DRUMHOWAN Stud’s ongoing support of Dublin’s thoroughbred stallion class paid off when Lucarelli won the Croker Cup on Saturday. The 18-year-old was selected as champion from an entry of six stallions, the minimum number for the class to be held.

Padraig Leacy’s Bosaccio, Thomas Maloney’s Kopperfield, Nickey Murphy’s Mores Wells and Julie Radden’s duo of Galileo’s Secret, owned in partnership with Patrick Whelan and her own 2023 Croker Cup champion Galileo Dance were the other sporting owners and contenders.