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Ian Heitman flies about to keep pace with a rush of two-year-old Flat action

The first of the 13 European Group 1 races for two-yearolds, the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh often attracts the smallest field of all the Group 1 races held during the year, only three times since 2000 has there been 10 runners or more and for the second time in three years, there were only five runners.
Whistlejacket, who made all the running to win the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket on his previous start, was the 8/13 favourite to give his trainer Aidan O’Brien an 18th winner in the race. Babouc...

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