Art pencilled in for Curragh

UNBEATEN two-year-old Excellent Art may bypass Royal Ascot and wait for a Group Two race at the Curragh on Irish Derby day.

The Pivotal colt looked a smart prospect when winning the National Stakes at Sandown by nine lengths after making a winning debut at Newmarket.

He holds an entry in the Coventry Stakes next Tuesday but connections fear the ground may be too fast and have earmarked the Group Two Anhauser-Busch Adventure Parks Railway Stakes at the Curragh on July 2.