Bucanero Fuerte books Royal Ascot place with successful return to action at Naas

Bucanero Fuerte ridden by David Egan on their way to winning the Goffs Lacken Stakes at Naas. Photograph: Damien Eagers/PA WireAn official attendance of just over 2,000 availed of free entry to celebrate a centenary of racing at Naas on Sunday and got a grandstand view of Bucanero Fuerte’s successful warm-up for Royal Ascot next month.

The dividend has included success at Royal Ascot and Bucanero Fuerte securing a Group One victory which meant conceding a 3lb penalty to race-fit rivals in the Group Three Goffs Lacken Stakes. “Hard work,” was how Murray described the performance, although Auigar echoed him in predicting significant improvement at Ascot and said: “He’s going to improve a lot because we were not hard on him, and he will get fit from the race. He will go over six furlongs at Ascot. He has great speed, and he stays well so that is the plan for him now.”A week after Wayne Lordan partnered a 30-1 four-timer for O’Brien at Leopardstown, Ryan Moore was on duty and quickly rattled off the first three winners.

“We thought she would win the first day, but she was very green and obviously with a first time out two-year-old anything can happen. The filly that beat her is obviously a very good filly,” O’Brien said. Having suffered a blank at both the English and French Guineas in the previous fortnight, such form was a timely boost for the Ballydoyle behemoth ahead of next weekend’s opening Irish Classics of 2024 at the Curragh.

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