Twilight Jet firmly on course for Commonwealth Cup

Leigh Roche wins on Twilight Jet. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

The Michael O’Callaghan-trained Twilight Jet proved the star of yesterday’s Trial Day card in Naas, making an impressive seasonal debut in the Group 3 Goffs Lacken Stakes and earning a crack at Royal Ascot’s Commonwealth Cup (group 1) next month.

The Twilight Sun colt endured a busy, globee-trotting campaign as a juvenile, culminating at the Breeders Cup. But he showed no ill effects here, blazing the trail up the Naas hill and running on strongly to beat favourite New York City by three lengths.