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Almanzor- QIPCO irish Champion Stakes (Group 1) -2016

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Published on Sep 10, 2016

A scintillating display from Almanzor to hold off Found in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes. What a classy horse!

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Terry Eggett
Spectacular performance from the winner and supremely confident ride from Soumillon who stalked the opposition came wide and unleashed an irresistible turn of foot. Full marks to Found. She reminds me a little of Triptych, magnificent, reliable and quite capable of winning an Arc.
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garyoptica
Easy to say when Harzand is lame
Jack Kelsey
The leaders through the first half of the race finished towards the rear, whilst those that played their hand late mopped up. If I was already involved with Harzand for the Arc this result wouldn't worry me too much.
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Terry Eggett
I think your comment makes a good deal of sense. A lot of this field had far too much use made of them in the first part part of the race and there was quite a lot of early scrimmaging. ( particularly Harzand and Hawksbill) Very impressed with the winner though!
Dean Kenny
Won't get near postponed
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robbie osullivan
Winx wouldn't get into the 1st three
emad aly
It's not hard to envisage the Arc winner coming out of this race.
De Niro
Minding did well considering the traffic it had in the straight.
MrSmid888
Harzand wasn't fit and Pats comments backed that up.The winner is classy.
MrSmid888
Harzand returned home bruised and lame.Got knocked mid race.As I thought wasn't fit was running injured.
MrSmid888
Who said it would whoop its butt?Certainly wasnt me.
Terry Eggett
Soumillon flying past Kirby..like a Peugeot leaving a Cortina in its wake!
uhegbu
Victory for France. This was probably the strongest race of the season. The Aidan O'Brien star horses of Found and Minding filling the top three finishes. Harzand was nowhere so was the King George winner from Ascot, Highland Reel. A thrilling finish. There have been plenty down the years.
GBeret83
Even though Postponed wasn't in the field, top to bottom I thought this was a deeper field than the one that assembled at York last month for the G1 Juddmonte International Stakes. Having to face a field this loaded coming off a layoff probably didn't help Harzand's chances a whole lot, but I personally think 2000 meters may be on the sharp side for him anyway. I think Harzand and Highland Reel both are much better horses when they're racing over 2400 meters, IMO.
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uhegbu
What about Order Of St George's shock defeat in the Irish St Leger by Willie Mullins' Wicklow Brave and Aidan's son Joseph scored a first Group 1 with Intricately in a thrilling Moyglare Stud Stakes. Churchill won Ireland's equivalent of Newmarket's Dewhurst Stakes.
Mark Perryman
Brilliant renewal of the Irish champion Stakes I knew that Harzand weren't going to win, there was too much pace in the race over too short distance for the horse, backed the winner each way I had a feeling this French horse was going to be a good animal, brilliant turn of foot .

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