Unfortunately Still On Top ran no sort of race yesterday and he clearly wasn't right. He was heavily eased around 3f out and David Allan was looking down as if something was amiss. There was a bit of interference as they came around the bend and maybe that is where the problem occurred. Either way it meant our losing run continued and hopefully we can end it at the Curragh today.
The rain arrived at the Irish track yesterday and Awtaad ploughed through the soft ground to land the 2000 Guineas for Kevin Prendergast. Galileo Gold ran a cracker to finish 2nd considering the ground was plenty soft enough for him. It was an unusual sight to see an Irish classic finish without an O'Brien/Ballydoyle horse in the first three, but that is unlikely to be the case in the 1000 Guineas today.
O'Brien saddles 4 of the remaining 10 runners and Minding is a short order to follow up her impressive win in the English version of this race at Newmarket. However, the ground will be completely different today and that could blunt the scintillating turn of foot she showed at Newmarket. Now Or Never decimated her field at Leopardstown last time but again the ground was very different and she may not be as effective on a softer surface.
One filly that will relish the rain that has fallen in the last couple of days is the Adrian Keatley trained Jet Setting. She was supplemented for the Newmarket race when the forecast suggested the ground might ease. It didn't rain, but this filly still took her chance. She could only finish 9th but it was a much better run than the result suggests. She will be more at home on the ground today than a lot of her rivals and she has proven that she has the ability to compete at Group 1 level.
She has already shown that she has the measure of Now Or Never on soft ground when beating that rival easily by 3L in the trial for this race at Leopardstown on heavy. I think she is going to bounce out from stall 10 and make this a proper test. She will look to run the finish out of her rivals and I think she can make a bold bid. At 12/1 she looks overpriced and I believe she is worthy of a small each way bet.
STEVOS' SELECTION: 1.55 CURRAGH-JET SETTING 12/1 E/W
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