Henri Matisse can claim National Stakes spoils at the Curragh 

The remarkable Kyprios is difficult to oppose in the Group 1 Comer Group International Irish St Leger 

ON THE IMPROVE: Henri Matisse wins the Group 2 Futurity Stakes at the Curragh last month. He can extend his unbeaten record on Sunday.  Picture: Healy Racing

The Irish Champions Festival moves to Curragh for day two and Henri Matisse, who contests the Group 1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes, makes most appeal as a bet on the eight-race card.

Aidan O’Brien’s colt was a shade workmanlike on debut, when touching off Cadogan in a Curragh maiden, and it was a similar story when he was cleverly ridden to get on top late in the Group 2 GAIN Railway Stakes on his second start.