Lucky Vega rises to the top in Phoenix Stakes at Curragh

Glen Shiel ridden by Oisin Orr (far side) wins the Rathasker Stud Phoenix Sprint Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Ten years after making her Group 1 breakthrough, on the flat, with Pathfork in the National Stakes, Jessica Harrington savoured Keeneland Phoenix Stakes success for the first time when Lucky Vega, confidently ridden by stable-jockey Shane Foley, ran out a convincing winner of yesterday’s Curragh showpiece.

Narrowly denied in the Railway Stakes last time, the Lope De Vega colt travelled sweetly on the heels of the leaders and, switched to challenge,