Saturday was a mixed day for my picks at The Curragh, in the 3.05 Blackbeard was 2nd. The 5/6 favourite led at halfway but was strongly pressed from a furlong out. He was passed in the final 50 yards just holding onto second, Shartash won the race by a short head. In the Irish Derby Tuesday was 4th. The 11/8 joint favourite was 6th three out. She improved to sit 4th 2 out but she made no impression soon after. The other joint favourite Westover won by an impressive 7 lengths. The 4.20 saw Rumbles Of Thunder come 3rd. The 11/4 favourite was 2nd two out however she made no impression soon after keeping on at one pace. Aikhal won by 4 1/4 lengths.
We round off the weekend with 8 more races at The Curragh on Sunday with two features.
2.10: Airlie Stud Stakes (Group 2)
6: Statuette: An interesting filly who looked strong when winning on debut at Navan a month ago. She went clear in the final furlong coming home by 3 lengths and with improvement expected she gets the nod to follow up.
3.45: Alwasmiyah Pretty Polly Stakes (Group 1)
3: My Astra: Picked up her career best win when taking a listed race at Ayr 39 days ago. She beat The Blue Brilliant by 12 lengths quickening impressively, with her stable having a good spell another bold bid is likely as she attempts to gain her biggest win yet.
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