winners.

What the trainers say:

Aidan O'Brien, trainer of Armory, Fort Myers, Lope Y Fernandez, Monarch Of Egypt, Royal Lytham and Vatican City
Armory seems to be in good form and we were happy with him during the winter and through the spring. We have had our eye on this race for him for a long time. We're looking forward to seeing him run. Lope Y Fernandez won the Round Tower over six furlongs, so he is going into unknown territory with regards to the trip, but we have been happy with his work and he also seems to be in good form. Vatican City is a lovely horse. This is only his third run but we are looking forward to seeing what he is going to do. We've always thought he was a very nice colt.

Royal Lytham can race a little lazily, which is why we are fitting him with blinkers, but he has never run beyond six furlongs. He won the July Stakes over that trip and he's a lovely, relaxed horse so we'll learn a lot about him. Monarch Of Egypt is a horse we've always liked. He worked better than he showed on a racecourse last year but does have some nice pieces of form. It's a big step up in trip for him as well but we always felt he'd stay a mile. Fort Myers is a solid horse. He had a very good run in the Champagne Stakes last year and we felt the Curragh mile would really suit him. He's in good order and this type of race should suit him.

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for Prince Khalid Abdullah, owner of Siskin
He's been in good shape and has come through the winter well, and I think he will enjoy fast ground. It is slightly strange timing this year and we are not as knowledgeable as we'd like to be about where we all are. But Ger's horses have been running well, which is encouraging. There is plenty to suggest he can stay but of course it is a stiff mile and it is much different doing it at home than doing it on a racecourse. There is a lot of very good opposition in the race and there are no gimmes at this level. With regards to the Middle Park, I have watched that probably more than most, and obviously we spoke to Colin about it and I think the strange thing about that was that it was very out of character from the horse. He's obviously done stalls work since and there hasn't been any bother so I simply have to hope it was a one-off.

Racing Post

Saftote is offering all the exotics for the Irish Guineas meeting so it is going to be covered by Tellytrack. Well done.

Dave Scott wrote: On the subject of Racing today.

Curragh:tonight, 2000 gns Siskin 5/2 and Armory 5/1.
Newbury: where you can start with Ryan in the early races and end with Frankie on the later races.
Kempton: Oisin Murphy the man to follow.
Wolves: De Sousa should have a few winners.

I dnt think Siskin will appreciate this mile..lots of sprinters here and fewer milers.

Curragh Jackpot
6
1.5.8.9
3.7.11.12.13.16.17
2.7.9

That was impressive, they talking about Sussex stakes next.

1000 gns today and the fav also looks hard to beat .

Not close, but aaaaarrrrrrgh :

1 Horse Racing Ireland CURRAGH RACE 3 2020-06-13 18:10 11. SALSA Win 5.00 Lose

Lancaster House