French star Ace Impact ruled out of tilt at Irish Champion Stakes
Just more than 17,000 attended the fixtures at Leopardstown and the Curragh, a 28 per cent slide on pre-pandemic figures in 2019. The inaugural “ICW” in 2014 had an official total crowd of 24,168.
A spokesman for Ace Impact’s owners was reported in media in France that preference was for keeping the colt fresh for the Arc. Auguste Rodin will be joined by last year’s winner Luxembourg in leading the home defence, Aidan O’Brien has confirmed. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire The Leopardstown boss is also hopeful the newly titled event can pick up the momentum of a general increase in attendance levels this year.
“We’ve had a decent summer so far, so I’d like to think we’ll do better than we did last year and we’re tracking well in that respect,” said Husbands, who explained the title tweak. Explaining Auguste Rodin’s dismal flop in last month’s King George at Ascot has proved even beyond the Ballydoyle team.
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