Sea should be the star - if he turns up
Certainly, his participation remains far from certain and if the ground, especially in the straight, doesn’t dry out over the next two days then there is a strong possibility Oxx will pull the plug and keep Sea The Stars in reserve for the ten furlongs Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.
For the moment we have to assume the son of Cape Cross will run and, if he does, it wouldn’t make a lot of sense to go looking elsewhere for the likely winner.
Even accepting the Epsom Derby was run to suit, nevertheless Sea The Stars was in a different league to his rivals, cruising home clear of Fame And Glory and Masterofthehorse.
At the moment Sea The Stars is bombproof and there is every possibility he is simply a horse who can adapt to any sort of pace in a race!
Ironically, he won twice last season when there was lots of cut in the ground, once on heavy, so that wouldn’t seem to be a worry either!
Gan Amhras, who ran no sort of race at Epsom, would go well at his best, but the Ballydoyle pair, Fame And Glory and Masterofthehorse, have to be rated the principal dangers.They are both well held on Epsom running, but one would expect a furious end-to-gallop on this occasion.
Sea The Stars to emerge with reputation enhanced is the prediction and, in his absence, the nod would fall on Masterofthehorse.
Jim Bolger’s Kitty Kiernan gets the nap in the Group 2 Netjets Railway Stakes. She looked a possible star of the future when beating Lillie Langtry on her debut at Naas.
Lillie Langtry, however, reversed placings emphatically, back at Naas, when beating the selection by an easy two and a half lengths.
The surface then was far too fast for Kitty Kiernan and any rain which falls will work in her favour.
Famous Name, not to be totally trusted, is a good horse when on song and is fancied to outclass the opposition in the Listed Woodies DIY Celebration Stakes.
Dermot Weld trains Famous Name and his Profound Beauty is the nap choice to land the At The Races Curragh Cup at headquarters today.
She was progressive last season, rounding off her campaign by finishing a creditable fifth behind Viewed in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington, with Mad Rush behind in seventh place.
Look Here is the clear form horse in the Group 1 Audi Pretty Polly Stakes, but might be vulnerable over ten furlongs and preference is for Katiyra, who is running over her ideal trip.
Mister Tee, having a fourth outing, can make his experience tell against some interesting newcomers in the Barronstown Stud EBF Maiden.
He should relish this six furlongs, having enjoyed little luck in running over five when beaten a neck by Dream Deer at Dundalk, a contest which has been working out nicely.
