Jim Bolger is the sole Irish trainer to have won Goodwood's Nassau Stakes and Alexander Goldrun's backers will be hoping he can unlock the key to beating Ouija Board in this afternoon's Group One feature.
It's 20 years since Bolger first landed the Nassau with Park Express and Alexander Goldrun followed up in emphatic fashion last season.
However, it looks a much hotter race this time round with Ouija Board joined by the Coronation Stakes winner Nannina as well the other Irish hopes, Race For The Stars and Chelsea Rose.
The latter was just beaten by Alexander Goldrun in the Pretty Polly at the Curragh last month while Michael Kinane teams up with Aidan O'Brien again for the Coronation fourth Race For The Stars.
But Ouija Board, teamed up again with Frankie Dettori after an unfortunate run in the Eclipse, looks the one for them all to beat.
"She goes there with a good chance but she isn't the certainty some people think. It's competitive with Group One winners like Nannina and Alexander Goldrun in there too," said Ouija Board's trainer Ed Dunlop yesterday.
Galway continues today where Ruby Walsh looks to have made a very interesting selection in the featured 45,000 Freshways Handicap Hurdle.
Willie Mullins has the topweight Adamant Approach engaged again which leaves Thursday's Galway Hurdle runner-up Shandon Star running off 10.2 and over a three-quarter mile longer trip that should be ideal.
Despite that though Walsh has elected to ride Diego Garcia, a horse who has scored just once over jumps, but who has won his last two on the flat including a very impressive success under 10st topweight here earlier in the week.
Davy Condon rode him then but switches to Shandon Star while Mullins's post-race comments a few days ago about Diego Garica appearing to be improving can be proved correct.
The other festival highlight will be the 40,000 Premier Nursery where Dermot Weld runs Bluegrass Hill who gets almost a stone from the topweight Hammers Boy.
Despite the weight, however, Hammers Boy should find this company a lot more suitable than what he found in the Tyros when still beaten only four lengths by the classic prospect Teofilio.
The Weld team, however, can strike in the mile juvenile maiden with Blue Coral. This colt got within less than two lengths of Teofilio on his debut and the step up to this trip should not be as much of a problem for him as for the Ballydoyle hope Abide With Me whose own debut came in the six-furlong Anglesey.
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