Irish Champion Stakes - 8 Sep 2012 - 18h45 SAT

The winner has an automatic invitation into the Breeders' Cup Turf.

Some of the great horses to have won this race are Sea The Stars, Daylami and Fantastic Light. Dylan Thomas is the most successful horse with two wins. Aiden O'Brien is the most successful trainer with seven wins and he will be gunning for a hat trick this year. Our own Muis Roberts won this race with Indian Skimmer in 1988. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Champion_Stakes

The highly rated Cirrus Des Aigles has sidestepped this race for a much more ambitious target of taking on Frankel in the British Champion Stakes.

www.paddypower.com/racing/future-racing/irish-champion-stakes prices :

Nathaniel 13/8
Snow Fairy 11/4

St Nicholas Abbey 5/1
Imperial Monarch 6/1
Princess Highway 8/1

Famous Name 12/1
Twice Over 16/1

Born To Sea 25/1

Could be one of the races of the season,Snow Fairy nearly toppled So You Think in last years race...

Should be a cracker

Unfortunately, for now, there is no free-tabsheet for today's card at Leopardstown and so, I think, we wont get to see the Champion Stakes on Tellytrack

John Gosden has warned that Nathaniel will not be "really fully wound up" for the Irish Champion Stakes. "It's very much the Arc we're looking at." :.

www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/articl...0033311347016271941A

Trainer Ed Dunlop believes "all the signs are good" for Snow Fairy. "I wouldn't have run her if it was slow ground, so we're happy with the way things are working out with the weather".

Jockey Joseph O'Brien feels he could have been closer with St Nick's Abbey had he not tried to stretch Frankel .

Seamie Heffernan is also going for a hat trick in this race with Daddy Long Legs.

John Oxx on Born To Sea "We tried him without the headgear for his last start and it didn't work out"

www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/article...y-showing-good-signs

Latest betting at www.paddypower.com/racing/daily-racing/l...9-1m-2f-4160083.html

Nathaniel 15/10
Snow Fairy 19/10

St Nick's Abbey 7/2

Born To Sea 16/1
Daddy Long Legs 20/1

Light Heavy 40/1

Mac Wrote:

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> Unfortunately, for now, there is no free-tabsheet
> for today's card at Leopardstown and so, I think,
> we wont get to see the Champion Stakes on
> Tellytrack


maybe we will watch yak racing from Tibet instead...poor show from TT:?

Voice Commentary from Leopardstown(tu)

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Snow FairyX(

Brilliant win from one of the alltime great fillies (tu)

True Bob (tu)

So if you believe the nonsense that Racing is a Sport(Phumelea spin) then this Race should have been hyped and included on our cards as some of the best in the world were running there