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23 December 2016

Ryan McElligott on 23 Dec 2016

REVIEW OF 2016 - IRELAND: Domestic action round-up

The five domestic classics were won by five different trainers in 2016

Ryan McElligott

23 December 2016

In the Irish 2000 Guineas, Awtaad supplied one of the highlights of recent years with his defeat of the English 2000 Guineas victor Galileo Gold for trainer Kevin Prendergast (Photo: Caroline Norris)

Jet Setting with Adrian Keatley and Shane Foley after winning the Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas (Photo: Caroline Norris)

Homebred filly, Intricately won the Moyglare Stud Stakes, ridden by Donnacha O'Brien, to give trainer, Joseph O'Brien his first Group 1 success (Photo: Caroline Norris)

DUNDALK 2-12-2016. DUPLICATION won for Donnacha O'Brien. Photo HEALY RACING.

ON the home front the first classics of the year represented the stuff of fairytales as Kevin Prendergast and Adrian Keatley took centre stage.

Firstly to Prendergast whose Irish 2000 Guineas success with Awtaad came an incredible 40 years after he last won the race. A winner of the Madrid Handicap on the opening day of the season and then successful in the Tetrarch Stakes, Awtaad supplied one of the highlights of recent years with his defeat of the English 2000 Guineas victor Galileo Gold.