Island Hopping can build on Irish Oaks performance

Her record of one win in eight outings isn’t inspiring but there have been good efforts in there, most notably on her most recent outing, in the Irish Oaks.

Minnie Hauk & Ryan Moore win the Group 1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks. Pic: HEALY RACING

Cork hosts the Flat brigade for a high-quality card while Tramore’s four-day August festival gets underway with a seven-race programme.

The Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes is a tricky puzzle to solve but Island Hopping is quite an uncomplicated sort, who likes to get on with her racing, and this provided an opportunity for her to make all the running.