McCreery and McDonogh combine to try and break classic duck with Vespertilio in Sunday’s 1,000 Guineas

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Mercurial Auguste Rodin bids to bounce back from latest big-race flop in Curragh’s Tattersalls Gold Cup

The Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot will both be considered for Vespertilio after coming close to claiming Classic glory in France on Sunday. Photograph: Donall Farmer/PA Wire

McDonogh, 44, has experienced multiple Group One victories, including on Rebelline in the Tattersalls Gold Cup 22 years ago. Just four years later he was crowned champion jockey. But classics have remained elusive.‘It is becoming a living hell’: residents of Dublin housing complex protest against anti-social behaviour

Billy Lee opting for Purple Lily from Paddy Twomey’s pair of Guineas hopefuls underlines the potential for multiple significant classic breakthroughs in a 14-runner classic with one big imponderable. Another imponderable is what side of the bed Auguste Rodin gets up on Sunday. Brilliant in four top-flight wins as a three-year-old, he nevertheless also put in the third appalling performance of his career on a very underwhelming return to action in Meydan in March.

 

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