Tony Keenan
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TONY KEENAN: Pace the key to National success (opens the original)
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IRISH racing does not have a traditional autumn double like England, but the Kerry National/Irish Cesarewitch pair up well in this regard and a few brave punters likely attempt to match up the winners, and they would deserve the rewards too, nigh on 50 runners to pick through in the two races. There are lessons from history to finding the Kerry National winner, with front-runners favoured in the race and at Listowel generally and this year was no different.
TONY KEENAN: Nouveau Grey looks one to note (opens the original)
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THE all-juvenile card at Naas Thursday last is not unique – there is another one at Leopardstown next month – but it is a curiosity, and meetings like this are good for time comparisons as it is like with like. Salt Lake put up the standout overall time performance on the card to win the six-furlong maiden for colts and geldings, completing the course 0.62 seconds faster than Luca Brillante (carried 3lbs less) in the opener, itself a well-run contest.
TONY KEENAN: More British competition welcome at our biggest Festival (opens the original)
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AS Irish Champions Festival (née Irish Champions Weekend) comes around for the 13th time, it is no harm to consider the big picture of the meeting. From a personal point of view, it is the best fixture of the year. The timing is ideal, towards the end of the season but not at it, so horses are not over the top nor is it typically run on bottomless ground. I like the concentration of good racing, where basically every race is interesting, and I relish that it is only two days; perhaps I am showin
TONY KEENAN: Mid-season break was a warning to Great Barrier Reef backers (opens the original)
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THE horses that ran at the Curragh last Saturday are likely cutting it fine to get back to the track in time for Irish Champions Festival, but other autumn opportunities are plentiful, especially for juveniles, and there were several notable two-year-old performances on the card. Chief among them was Darkness Falls, winner of the opening maiden. He took a big step forward from debut, controlling the race from the front and while his lead was uncontested, he powered away from the rest in the fina
TONY KEENAN: Sun Goddess exceeded expectations (opens the original)
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THE 2026 running of the Phoenix Stakes looked sub-standard beforehand, just two of the eight runners having won last time, no English runner or true representative of the Coventry form. Furthermore, most of the fancied runners looked seven-furlong types that were running because it was a Group 1, rather than the race necessarily suiting them. Despite all this, I am inclined to view the winner Sun Goddess positively because of her style of victory and Aidan O’Brien’s post-race comments that expla
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