Rock ready to roll at Curragh

Dermot Weld is hoping Fascinating Rock will be better suited by the Curragh track in Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby than he was by the contours of Epsom.

Winner of a Leopardstown maiden on the first day of the season, he followed up in the Ballysax Stakes and was awarded the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial by the Leopardstown stewards.

He managed only eighth in the Investec Derby on his first attempt at 12 furlongs, but rather than using the trip as an excuse, Weld believes it was the ups and downs of Epsom that did not suit.