Ard Na Greine strides into Derby shake-up

ARD Na Greine landed the listed Martin Molony Stakes for Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning at Limerick last night and will now contest next Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Sent to the front, past pace-forcing Aliyfa turning for home, the Galileo colt stayed on stoutly to beat Dance Pass by a length, prompting Bolger’s representative Ger Flynn to comment: “He’s a tough little horse and is going the right way. Kevin said that he loved the ground.”

And, after speaking to his boss by phone, Flynn added: “He’s entered in the Derby next week and will run.”