Oxx and Weld rule: The Curragh stages racing on Saturday and proceedings are dominated by Charlie Weld and John Oxx.Weld has a double, including taking the featured National Stakes. He trains Decies, a son of Pardal, to win in the hands of Buster Parnell by three-quarters of a length and one length and a head from Great Heron, French Score, and the odds-on Prince Tenderfoot in fourth. The winner is returned at 33/1. Reporter Dave Baker points out that Decies thus presents a compliment to another two-year-old colt, Nijinsky, who beat Decies by five lengths at the Curragh in August.

Weld’s double is completed in the last race by Lets, ridden by John Smith.