Shadow Army (GB)

Saturday's G1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at The Curragh sees the first Group 1 action for the juveniles of 2024 and a fascinating colt-filly clash as Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never) meets Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}). The former, who is seeking to extend Aidan O'Brien's tally of 17 successes in the six-furlong feature, like his full-brother Little Big Bear (Ire) went to Royal Ascot and Newmarket's July Festival and unlike him lost at the former meeting when one of the week's shock losers in fourth in the G2 Norfolk Stakes. While...

He had to cover Chantilly's straight six furlongs in a time over a second faster than when taking the G3 Prix du Bois last month, but what would prove too difficult for others is far from a test for the highly progressive Arabie (GB) (Dandy Man {Ire}--Mamma Morton {Ire}, by Elnadim) as he enhanced his portfolio in Sunday's G2 Prix Robert Papin. In a renewal absent of any French-trained juveniles, it was the fellow British raider Celandine (GB) (Kingman {GB}) who pressed on from the outset but Mohamed Saeed Al...