Fields Of Athenry continues on a potential Classic path when tackling the Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown.
After breaking his duck at Dundalk in the spring, the Ballydoyle colt then lost little in defeat in the Ulster Derby before going one better with the minimum of fuss in the Challenge Stakes here.
He is as short as 7-1 for the St Leger at Doncaster but will need to bring his A game to this Group Three contest because Edelpour is another on a rapid upward curve, and Certerach is a player at his best, even though he was some way adrift of Fields Of Athenry last time.
Lieutenant General has his sights lowered in an attempt to get on the scoresheet in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.
Aidan O'Brien's son of Fastnet Rock made Sanus Per Aquam pull out all the stops on his Curragh debut and put a costly Naas reverse behind him when third in the Tyros Stakes.
His stable companion The Crewmaster went into many notebooks when staying on into second at the Galway Festival last week and can only improve for that introduction in the Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Maiden.
On what could be a profitable evening for O'Brien, Cenotaph heads the weights for the opening Leopardstown Summer Membership Handicap (5.15), although this is really competitive, with the prolific Ishebayorgrey in opposition, along with last-start winners Anonymous Lady and Captain Power.
O'Brien starts Hallmark and Prospector off in the Live At Leopardstown Maiden and the latter is a $1.4m half-brother to Mastercraftsman.
Ivanovich Gorbatov is yet another leading contender for the champion trainer and takes on 15 rivals, including the progressive Hurricane Sky, in the Racecourse Of The Year Handicap.
Liberty's Gift ended a bit of a drought at Wexford recently and Paul Flynn gets her out again in an attempt to strike while the iron is hot in the 'Stunning' Apprentice Handicap.
