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As I mentioned on another thread, they are running both.
https://www.attheraces.com/news/2026/May/16/appleby-rules-out-daryz-clash-for-opera-ballo
Unsure about Daryz at the moment. The horses he’s beaten into 2nd this season were 117 and 114 rated French horses and as he is 127 he was entitled to look good in them. Ombudsman is rated 128 and Minnie Hauk 123 and getting 4 lbs. So on ratings it’s tight. Daryz is a short price based on what he could be over 10f rather than what he’s done to this point. He also finished last the only time he’s encountered the word firm in the going description. That may have been a bad day at the office but still a little question mark.
We don’t know yet if Daryz or Minnie Hauk have the speed over 10f on the usual summer ground to beat Ombudsman if he has trained on. I’d rather throw an ew dart at Minnie Hauk to find out in what is a tight race on the ratings.
Hopefully Minnie Hauk does the business at the Curragh and Ombudsman runs respectably on his seasonal debut so it sets the race up nicely.
Minnie Hawk 5-1 ew
