A Boy Named Susie (Ire)

This particular October weekend is so important when it comes to next year's Classics and Aidan O'Brien has simply dominated it in 2025 with Pierre Bonnard (Camelot) bringing up a Sunday Group 1 double at Saint-Cloud and a third overall following the previous day's action at Doncaster. Sent off the 7-10 favourite for the 10-furlong Criterium de Saint-Cloud, the impressive Zetland winner travelled easily for Christophe Soumillon tracking the early pace and when sent on inside the two opened up to score with authority by two lengths from the Donnacha...

Leopardstown's Saturday card belonged to Aidan O'Brien and Jack Cleary and their winning sequence included a bright prospect for the 2025 Classics in Christmas Day (Camelot) in the nine-furlong G3 Mongey Communications Eyrefield Stakes. Coming off a maiden win at Gowran Park last month, the 13-2 shot was delivered from the pack to deny A Boy Named Susie (Starspangledbanner) on the line and prevail by a short head. "He's progressed from run to run and he took great confidence from the win the last day," Ballydoyle's representative Chris Armstrong explained....

Ana O'Brien made the breakthrough as an owner at Killarney on Wednesday when Group 1 entrant A Boy Named Susie (Starspangledbanner), who is trained by her brother Donnacha, created a big impression to land a race that Derby hero Lambourn was successful in 12 months ago. There was huge significance to Ana's first success as an owner given it came eight years after she suffered a career-ending fall at the track. Lambourn is not the only high-class horse to have emerged victorious from the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Race...