'We've had this race in mind for a while' - who has kept one for this Group 2?

Sunday: 3.55 Curragh
Kilboy Estate Stakes (Group 2) | 1m1f | 3yo+ | RTV

Starting rather than finishing has been Potapova's biggest problem and Ireland's champion jockey Colin Keane has been snapped up to ensure a swift exit in the Kilboy Estate Stakes.

Sir Michael Stoute seeks to win this Group 2 for a third time in the last decade having won it in 2013 with Dank and the following year with Mango Diva, and in Potapova he has a filly of significant potential who has not yet delivered on early promise.

She has missed the break on several occasions and doesn't have a particularly good relationship with the starting stalls, so all eyes will be on her as the gates open. On the form of her fine second in the Princess Elizabeth Stakes on Derby day at Epsom she would be a big player.

Paddy Twomey's phenomenal strike-rate is showing no signs of slowing down and the impression is we haven't seen the best of Rumbles Of Thunder yet. There is more to come.

The same could be said of Seisai, who surely would have won the Naas Oaks Trial with a clear run. It would come as no great surprise if she reversed form with Galleria Borghese.

The highest-rated runner in the race is the William Haggas-trained Purplepay, whose mark of 110 is 7lb clear of everything else, but will she handle quick conditions?

What they say

William Haggas, trainer of Purplepay
I don't know if the rain was the issue last time. She had some decent form on rain-softened ground in France last year, but she's always looked a fluent mover to us. The ground wasn't soft at all when she won the Prix de Sandringham and so I think she'll be fine on the ground. She's in very good form. This will be her third trip to Ireland this year and she's had a trip to France as well, but that's where the races are. I'm sure she'll end up in America at some stage racing for the Jacksons and our job is to get her there in good shape.

Paddy Twomey, trainer of Rumbles Of Thunder

Rumbles Of Thunder: more to come?Credit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

We've had this race in mind for her for a while. She won nicely at Gowran two starts ago and the race mightn't have unfolded ideally last time at the Curragh, but she still ran very well. Giving plenty of weight to high-class three-year-olds isn't easy, and she had an Irish 2,000 Guineas winner behind her on the day. We're looking forward to running her back in fillies-only company.

Chris Richardson, racing manager to Cheveley Park Stud, owners of Potapova
The starting stalls can be a little testing for everybody as far as she's concerned. At Epsom, unfortunately the hood came off a little late and she lost the ground before rattling through late to be second behind our other filly [Bashkirova]. At Newcastle it was the other way round as she got a bit lit up in the stalls at the very last minute and was then always running a bit too keen, especially over ten furlongs. We're dropping her back now and she likes top of the ground. It's a smart field but we kept her in training for these sorts of races and Sir Michael [Stoute] has always said she's a good filly and that we should be patient.

Aidan O'Brien, trainer of Galleria Borghese, Lily Pond and The Algarve
Lily Pond is coming back in trip. We thought a mile and six furlongs was too far for her at Leopardstown and we thought coming back to this trip would suit. Galleria Borghese is progressing. She progressed a lot from her maiden to the last day. We think she's in good form. The Algarve is back in trip too. She got hung up in that strongly run race at Roscommon over a mile and a half and it probably took its toll.

Joseph O'Brien, trainer of Seisai
She was unlucky not to win the last day. This is a step up in class but we're hoping for a good run from her.

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