Ballydoyle trio among 12 bidding for Irish 2,000 Guineas glory
Thu 20 May 2021
Aidan OâBrien throws three darts at the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas as he aims to take his record score to 12 in the colts Classic at the Curragh, live on Racing TV on Saturday.
Battleground,
Van Gogh and
Wembley represent the Ballydoyle handler on Saturday â but all have to bounce back after being well-beaten in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket behind
Bolger also saddles
Mac Swiney, winner of the Vertem Futurity at Doncaster but fifth on his seasonal debut at Leopardstown two weeks ago.
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UPDATED 1:46PM, MAY 20 2021
Poetic Flare, the 2,000 Guineas winner beaten in the French equivalent on Sunday, has been confirmed for a quick turnaround in Saturday s Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.
Trainer Jim Bolger is no stranger to bold plays and will pitch his homebred colt into his third Classic in just 22 days along with stablemate Mac Swiney, who won the Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes last year.
Bolger s stable jockey Kevin Manning sticks with his Newmarket hero, who was sixth in the Poule d Essai des Poulains at the weekend, while Rory Cleary is on Mac Swiney.
Bolger said: The intention is for Mac Swiney and Poetic Flare to run in the Irish 2,000 Guineas on Saturday.
Bolger retains faith in Poetic Flare ahead of Irish Guineas challenge
Thu 20 May 2021
Jim Bolger admits âthe wheels came offâ Poetic Flareâs bid to win a second Classic in France last weekend, but expects a different display in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas on Saturday.
The Dawn Approach colt came out on top in a three-way photo in the Guineas at Newmarket at the beginning of May, but finished only sixth at ParisLongchamp when bidding for a double.
âThe wheels kind of came off the wagon a little bit there, but weâve drawn a line through it and weâre moving on,â said Bolger.
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The first Classic of the season takes place in Ireland on Saturday, although it will be the third one Poetic Flare has contested already this year, all in the space of three weeks.
Bolger, who has made it clear how much he thinks of his star colt, said on Thursday that the QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner would be able to stand up to whatever I throw at him .
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