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| Group 1, Curragh 15:50 €400,000 guaranteed, 2yo, 7f, Class 1  |
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Gstaad is set to tackle seven furlongs for the first time when lining up at the Curragh.
An 11th win for Aidan O'Brien in this race 👏
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) June 17, 2025
GSTAAD is an emphatic winner of the Coventry Stakes 🏆#RoyalAscot pic.twitter.com/Bh10jyaUpv
The Coventry Stakes winner at Royal Ascot, he found things tougher in a sizzling renewal of the Prix Morny at Deauville. But while beaten there, the manner of his finish gave Aidan O’Brien plenty of encouragement for this step up in distance.
“Gstaad will love seven furlongs,” said O’Brien. “He went to France but it was a little bit early, he came back heavier than he went so he’s going to be very comfortable at seven, he always was.
“The original plan was that he was going to go to the Curragh for a stiff six (Phoenix Stakes) but we didn’t get to go obviously. The filly (True Love) was to go to Deauville but they had to swap around.
“That was the way it worked but it didn’t suit either, the filly would probably be better over a quick six and he would have been better over a stiff six but that’s the way it was.
“He’s a fair horse, he stays, he’s quick, he’s a big hardy horse and you could see him going through the line at Deauville.”
He could well be joined at the Curragh by Italy, who ran second to Gewan in the Acomb Stakes at York.
“It’s possible Italy could join him, he ran well at York. He got back a little bit, he’s still a little immature mentally but we’re happy with him since so it’s a strong possibility he will,” O’Brien confirmed.
Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes (Group 1)
€400,000 guaranteed, 2yo only, 7f
31 entries
Going:
| No. | Form | Horse | Age | Weight | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | A Boy Named Susie | 2 | 9-5 | Donnacha Aidan O'Brien |
| 2 | 34 | Al Haarith | 2 | 9-5 | Joseph Patrick O'Brien |
| 3 | 1 | Amadeus Mozart | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 4 | 13462 | Andab | 2 | 9-5 | Joseph Patrick O'Brien |
| 5 | 21 | Benvenuto Cellini | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 6 | 50 | Bond | 2 | 9-5 | P Twomey |
| 7 | 142 | Brussels | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 8 | 23 | Charles Fort | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 9 | 0 | Circle Of Life | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 10 | 113 | Daytona | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 11 | 13 | Distant Storm | 2 | 9-5 | Charlie Appleby |
| 12 | 215 | Dorset | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 13 | 43 | Go Just Do It | 2 | 9-5 | Joseph Patrick O'Brien |
| 14 | 112 | Gstaad | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 15 | 1172 | Humidity | 2 | 9-5 | Andrew Balding |
| 16 | 122 | Italy | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 17 | 31 | Montreal | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 18 | 71 | New Zealand | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 19 | 3121 | North Coast | 2 | 9-5 | Joseph Patrick O'Brien |
| 20 | 14 | Pacific Avenue | 2 | 9-5 | Charlie Appleby |
| 21 | 7 | Piazza San Marco | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 22 | 41 | Pierre Bonnard | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 23 | 132531 | Power Blue | 2 | 9-5 | Adrian Murray |
| 24 | 42224 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 25 | 6 | Res Ipsa | 2 | 9-5 | G M Lyons |
| 26 | 11 | Saba Desert | 2 | 9-5 | Charlie Appleby |
| 27 | — | Stpaul'scathedral | 2 | 9-5 | A P O'Brien |
| 28 | 835 | Suspicious Mindz | 2 | 9-5 | Mrs John Harrington |
| 29 | 2221 | Thesecretadversary | 2 | 9-5 | J A Stack |
| 30 | 123 | Wild Desert | 2 | 9-5 | Charlie Appleby |
| 31 | 111 | Zavateri | 2 | 9-5 | Eve Johnson Houghton |
