Wait for a Classic next year with this eyecatching Curragh maiden winner - it could be an ideal fit
Nick Watts looks back at the big-race action and key market moves
St Mark's Basilica might not have got off to a flying start in his stallion career, but the signs are that a few of them are starting to break through, and the weekend offered further promise.
His daughter Princess Petrol was just touched off in the Sweet Solera and is a 33-1 shot for the 2026 1,000 Guineas. Her conqueror, Dance To The Music, is slightly shorter at 25-1.
At the Curragh, another daughter, Diamond Necklace, was making a winning debut in a 7f maiden, beating the much more experienced Minerva fairly easily.
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