3 days ago
Emit to soar highest in O'Brien family battle at Gowran Park
Today's Gowran Park card will be the last chance for punters to pick winners on Irish shores before all attention turns to the west and the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Marble City Stakes (2.50) heads a competitive Flat card with plenty of betting opportunities.
Restricted to three-year-olds only, Aidan O'Brien won the showpiece event 12 months ago and the Ballydoyle maestro will hold plenty of hopes again via Acapulco Bay.
The Dubawi colt has scored just once in six starts, though, while Ronan Whelan's mount is 3lbs off his nearest rival on official ratings, with Emit expected to give him more than enough to think about as many of the 11 runners step up to 1m4f for the first time in their careers.
The latter, trained by Joseph O'Brien, never landed a blow in a Group Three at Royal Ascot but Dylan Browne McMonagle's mount had been knocking on the door prior to that and he can get the job done.
