Champion sire rules Leopardstown with big two-year-old treble

Three more Classic aspirants for the Coolmore great

Douglas Macarthur: could be one of the beaten colts to take from the DerbyCredit: Caroline Norris (racingpost.com/photos)

Two Group-winning two-year-olds and a five-length maiden winner at Leopardstown on Thursday, all with Classic pretensions - it is all in a day's work for perennial champion sire .

The card kicked off with Galileo's son earning quotes for next year's Derby with a smooth five-length victory over paternal half-brother World War in the mile maiden.

Douglas Macarthur, trained by Aidan O'Brien for the Coolmore partners and Markus Jooste, is a brother to Oaks heroine Was.

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Martin StevensBloodstock journalist

Published on 21 July 2016inInternational

Last updated 21:27, 21 July 2016

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