Brilliant Kamala can star again before Diamond makes return
THE quarter-finals of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks from Shelbourne Park headline the Saturday sisracing.tv action with the brilliant Ballymac Kamala the star attraction.
Liam Dowling's star last week became only the second-ever, after Callaway Knegare, to break 28sec for the 525 yards three times in a row and sets a very strong standard in the finale at 9.54.
Ian Fortune has a full Shelbourne Park preview below - including the reappearance of 2024 Irish Derby champion Bockos Diamond in the closer at 10.08 - suffice to say his nap is the syndicate-owned Silent Noelle in the third Oaks quarter-final at 9.40 and next best Peter Cronin's Rapido Ivy one race earlier at 9.24.
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Thurles is the first of three Irish Saturday SIS meetings with Louise Whall's Swift Jagrati appealing in an A3 at 11.45, while Youghal is the afternoon venue where the feature is the final of the Davy O'Brien Memorial A5/A6 Stake over 525 yards at 3.41 in which Nicholas Walsh's Seaview Deise may be able to hold on to an early lead unlike when picked up in the heats.
Doncaster has a Saturday double-header with the morning best coming early in the shape of Jimmy Gaskin's Redbrick Beckham who has a leading chance in the second race on the card, a B2 over 450m at 10.48.
The subsequent evening fixture comprises an all-open 11-race card including a 483m final at 8.34 in which Sean Parker's fastest heat winner Magical Supreme has obvious claims.
The Donny card closes with two divisions of a 450m contest in which the suggestions are Craig Morris' Droopys Buck (8.52) and Gaskin's Daleroad Dasher (9.09).
There is also open action at Star Pelaw tonight where non-maiden picks are Stuart Tighe's Wheatsheaf Star (6.04), Glenn Foot's Smell The Bucks (6.56), Tom Heilbron's Ballymac Sargie (8.43), Ted Soppitt's Sunnyside Jayden (9.01), Ken Kennedy's Bitzer Maloney (9.18) and George Walker's Abbeyside Crypto (9.31).
The attempts to re-establish hurdles racing continue with Craig Marston providing all four runners in a 435m jumps contest at 7.31 with Kates Goldie having a chunk in hand on the clock.
