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UPDATED 7:53PM, MAY 19 2021 The Tattersalls 1,000 Irish Guineas eluded Donnacha O'Brien during his glittering career in the saddle, but the flourishing trainer now looks to have a leading chance of putting that CV omission right this Sunday and is expecting an improved display from star filly Shale. A Curragh rematch with Pretty Gorgeous – trained by brother Joseph – is on the cards in the first fillies' Classic of the Irish campaign, with the scores locked at two wins apiece from last season.  O'Brien made no secret of the fact 2020's joint-highest rated juvenile filly in Eur...

Johnny Ward's Irish Angle: My best bets for Leopardstown and Killarney By Johnny Ward Sat 8 May 2021 It’s a somewhat trappy Cazoo Derby picture, but Sunday’s Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes (3.15pm) should provide a little more clarity after an interesting week of trials. It is a fascinating card at Leopardstown, while Killarney’s May meeting commences, with promising signs that we may have racegoers again soon in Ireland - perhaps in time for the Galway Festival? Let's hope so. Be lucky.

Leopardstown preview: Mac Swiney aiming to bolster Classic claims Sat 8 May 2021 A week on from teaming up to land the Qipco 2000 Guineas, Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning unleash another potential Classic contender at Leopardstown on Sunday when Mac Swiney returns to action for the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial. The veteran trainer and jockey combination struck gold in a thrilling renewal of the Newmarket showpiece, with Poetic Flare following in the hoofprints of his sire Dawn Approach as he came out in top in a pulsating three-way finish. Mac Swiney, winner of the Group One Vertem Futurity Tro...