POETIC FLARE can light up the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh (3.20) this afternoon. Master trainer Jim Bolger enjoyed another landmark triumph when Poetic Flare, a colt he bred - and who carries the colours of his wife, Jackie - edged out Master Of The Seas by a short head in the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket three weeks ago, with today’s favourite, Lucky Vega, a neck back in third place.
The son of Bolger’s 2013 Guineas hero Dawn Approach didn’t reproduce that form in the French equivalent, the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, at ParisLongchamp last Sunday.
Bolger reported that Poetic Flare, partnered by his son-in-law, Kevin Manning, struggled to get a grip of the Paris turf in returning sixth behind St Mark’s Basilica.
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