After the Guineas at Newmarket, the attention will turn to the Irish equivalents and Monday's card at The Curragh sees a course-and-distance trial in the Listed Coolmore Arizona Irish EBF Tetrarch S. which features Dr Zempf (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Taken out of the 2000 Guineas by Ger Lyons, Peter Brant's 'TDN Rising Star' steps up to the mile for the first time after registering a winning comeback in Leopardstown's seven-furlong Listed Ballylinch Stud 2000 Guineas Trial Apr. 2. He meets two other TDN Rising Stars including the Jim Bolger homebred Wexford Native (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), who earned that tag on debut in a mile Navan maiden Mar. 29 and has significant upside.
Mooresbridge Match
The Kildare card also features the G2 Coolmore Sottsass Irish EBF Mooresbridge S., where the Apr. 10 G3 Alleged S. one-two Layfayette (Ire) (French Navy {GB}) and High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) renew rivalry, while the 2-year-old Royal Ascot aspirants line up in the five-furlong Listed GAIN First Flier S., the first black-type race for the age group in Europe. Coolmore's U S Navy Flag has the opportunity to strike first with his son Ocean Vision (Ire), who scored for the Kieran Cotter stable on debut at Dundalk Apr. 12, but that colt has first to get past Ballydoyle's Apr. 8 maiden winner Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never).
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