Smaller Irish trainers poised to make big impression on royal meeting
From an early stage of this Flat season, there has been a healthy variety in the names of winning trainers at some of Ireland's biggest meetings, as my colleague Alan Sweetman noted in an Another View column, and that has translated into some particularly interesting runners for smaller Irish yards at Royal Ascot this week – even if the absence of White Birch from the Prince of Wales's Stakes is a bitter blow for his trainer John Murphy.
Irish trainers dominate the top end of the market in the Ascot Stakes on day one and Boher Road seems to have a cracking chance for Jarlath Fahey.
A shrewd dual-purpose trainer, Fahey has saddled one runner at this meeting before and duly hit the bullseye when Jennies Jewel won this race in 2016 under a cracking front-running ride from Ronan Whelan.
Read the full story
Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.
Subscribe to unlock
- Racing Post digital newspaper (worth over £100 per month)
- Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing
- Expert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul Kealy
- Replays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecourses
- Form study tools including the Pro Card and Horse Tracker
- Extensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales data
Already a subscriber?Log in
Published on inAnother View
Last updated
Copy- Britain's spring festivals have been a Willie wonderland - but Mark Walsh has blossomed into the big-race rider
- In the search for greatness, there comes a time when 'unlucky' just doesn't cut it anymore
- How British racing is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring the welfare of the horses at Aintree
- How Liverpool's remarkable connection with the National ensures it does indeed remain the people's race
- Merit over mediocrity: fierce debate over prize-money highlights a ludicrous disparity
- Britain's spring festivals have been a Willie wonderland - but Mark Walsh has blossomed into the big-race rider
- In the search for greatness, there comes a time when 'unlucky' just doesn't cut it anymore
- How British racing is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring the welfare of the horses at Aintree
- How Liverpool's remarkable connection with the National ensures it does indeed remain the people's race
- Merit over mediocrity: fierce debate over prize-money highlights a ludicrous disparity