Curragh report: Ebro River flows to Phoenix Stakes glory

Ebro River and Shane Foley win for trainer Hugo Palmer. Picture: Healy Racing

The Hugo Palmer-trained Ebro River became only the second British-trained winner of the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes since 1997 when capturing Sunday's Curragh feature and, in doing so, gave jockey Shane Foley back-to-back victories in the first Group 1 juvenile event of the season in Europe.

Foley had flown back, overnight, from America, where he rode the unplaced Cadillac in Saratoga on Saturday and said: “It’s been a funny day. Saratoga was very disappointing and it was a long haul home. “I travelled down to Boston in a private plane with Ryan (Moore) and, luckily, slept on the flight home. We got in at 8am but, after this, it’s all been worthwhile.