Thistle Bird struck Group One gold at the age of six as she dispelled any stamina concerns with an emphatic victory in the Newbridge Silverware Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

If Roger Varian decides not to run Kingston Hill in this evening’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh then that will obviously rob the race of much of its interest.

CAPE BLANCO gets the vote to land the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh tomorrow.

JIM Bolger’s pair of top-class fillies, Finsceal Beo and Lush Lashes, could clash in the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday.