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The Golden Horseshoe Challenge will link the Flying Five Stakes and Nunthorpe Stakes in a new cross-channel racing initiative The Curragh Racecourse and York Racecourse are delighted to announce a new partnership designed to strengthen the association between two of Europe’s premier sprint races — the Bar 1 Betting Flying Five Stakes at The Curragh and the Coolmore Stud City Of Troy Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

The featured Newbridge Silverware Royal Whip Stakes has attracted a small but select field, with the Donnacha O’Brien-trained A Boy Named Susie set to take on four rivals in the historic Group 3 contest. Cowardofthecounty and Omni Man represent Joseph O’Brien, while the Aidan O’Brien-trained Charles Fort and Jack Davison-trained Rebel Ascendant complete the line-up.

Nina Carberry set to make special return to the saddle at the Pat Smullen Raceday in aid of Cancer Trials at the Curragh. 19 charity riders representing Dublin, Kentucky, Kildare, Meath, Northamptonshire, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Waterford and Wicklow.

The Curragh Racecourse is delighted to announce a new collaboration with LFC Foundation, supported by the Kirkland Family, which will see one of the feature races on Juddmonte Irish Oaks Day, Saturday 18th July, sponsored in honour of the Foundation’s outstanding community work.

Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien attempts to extend his stellar record of 17 wins in Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby with four Ballydoyle representatives among the eight declared for the €1.25 million showpiece on Friday morning. Chester Vase winner Benvenuto Cellini, deemed a non-runner by the Epsom stewards after a starting stalls incident when the gate opened, heads the market ahead of his classic-winning stable companion and Epsom Derby winner Christmas Day.

Epsom Oaks heroine Thundering On is the star attraction on the second day of the Dubai Duty Free Derby Festival at the Curragh on Saturday when she will face nine rivals in the €400,000 Paddy Power Pretty Polly Stakes at 3.55pm. Her dam Thundering Nights carried the same Shapoor Mistry silks when she provided trainer Joseph O’Brien with his second Pretty Polly win in 2021 and she will be joined by stable companions’ Nyra, runner-up in the Munster Oaks, and Wemightakedlongway, a Group 3 winner last season.