Curragh report: Sissoko enters Derby calculations after impressive run

Gavin Ryan onboard Sissoko comes home to win the Friarstown Stud Irish EBF Maiden. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Trainer Donnacha O’Brien hopes that he has “a Derby horse” in Sissoko, impressive winner of the Friarstown Stud 2-Y-0 Maiden at the Curragh on Thursday.

Having his second start, Justin Carty’s Australia colt mastered Ballydoyle hope Sun King (who had set a strong pace and had enjoyed a clear lead for most of the nine-furlong journey) approaching the furlong-pole and, shaken up by Gavin Ryan, stretched clear to triumph by six lengths.