Soprano aiming to hit winning note

Paul Deegan’s prolific mare Midnight Soprano tests the water at Pattern level for the first time in the At The Races Curragh Cup on Sunday.

The five-year-old signed off her 2011 campaign with victory at Navan and she is unbeaten in four starts this term. She beat subsequent Gold Cup third Saddler’s Rock, as well as talented filly Unaccompanied, in the Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown on her latest appearance.

That performance prompted connections to supplement their mare for this weekend’s Group Three prize and Deegan is confident she can repay their faith.