Zabeel Prince - winner of the Group One Prix d'Ispahan at Longchamp 12 months ago - is rated 7lbs clear of his nearest rival but faces a stiff challenge against some younger rivals on his return from a year off the track. Patrick Sarsfield is hugely progressive having landed back-to-back handicaps and there may be more to come from Joseph O'Brien's charge but Ancient Spirit may prove best if blazing a trail from the front once again. Jessica Harrington has worked wonders since the five-year-old switched to her Moone yard, with successive Listed wins highlighting his class, and Shane Foley's mount can show his battling qualities once more to land a hat-trick. Cork hosts a decent Flat card tomorrow headed by the Group Three Brownstown Stakes (5.45) where Aidan O'Brien's talented but frustrating Irish 1000 Guineas third So Wonderful must be taken on. Whelan can also take the Listed Caravaggio Tipperary Stakes (5.15) aboard Jack Davison's Mooneista, which can build on his second behind the exciting Frenetic in a Listed contest at the Curragh on Irish Derby weekend.

Source: Irish Independent July 11, 2020 01:39 UTC