Trossachs© Photo Healy Racing
Trossachs bids to take his winning sequence to four in the Curragh Summer Festival Handicap at the Kildare track today.
Jim Bolger ’s three-year-old has been on the crest of a wave, with a hat-trick of victories at Limerick, the Curragh and Leopardstown inside a month.
The New Approach colt wears the Godolphin colours and could be bound for better things should he maintain his progress.
Trossachs holds three Pattern-race entries in the next four weeks, but first connections must see if two miles is within his compass.
He had no trouble getting a mile and five furlongs the last day when romping home at Leopardstown.
His main rival could be Joseph O’Brien’s four-year-old Shakespear’sgalley, who already has a win over two miles to his credit.
The only other three-year-old in the field is the Aidan O’Brien-trained Il Paradiso whose last run came in the Irish Derby when he was in the rear behind stablemate Sovereign.
Bolger is responsible for a fascinating newcomer in Na Blianta Beo in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies’ Maiden.
The daughter of Invincible Spirit is out of Finsceal Beo, who Bolger trained to win the English and Irish 1000 Guineas in 2007. Cool Vixen will try to confirm the impression of her convincing debut success in the Killashee Hotel Nursery Handicap.
Jessica Harrington ’s juvenile daughter of Dandy Man won a 15-runner Naas maiden over six furlongs and has entries in the Lowther Stakes at York and the Debutante Stakes at Leopardstown.
Cool Vixen is likely to be tested as she has to give plenty of weight to her rivals.
