DERMOT WELD-TRAINED Harzand won the Irish Derby today at The Curragh to become the 18th horse to achieve the Epsom/Irish Derby double.
Harzand — who gave Weld his first victory in the blue riband at Epsom earlier this month — beat home Aidan O’Brien’s first string Idaho, who was third in the Epsom Derby, with outsider Stellar Mass third.
A competitive edge was taken off the race with the withdrawal of Idaho’s stablemate US Army Ranger, the runner-up at Epsom.
Nevertheless Idaho didn’t make it easy for the winner — whose pacemaker Ebediyin set a rattling pace but to little avail as the remainder of the field largely refused to play his game — matching him stride for stride in the final furlong.
However, Weld’s stable jockey Pat Smullen just managed to get an extra burst out of the odds-on favourite and edge out Ryan Moore on the valiant Idaho to pass the post 1/2 a length to the good.
Stellar Mass — trained by Weld’s longtime rival Jim Bolger — finished 3 3/4 lengths back.
Giroud celebrating a late equaliser to a minnow like they won the league again. Stop wasting time and take the ball out of the net and run back to the centre circle ya big eejit. Shows the arsenal state of mind and expectations these days.
@Brian: awaiting jordo to respond..
“f*ck off ur talkin Sh*t, Arsenil iz de best 2k17″ while calling you are barstooler, the Irony is lost on him.
@Jigz: anytime spurs drop points you are no where to be seen on this you gobshi*e
@Brian: he did the exact same thing last year when he equalised against Bournemouth in the 4-4. About 3 minutes left, Bournemouth rattled and he runs off to do his scorpion celebration. Rage enducing
Lacashit doing what he does best again today. Nothing.
@FPL Thommo: still better than flopkaku
@Jordo: How so?
@Dave Murray: same amount of league goals, and it’s Lacazette’s first season in the prem. Lacazette’s movement and all round play is better than lukakus in my opinion
@David Mc Nally: your talking absolute shi**
Lads no point cant argue with the resident 42,ie village idiot. More chance of getting a better debate from a wooden plank.
@Jordo: so are you !
@Jigz: stick to American football you cun*
@Jordo: bit salty pal?
@FPL Thommo: not salty at all. You’ve been proved wrong as per usual. Stick to the fantasy
@FPL Thommo: c’mon, you know by now, as long as you say nice pleasant things about Arsenal, you’ll be fine with him…
@FPL Thommo: 2 assists for flopkaku for city’s goals so far
Terrible result but st Mary’s has always been our bogey ground. How Wenger didn’t go 4-3-3 from the start with Wilshere in midfield is beyond me. Can’t believe Mertesacker started
I was reading recently that if you count accumalatively the goals/minutes ratio in Europe’s major leagues, Giroud runs away with it.
Like light years ahead of the even the Ronaldos, Lewandoskis, Suarezs, Messi, etc. Something like a goal an hour or something.
@Havid Dickey: I forgot to add it was accmalatively over the past 5 years.
There’s some big games today, why waste article space on this?
2-0 down after 10 minutes to united. 10 training sessions later and Arsenal go 1-0 down after 3 minutes. Defence terrible again. Bellerin terrible. Alexis terrible again, he’s now given the ball away SIXTY SIX times in the last 2 games and doesn’t want to be there but Wenger won’t drop him and blames time wasting for another poor performance. If city beat united today arsenal will be closer to the bottom of the table than the top. But hey careful what you wish for, there’s no manager in the world better than Wenger…
@Tom49: Alexis was poor again but no one is giving him credit for his cross to Giroud
@Jordo: with the talent Sanchez has, it’s what you expect to be honest.
@Jordo: doesn’t make up for his crap performances. Arsenal need to flog him in January and play someone who is interested. I don’t know what your stance is on the manager but I doubt we’ll even get Europe next season. I hope the changes behind the scenes are the start off the end for Wenger. Need new ideas and new blood badly
@Tom49: Wenger since last season. How Wilshere didn’t start today with 4–3-3 is beyond me
@Jordo: out*
Lookin forward to shearers view on this
Don’t know what all the talk is about vandyke thought he was very poor, especially for the goal.
@Martin McKenna: Van dijk*
@Jordo: sad
The Arsenal were robbed. Southampton with their anti football and kicking lumps out of Laca & Sanchez. Why are refs such bottle jobs against us Goons?? Frustrating.
@Whatshisname: stop going on about the refs. Wenger’s team selections is the problem
@Whatshisname: but we should’ve had a penalty