Listed races in Leopardstown

Leopardstown, Thursday, 8 June: Two Listed races are on the programme at Leopardstown today. In the King George V Cup (5th race/20.30 pm/37,500 Euro/2413 m) five three-year-olds will compete and four of them will be saddled by the O`Brien family. Aidan O`Brien has a good chance with Tower Of London (Ryan Moore), who had no chance in the Derby Trial. His sons Donnacha and Joseph will try the in-form Amusement (Gavin Ryan) and Shamwari (Dylan Browne McMonagle) and Thunder Roll (Declan McDonogh) respectively. The trade press, however, believes the Jim Bolger-trained New Variant (Rory Cleary) will win. The three-year-old took ten lengths off his nearest rival in his recent triumph at Naas.

In the Glencairn Stakes (3rd race/19.30/37,500 Euro/1609m), the current winning score favours Moon De Vega (W. Lee), who will be up against Kerkiyra (Ben Coen), who finished a good third in the Park Express Stakes (Group 3). Salt Lake City (Ryan Moore) makes his seasonal debut. The O`Brien protégé is the only three-year-old in the field.