Trainer John Gosden is hunting for his third €400,000 G1 Kerrygold Irish Oaks, and he entered €40,000 supplement Star Catcher (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) for Anthony Oppenheimer on Tuesday. A winner of the G2 Ribblesdale S. at Royal Ascot, Star Catcher is one of 13 fillies still in the July 20 1 1/2-mile Classic at The Curragh.
Some of the others standing their ground at the latest forfeit stage are Joseph O'Brien trainee and G1 Pretty Polly S. victress Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler Of The World {Ire}), as well as the second-fourth home in the G1 Investec Oaks-Pink Dogwood (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), who ran third in the Pretty Polly and along with Ribblesdale bridesmaid Fleeting (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) is one of six possibles from the Aidan O'Brien yard, and Manuela De Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}).
“We would be thinking that Fleeting, Pink Dogwood, [G3 Stanerra S. victress] Peach Tree (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and maybe something else will run,” said Aidan O'Brien to The Curragh notes team. “Both Fleeting and Pink Dogwood ran close together in Epsom and ran very well and have run well since then too.”
Trainer Ralph Beckett, who also has G3 Prestige S. heroine Antonia De Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in, commented, “We've left in Antonia De Vaga and Manuela De Vega and we'll just keep an eye on the ground for Antonia De Vaga. They're both well in themselves.”
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