G3 Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial Stakes

Springing a minor surprise in Sunday's G3 Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown, Aziz Kheir's James J Braddock (Zarak) swooped late to deny Pierre Bonnard (Camelot) for Joseph in the all-O'Brien affair. Sent off at 9-1 for the 10-furlong prep, the Ballysax fifth was waited with by Dylan Browne McMonagle and delivered in the nick of time to oust Ballydoyle's long-time ante-post Derby favourite in the shade of the post for a short-head verdict. Pierre Bonnard's pacemaking stablemate Endorsement (Wootton Bassett) stuck to his task to be a...

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 15:50, EMIRATES POULE D'ESSAI DES POULAINS-G1, €650,000, 3yo, c, 8fT Field: Khovikhov (Fr) (Al Wukair {Ire}), Rayif (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Hankelow (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Segall (Ire) (Sottsass {Fr}), Komorebi (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Mijas (Fr) (Karakontie {Jpn}), Puerto Rico (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Imperior (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Good Bye Manu (Ire) (Almanzor {Fr}), Dorset (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Elastic (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Nighttime (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Wootton Centurion (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). TDN Analysis: Coolmore's G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere...

Just minutes after stablemate Henri Matisse (Wootton Bassett) secured G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains glory in France, Aidan O'Brien nominee and TDN Rising Star Delacroix (Dubawi) laid his Classic credentials on the line in Leopardstown's G3 Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial Stakes and passed with flying colours, registering a 2 3/4-length triumph in the 10-furlong test. Last seen annexing March's G3 Ballysax Stakes over the Foxrock venue's same mile-and-a-quarter strip, the 1-3 favourite accepted a tow from stablemate Rock Of Cashel (Wootton Bassett) and raced second after breaking on the...