Night Of Thunder’s Economics Wins Irish Champion Battle

[Wandering Eyes]

Tom Marquand had a tactical dilemma from the outside stall in Saturday's G1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, but what could have been a disaster was quickly turned around as the rider excelled in steering Isa Salman Al Khalifa's Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}–La Pomme D'Amour (GB) (Peintre Celebre) to glory in the feature. Sent forward from the compromising draw to keep Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) hemmed in to his inner, the William Haggas-trained 7-4 favourite had first run on last year's winner and swooped to the front approaching the furlong pole.

Briefly headed by his chief market rival soon after, the game chestnut who had worked his way here via the educational stepping stones of the G2 Dante Stakes and G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano dug in to quickly regain the advantage and assert for a thrilling neck success. The third and fourth Shin Emperor (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) ran standout Arc trials, 3/4 of a length and a head further behind respectively in another epic renewal of this contest. “He's an absolute warrior as well as a top horse and very few horses are both,” Marquand said. “I ended up in a nice position, Auguste Rodin turned up and he battled really well.”

WHAT A FINISH!

Economics denies Auguste Rodin in the @BahrainTurfClub Irish Champion Stakes!

A brilliant run from Japanese raider Shin Emperor in third, too #シンエンペラー | #競馬 | @netkeiba@LeopardstownRC | @TomMarquand | @WilliamHaggas pic.twitter.com/Kcjv0GWVvA

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 14, 2024

Saturday, Leopardstown, Ireland
ROYAL BAHRAIN IRISH CHAMPION STAKES-G1, €1,250,000, Leopardstown, 9-14, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:03.20, gd.
1–ECONOMICS (GB), 129, c, 3, by Night Of Thunder (Ire)
1st Dam: La Pomme D'Amour (GB) (MGSW-Fr, $313,702), by Peintre Celebre
2nd Dam: Winnebago (GB), by Kris (GB)
3rd Dam: Siouan, by So Blessed (GB)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (42,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE; 160,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Isa Salman Al Khalifa; B-Copgrove Hall Stud (GB); T-William Haggas; J-Tom Marquand. €725,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng & Fr, 5-4-0-0, $1,183,824. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Auguste Rodin (Ire), 135, c, 4, Deep Impact (Jpn)–Rhododendron (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). TDN Rising Star. O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €250,000.
3–Shin Emperor (Fr), 129, c, 3, Siyouni (Fr)–Starlet's Sister (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (€2,100,000 Ylg '22 ARAUG). O-Susumu Fujita; B-Ecurie des Monceaux (FR); T-Yoshito Yahagi. €125,000.
Margins: NK, 3/4, HD. Odds: 1.75, 2.25, 16.00.
Also Ran: Los Angeles (Ire), Ghostwriter (Ire), Luxembourg (Ire), Royal Rhyme (Ire), Hans Andersen (GB).

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