G3 Meld Stakes

Thursday, Leopardstown, post time: 18:52, BOYLESPORTS MELD STAKES-G3, €36,000, 3yo/up, 9fT Field: Galen (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), Lord Massusus (Ire) (Markaz {Ire}), Snellen (Ire) (Expert Eye {GB}), Sparks Fly (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Expanded (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Purview (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Shiota (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}). TDN Verdict: Ballydoyle's sole 2,000 Guineas runner Expanded is threatening to enter oblivion if he can't turn his form around, but we know from his Dewhurst second he is capable of that. Juddmonte's Purview split Delacroix and Tennessee Stud in this track's 10-furlong Derby Trial when...

Such an eye-catcher when fourth in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains at ParisLongchamp in May, Ballydoyle's TDN Rising Star Diego Velazquez (Ire) (Frankel {GB}--Sweepstake {Ire}, by Acclamation {GB}) who failed to stay the mile and a half of Royal Ascot's G2 King Edward VII Stakes roared back to form dropping to nine furlongs in Thursday's G3 Meld Stakes at Leopardstown. Kept wide early by Ryan Moore, the 8-11 favourite took up a prominent position and when sent for home two out stretched his rivals to breaking point en route...