Indian Chief set for Dante date

Indian Chief emerged as the best prospect from last night’s Students Day action in Leopardstown, justifying odds-on favouritism in the Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Summer Racedays Maiden and being earmarked as a possible contender for the Dante Stakes in York.

Beaten by subsequent Group 1 winner Loch Garman on his only juvenile start, Indian Chief came from last to first under a confident Joseph O’Brien and, shaken up, quickened in encouraging style to beat Dubai Deer by a length.

Winning trainer Aidan O’Brien stated: “For a Montjeu, he’s sharp and has plenty of speed. They went steady and he quickened up well. He’ll got for one of the Derby trials and could be a Dante horse.”