Weld is in familiar territory ahead of Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas
Friday, May 23, 2025
Swelter ridden by Chris Hayes wins The Ballylinch Stud Priory Belle Stakes at Leopardstown in March and has been declared for the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Sunday. Photo: carolinenorris.ie
The Curragh Racecourse is braced for a mammoth weekend of racing as the Tattersalls Irish Guineas weekend gets underway today and concludes on Sunday with a mouthwatering renewal of the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas and Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup.
Dermot Weld will attempt the remarkable feat of winning a third Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas in four years for a third different flagship owner.
On what is set to be a major weekend for Juddmonte, Weld will saddle the unbeaten Swelter in Sunday’s feature race as the two-time winner has been declared to face 11 rivals.
Weld won the race in 2022 with the Moyglare Stud-owned Homeless Songs before saddling the Aga Khan’s Tahiyra to win the next renewal and now his hopes rest with Swelter in the instantly recognisable colours of Juddmonte.
The Curragh Racecourse’s nearest neighbour, Weld will face stiff opposition from Ireland’s champion trainer who saddles two of the runners. The Ballydoyle contingent is headed by Lake Victoria, who was sixth in the English 1,000 Guineas earlier this month. Lake Victoria will be ridden by Ryan Moore and is joined by stable companion January, who was second in the Group 1 Fillies Mile last season behind English 1,000 Guineas winner Desert Flower.
Lake Victoria had to settle for minor honours in Newmarket and had the Ollie Sangster-trained pair of Flight and Simmering ahead of her on that occasions.
Sangster has impressed in his short training career and is strongly armed for Sunday’s Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas with the second and third placed fillies from the Newmarket equivalent both taking their chance.
Flight will be once again ridden by Oisin Murphy and Dylan Browne McMonagle retains the ride on Simmering with only a length separating them at Newmarket.
The Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas received two late entries on Tuesday morning when the Donnacha O’Brien-trained Atsila and Paddy Twomey’s City Of Memphis were supplemented for the fillies Classic.
Atsila is a course and distance winner having scored in the Group 3 Coolmore Auguste Rodin EBF Athasi Stakes just under three weeks ago, while Twomey’s highly regarded City OF Memphis was a debut winner at Cork the following day. Their late inclusions add further intrigue to a fascinating race.
The race went for export last year for the first time since 2013 as the Karl Burke-trained Fallen Angel justified favouritism and in addition to the Sangster pair, Archie Watson sends over Duty First who was ninth in the English 1,000 Guineas.
California Dreamer and Jaliyah represent trainer Adrian Murray who’d be enjoying the finest day of his training career should either filly cross the line in front, and the field is completed by the Joe Murphy-trained Cercene and the Eoghan O’Neill-trained Tamam Desert who has the assistance of 2016 winning jockey, Shane Foley.
Prior to Sunday’s Classic action, racegoers will be treated to a high-class renewal of the Tattersalls Gold Cup.
The biggest field in the race since 2007 has attracted the English Champion Stakes winner Anmaat for trainer Owen Burrows who tackles last year’s Tattersalls Gold Cup winner White Birch for John Murphy and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby winner Los Angeles.
Also included is the Andrew Balding-trained Kalpana who proved herself as one of the most admirable fillies in training last season and adds further depth to the Juddmonte battalion tackling the Curragh’s big races this weekend.
Another fancied British challenger is the Clive Cox-trained Ghostwriter who is the mount of Rossa Ryan and finished fourth in the Dubai Turf last month, while Karl Burke’s Royal Rhyme is also declared.
Sunday’s card at the Curragh features quality racing across all categories as before the older horses clash in the Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Classic generation meet in the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas, the current crop of two-year-old’s will face off in the GAIN Marble Hill Stakes.
Aidan O’Brien’s Albert Einstein heads the field following his recent winning debut at Naas and he will take on four previous winners in the seven runner field. Course and distance winner Andab is among the opposition for Joseph O’Brien while Power Blue and Miami Destination are another two Curragh winners who will represent Adrian Murray.
Donnacha O’Brien’s stable star Porta Fortuna will bid to get back to winning ways in the Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes. Porta Fortuna’s hat-trick of Group 1 victories was a highlight of last summer and she is now set to have a first outing since finishing eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile in November. Ryan Moore is back onboard for Sunday’s race which has also attracted One Look who previous won the Goffs Million as a two-year-old.
Nine fillies are declared for the €50,000 QuinnBet Spring Fillies Handicap over a mile with Johnny Murtagh’s Murkala and Joe Murphy’s Shiota of interest in that race.
The Tony Martin-trained English Cesarewitch winner Alphonse Le Grande returns in the Cryoclinic.ie Handicap and will top the weights for the 1m6f contest, while the first on an eight race card is the Tally Ho Stud Irish EBF Fillies Maiden at 1.20pm.
