Castle takes starring role for Stack and Hayes
Curragh winner could head to Royal Ascot.
Castle Star claimed his first career win when taking the Listed GAIN First Flier Stakes at the Curragh for Chris Hayes and Fozzy Stack. The two-year-old son of Starspangledbanner had been narrowly beaten on both of his previous racecourse starts, losing out in maiden contests run over five and six furlongs by a short head and a neck respectively. The colt returned to a five-furlong trip at the Curragh to secure a comfortable one-and-three quarter-length victory at a price of 5-2, and may now be aimed at Royal Ascot’s Norfolk Stakes. “He did it well and he deserved it,” Stack said. “He was a bit unlucky to run into a good horse (Glounthaune) in a maiden the last day, that’s compensation today.“I don’t think five or six (furlongs) matters to him. I wouldn’t say it was staying that was his problem the last day – he probably just met a better colt. “I suppose we could maybe look at the Norfolk for him now. It’s six weeks to Ascot and he has plenty of experience now.” Lunar Space was a 14-1 winner of the Listed Dick McCormick Irish EBF Tetrarch Stakes for Kevin Manning and Jim Bolger. The gelded son of Dawn Approach was victorious for the first time in the seven-furlong contest having picked up three placings from seven runs previously.
The Dick McCormick @IrishEBF_ Tetrarch Stakes goes to the Jim Bolger trained Lunar Space ridden by @kmanning910 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/GKibrtvFUg
— The Curragh Racecourse (@curraghrace) May 3, 2021
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