Winter to return on Sunday

Irish 1000 Guineas and Gold Cup headline

Sunday’s sporting schedule explodes to life courtesy of racing at the Curragh, where a hectic eight-race card is topped by a group one double – the Gold Cup and Irish 1000 Guineas. Elsewhere, and you’ll find decent support in the form of Fontwell, Uttoxeter and Kelso.

Click here to place your bets on every race at every meeting – get involved in the action now. Focussing on the main event, we lay-out our best bets in the two races of note.

Decorated Knight arrives in fantastic form

Starting with the Curragh Gold Cup, the second race of the day, due to post at 2.20pm, and we have a talent-laden eight-runner field in attendance, headed in the betting by Deauville, who led the way when opening at 11/4. A favourite we are happy to oppose, and will be doing it with Decorated Knight.

Roger Charlton and Andrea Atzeni team-up with this well-bred five-year-old, and we’re confident that’ll be a winning team. Decorated Knight arrives at course in solid recent form, having won three of his last four, claiming the group three Icon Meld Stakes at Leopardstown, followed by wins at Lingfield and Meydan.

A winter in Meydan will pay-off

The selection made little impression on the major places last time out however, ending sixth in the group one Dubai Turf in Meydan back in March. The winter months spent campaigning in that part of the world – in impressive company – would’ve brought him on leaps and bounds, and we should see the benefit of that here.