The Curragh's Group 1 bonanza on day two of Irish Champions Weekend has attracted an aggregate 38 declarations after final fields for the track's four elite-level contests were confirmed Friday morning.
Illinois (Galileo), with Christophe Soumillon booked to ride, is one of two Aidan O'Brien entries, the other being Queenstown (Galileo), and heads a field of nine in the G1 Comer Group International Irish St Leger. The undefeated G2 King Edward VII Stakes victor Amiloc (Postponed) is one of three overseas nominees.
Ballydoyle has three of the six runners, headed by G1 Prix Morny runner-up Gstaad (Starspangledbanner), in the G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes, which also features unbeaten Group 2 winners Saba Desert (Dubawi) and Zavateri (Without Parole).
Soumillon will be aboard G2 Debutante Stakes winner Composing (Wootton Bassett), one of three Aidan O'Brien contenders, in the seven-runner G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes. She will be accompanied by G2 Airlie Stud Stakes victrix Beautify (Wootton Bassett) and G3 Prestige Fillies' Stakes winner Precise (Starspangledbanner) in opposition to last month's G1 Prix Morny heroine and undefeated Karl Burke trainee Venetian Sun (Starman).
Last month's G1 Nunthorpe Stales heroine Asfoora (Flying Artie) will become the first Australian-trained runner to race in Ireland and has drawn stall one in the 16-runner G1 Bar One Racing Flying Five Stakes. Dylan Browne McMonagle takes over from Oisin Murphy in the saddle. Amo Racing has two Adrian Murray-trained runners confirmed for the five-furlong dash, with last year's seventh Bucanero Fuerte (Wootton Bassett) the mount of Colin Keane and David Egan aboard GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint runner-up Arizona Blaze (Gergei Prokofiev).
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