Mad About You gets okay

Mad About You has been given the green light to represent Sunday's big race sponsors in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh…

Mad About You has been given the green light to represent Sunday's big race sponsors in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh but Dermot Weld's other entry, Campfire Glow, will bypass the Group One option.

Instead, Campfire Glow, who beat the ante-post Moyglare favourite Listen in the Debutante Stakes earlier this month, will wait for the Parknasilla Hotel Goffs Million fillies race back at headquarters in a fortnight's time. "At this stage, Mad About You will probably run in the Moyglare and Campfire Glow will wait and run in the Million," reported Weld yesterday.

"Campfire Glow had quite a hard race in the Debutante and I think Sunday might come a shade too soon," he added. "The extra time has to be of benefit to her."

In her absence it is Listen who has been installed as a 5 to 4 favourite by Cashmans with the €30,000 supplementary entry from Clive Brittain's stable, Albabilia, rated her main danger, along with the Phoenix Stakes winner Saoirse Abu.

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Mad About You won her Leopardstown debut in June before running second to Triskel in the Silver Flash Stakes back at the Dublin track.

Cherry Hinton winner You'resothrilling is another possible starter for Listen's trainer Aidan O'Brien who will decide on his line-up later in the week.

However, in ante-post betting terms it's another O'Brien horse that has been making headlines with the unraced William Hogarth being backed with William Hill for next year's Derby.

The son of High Chaparral and the Shirley Heights mare Mountain Holly has been supported into 25 to 1 second favourite behind the market leader, New Approach, and holds entries in the National Stakes, Dewhurst Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy.

O'Brien will seek a fourth St Leger victory at Doncaster with a strong team that includes the new ante-post favourite Honolulu.

Aqaleem's doubtful participation means that Ladbrokes have promoted the Ebor runner-up to 7 to 2 favourite with the Irish Derby winner Soldier Of Fortune rated next best at 4 to 1.

This evening's feature at Tipperary is the Listed Fairy Bridge Stakes which sees the Desmond Stakes winner She's Our Mark facing an uphill battle on official ratings against the Irish Guineas runner-up Dimenticata.

On those official figures, She's Our Mark has to find 11lb with her rival but she is in good recent form while it is two months since Dimenticata's last race. Nevertheless, better ground and a drop back to a mile should be ideal for Kevin Prendergast's filly.

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column