Master a bet to nothing

IT’S virtually certain Sea The Stars will take his chance in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown today.

Trainer John Oxx walked the track last night and declared Sea The Stars as “likely to run” unless unexpected rain changes the ground.

Oxx has long been adamant the son of Cape Cross needs a sound surface to produce his best, notwithstanding the fact that, as a juvenile, Sea The Stars won a Group 2 with cut in the ground and his maiden on a heavy surface. Nevertheless, we have to accept the evidence of the colt’s three-year-old career is that he is most effective on fast ground.