IRISH Gold Cup Day on Sunday, February 12th, at Leopardstown racecourse is the only race day in Ireland with four Grade 1 races and Carlingford Lough heads the entries of 17 horses for the feature race - the €150,000 Stan James Irish Gold Cup.

Successful in this race under A.P. McCoy in 2015 and Mark Walsh in 2016, the John Kiely-trained 11-year-old has been sidelined with a minor injury so far this season. Should he manage to complete the hat-trick at Leopardstown next month he will be emulating Jodami (1993-1995) and Florida Pearl (1999-2001).