ADRIAN MURRAY has set the bar very high for himself and Robson Aguiar. They have saddled the winner of the first two-year-old race of the year in Ireland for three years in succession, in the silks of Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing, and have come within a neck of winning a Group 1 with all three.

Bucanero Fuerte won in 2023, Arizona Blaze last year, and Power Blue back in March. The former was supposed to be standing his first season at Tally-Ho Stud at a fee of €12,500, having gone on to become a Group 1 winner of the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes, but he returned to racing and played his part in making last Saturday a memorable one for Joorabchian and his team, victorious for the third time this year when taking the Group 3 Phoenix Sprint Stakes