Archie Watson-trained sprinter Bradsell overwhelms local Irish rivals in dominant Flying Five display
Hollie Doyle on Bradsell wins the Group One Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday afternoon. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
On a day otherwise dominated by the O’Brien family, it underlined the couple’s understated competitive excellence although, typically, Doyle was keen to focus on her latest big-race winner in a career that recently passed 1,000 winners in all.
If local horses failed to make the first six in the big sprint, it was very much a home affair in Sunday’s three other Group One races. “There is only one Arc, and he has a serious engine. He just doesn’t get tired, he keeps going,” said O’Brien who suggested Lake Victoria may drop in trip for her next start in Newmarket’s Cheveley Park Stakes.
It’s a context that got particularly highlighted on Saturday at Leopardstown when Japan’s Shin Emperor advertised his Arc claims. The colt that finished third in May’s Japanese Derby filled the same position in Saturday’s €1.25 million highlight but looked unlucky not to have done even better. Shin Emperor’s brother Sottsass finished fourth in the 2020 Champion before landing the Arc and Shin Emperor’s trainer Yoshito Yahagi said: “It was a tough race, try to find a way out, and he did his best. The horse’s condition will improve in a few weeks’ time, and he will definitely improve his performance in the Arc.”
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