Alamshar heads Champion field

A maximum field of nine runners, headed by Alamshar, will go to post in Saturday’s Ireland the Food Island Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Tue, 02 Sep, 2003 - 15:19

A maximum field of nine runners, headed by Alamshar, will go to post in Saturday’s Ireland the Food Island Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

The brilliant John Oxx-trained three-year-old, who has won the Budweiser Irish Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes this season, is likely to be a warm order for the mile and a quarter event.

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Courts Racing Heathrow Place: Ireland Place: Leopardstown Place: Limerick Place: Curragh Place: France Place: Europe Place: Chaparral Place: Islington Place: Sandown Place: Kempton Place: Newmarket Person: Alamshar Person: John Oxx Person: Johnny Murtagh Person: Oxx Person: Johnny Person: Aidan O’Brien Person: High Chaparral Person: Paddy Mullins Person: Dermot Weld Person: Falbrav Person: Luca Cumani Person: Cumani Person: Godolphin Person: Ballad Person: Sir Michael Stoute Person: Tom Burke Person: Ikhtyar Person: Hamdan Al Maktoum Person: Angus Gold Person: John Gosden Person: Gold Person: Brian Meehan Person: Kaieteur Event: Food Island Champion Stakes Event: Budweiser Irish Derby Event: King George VI Event: Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes Event: Champion Stakes Event: Darley Irish Oaks Event: Guineas Event: Coral Eclipse Event: Juddmonte International Stakes Event: King George Event: Derby Event: Dubai World Cup Event: Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks Event: Gala Stakes Event: Emirates Airline Champion Stakes

<p>Lord Erskine and Darragh O'Keeffe on their way to winning the Deacy Gilligan Hurdle. Pic: Healy Racing</p>

Lord Erskine claims victory at Galway in chaotic Deacy Gilligan Hurdle

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