QUESTIONS have been asked in recent years as to whether it is really the best use of prize money resources to have €600,000 invested in a prize pot for the Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch, and the same faces continuing to take centre stage in the race probably won’t do any favours for quietening those concerned voices.

The 2021 renewal was run for €80,000 (worth €100,000 pre-Covid) and since the uplift in funding, following investment of supporters of the Curragh, each of the four renewals have been won by either Joseph or Aidan O’Brien.