Today's tips: Clouds gather over Stakes showdown at Leopardstown

Golden Horn and Gleneagles head a star field of eight horses declared for the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow, a race that will have an earlier start time due to weather concerns.

Today's tips: Clouds gather over Stakes showdown at Leopardstown
Fri, 11 Sep, 2015 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

The Classic-winning pair were set to meet in the Juddmonte International at York last month, but Gleneagles was a late withdrawal due to the ground, while Golden Horn suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Arabian Queen.

The much-awaited showdown between John Gosden’s Derby and Eclipse winner Golden Horn and the Aidan O’Brien-trained dual 2000 Guineas scorer Gleneagles is on again, but connections of the latter are concerned about the ground turning soft.

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CourtsRacingPlace: LeopardstownPlace: YorkPlace: Golden HornPlace: Royal AscotPlace: DoncasterPlace: NewmarketPlace: DeauvillePlace: BritainPlace: Arlington ParkPlace: ChicagoPlace: Iveagh GardensPerson: Arabian QueenPerson: John GosdenPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: GleneaglesPerson: O’BrienPerson: Kevin RyanPerson: Dermot WeldPerson: Free EaglePerson: Corine Barande-BarbePerson: Cirrus Des AiglesPerson: Jim BolgerPerson: LegatissimoPerson: Nessa JoycePerson: Amazing MariaPerson: David O’MearaPerson: Marco BottiPerson: Euro CharlinePerson: David WachmanPerson: Ger LyonsPerson: RaydaraPerson: Steip AmachPerson: Alain de Royer-DupreEvent: Qipco Irish Champion StakesEvent: 2000 GuineasEvent: St James’s Palace StakesEvent: Secretariat StakesEvent: Prince Of WalesEvent: Yorkshire OaksEvent: CoolmoreEvent: Fastnet Rock Matron StakesEvent: Champion StakesEvent: Falmouth StakesEvent: Prix RothschildEvent: Beverly D StakesEvent: 1000 GuineasEvent: Nassau StakesOrganisation: GleneaglesOrganisation: Leopardstown
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