Crown Of Oaks favourite for Irish Stallion Farms EBF Northfields Premier Handicap

Gstaad is a short price to give Aidan O’Brien a 13th victory in the Group 1 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes, but this speedy sort must prove his stamina for the seven-furlong trip.

CURRAGH PREVIEW: Irish Champions’ Festival rolls on to the Curragh for an eight-race programme, and patient punters can be rewarded by Crown Of Oaks in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Northfields Premier Handicap, the race which wraps up the weekend. Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

On Sunday, Irish Champions’ Festival rolls on to the Curragh for an eight-race programme, and patient punters can be rewarded by Crown Of Oaks in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Northfields Premier Handicap, the race which wraps up the weekend.

Third in a Newmarket maiden on his only start at two, he held entries at a high level this season, but sights were lowered after he was placed in maidens on his first two starts.