Overview

• Joseph O’Brien’s five-year-old powered four lengths clear in the Comer Group International Irish St Leger at the Curragh under Dylan Browne McMonagle.
• Dylan Browne McMonagle registered his first Classic success as Al Riffa quickened from off the pace to outclass previously unbeaten three-year-old Amiloc.
• Bookmakers shortened his Melbourne Cup price, with Paddy Power making him 6-1 favourite and Coral cutting him to 8-1 after the decisive win.
• O’Brien said the horse will be freshened for a Melbourne bid, noting quarantine begins next week and citing stamina, settling and turn of foot as key attributes.
• Australian Bloodstock joined the ownership ahead of the race; Amiloc finished second with trainer Ralph Beckett pointing him toward the Breeders’ Cup Turf, Al Qareem was third, and Illinois was seventh.