Talking Horses: terribly unlucky Deirdre looks huge at 25-1 for Ascot


Japanese visitor is the most interesting horse around after being locked in the pocket at Leopardstown on Saturday

You can keep your “Pinaturbo”. Star Catcher and Logician are all very fine, I suppose, if you like that sort of thing. But the horse from last weekend’s racing that I can’t wait to see next time didn’t even get a place.

I won’t be alone in this. There was an enormous quantity of top-class racing on Saturday and Sunday but surely nobody failed to notice the classy animal who spent most of the Irish Champion Stakes trying to crawl over the backs of the rivals in front of her.

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Redcar 2.00 Rebel Soldier Boy 2.30 Light The Fuse 3.00 Athollblair Boy 3.30 Black Isle Boy 4.00 Star Shield 4.30 Desert Land (nb)
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The Fiddler 

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