Palace holds off St Nick.
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There was a huge shock in the High Chaparral European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh as perennial pacemaker and 66-1 shot Windsor Palace held on under Colm O'Donoghue.
Aidan O'Brien's seven-year-old has been setting a strong gallop for his more esteemed stable companions for the past few seasons, with multiple Group One winner St Nicholas Abbey the major stable fancy on this occasion.
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Takar takes Tetrarch spoils.
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John Oxx's Takar benefited from a super-cool ride from Johnny Murtagh to take the honours in the Dylan Thomas European Breeders Fund Tetrarch Stakes at the Curragh.
The 5-4 favourite was making his three-year-old debut, having impressed on his final juvenile start at Leopardstown, and did not disappoint.
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Seed sprouts wings in Athasi.
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Gossamer Seed gave her younger rivals a sound beating in the Curragh's Canford Cliffs European Breeders Fund Athasi Stakes.
As the only four-year-old in the race, John Joseph Murphy's filly was conceding the best part of a stone to each of her four adversaries.
However, Shane Foley's mount relished the testing conditions and easily pulled clear running inside the last of the seven furlongs to register a four-and-three-quarter-length victory over market leader Bulbul.
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