CLICK HERE FOR DECLARED RUNNERS FOR THE TATTERSALLS IRISH 1,000 GUINEAS
Dermot Weld will attempt the remarkable feat of winning a third Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas in four years for a third different flagship owner.
On what is set to be a major weekend for Juddmonte, Weld will saddle the unbeaten Swelter in Sunday’s feature race as the two-time winner has been declared to face 11 rivals.
Weld won the race in 2022 with the Moyglare Stud-owned Homeless Songs before saddling the Aga Khan’s Tahiyra to win the next renewal and now his hopes rest with Swelter in the instantly recognisable colours of Juddmonte.
The Curragh Racecourse’s nearest neighbour, Weld will face stiff opposition from Ireland’s champion trainer who saddles two of the runners. The Ballydoyle contingent is headed by Lake Victoria, who was sixth in the English 1,000 Guineas earlier this month. Lake Victoria will be ridden by Ryan Moore and is joined by stable companion January, who was second in the Group 1 Fillies Mile last season behind English 1,000 Guineas winner Desert Flower.
Lake Victoria had to settle for minor honours in Newmarket and had the Ollie Sangster-trained pair of Flight and Simmering ahead of her on that occasions.
Sangster has impressed in his short training career and is strongly armed for Sunday’s Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas with the second and third placed fillies from the Newmarket equivalent both taking their chance.
Flight will be once again ridden by Oisin Murphy and Dylan Browne McMonagle retains the ride on Simmering with only a length separating them at Newmarket.
The Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas received two late entries on Tuesday morning when the Donnacha O’Brien-trained Atsila and Paddy Twomey’s City Of Memphis were supplemented for the fillies Classic.
Atsila is a course and distance winner having scored in the Group 3 Coolmore Auguste Rodin EBF Athasi Stakes just under three weeks ago, while Twomey’s highly regarded City OF Memphis was a debut winner at Cork the following day. Their late inclusions add further intrigue to a fascinating race.
The race went for export last year for the first time since 2013 as the Karl Burke-trained Fallen Angel justified favouritism and in addition to the Sangster pair, Archie Watson sends over Duty First who was ninth in the English 1,000 Guineas.
California Dreamer and Jaliyah represent trainer Adrian Murray who’d be enjoying the finest day of his training career should either filly cross the line in front, and the field is completed by the Joe Murphy-trained Cercene and the Eoghan O’Neill-trained Tamam Desert who has the assistance of 2016 winning jockey, Shane Foley.
Prior to Sunday’s Classic action, racegoers will be treated to a high-class renewal of the Tattersalls Gold Cup.
The biggest field in the race since 2007 has attracted the English Champion Stakes winner Anmaat for trainer Owen Burrows who tackles last year’s Tattersalls Gold Cup winner White Birch for John Murphy and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby winner Los Angeles.
Also included is the Andrew Balding-trained Kalpana who proved herself as one of the most admirable fillies in training last season and adds further depth to the Juddmonte battalion tackling the Curragh’s big races this weekend.
Another fancied British challenger is the Clive Cox-trained Ghostwriter who is the mount of Rossa Ryan and finished fourth in the Dubai Turf last month, while Karl Burke’s Royal Rhyme is also declared.
Sunday’s card at the Curragh features quality racing across all categories as before the older horses clash in the Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Classic generation meet in the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas, the current crop of two-year-old’s will face off in the GAIN Marble Hill Stakes.
Aidan O’Brien’s Albert Einstein heads the field following his recent winning debut at Naas and he will take on four previous winners in the seven runner field. Course and distance winner Andab is among the opposition for Joseph O’Brien while Power Blue and Miami Destination are another two Curragh winners who will represent Adrian Murray.
Donnacha O’Brien’s stable star Porta Fortuna will bid to get back to winning ways in the Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes. Porta Fortuna’s hat-trick of Group 1 victories was a highlight of last summer and she is now set to have a first outing since finishing eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile in November. Ryan Moore is back onboard for Sunday’s race which has also attracted One Look who previous won the Goffs Million as a two-year-old.
Nine fillies are declared for the €50,000 QuinnBet Spring Fillies Handicap over a mile with Johnny Murtagh’s Murkala and Joe Murphy’s Shiota of interest in that race.
The Tony Martin-trained English Cesarewitch winner Alphonse Le Grande returns in the Cryoclinic.ie Handicap and will top the weights for the 1m6f contest, while the first on an eight race card is the Tally Ho Stud Irish EBF Fillies Maiden at 1.20pm.
CLICK HERE FOR DECLARED RUNNERS FOR THE TATTERSALLS IRISH 1,000 GUINEAS
On what is set to be a major weekend for Juddmonte, Weld will saddle the unbeaten Swelter in Sunday’s feature race as the two-time winner has been declared to face 11 rivals.
