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Ghaiyyath heads up mouthwatering field for Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes

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Ghaiyyath heads up mouthwatering field for Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes

Ghaiyyath will be put through his paces in a gallop tomorrow morning. Charlie Appleby's horse has won the Coronation Cup, Coral-Eclipse and Juddmonte International at York this summer. If he comes through the galloping unscathed, he will have booked his ticket to Irish Champions Weekend in Dublin on Saturday morning, if all goes well.

Ghaiyyath is the world's top-rated racehorse. Charlie Appleby's horse has won the Coronation Cup, Coral-Eclipse and Juddmonte International at York this summer. Aidan O'Brien's Magical chased Ghaiyaath home at the York and is one of six possibles for the Ballydoyle handler. John Gosden's Lord North was an impressive winner of the Prince Of Wales's Stakes earlier this year. Jean-Claude Rouget's Sottsass is in contention for France. Donnacha O’Brien's Fancy Blue won Prix de Diane and Nassau Stake this season.

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