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Robert Hynes

Rachael Blackmore aiming to give JP McManus another flat win one week after Royal Ascot success

Rachael Blackmore will aim to give JP McManus another flat success on Saturday - one week after the owner saw his colours carried to victory at Royal Ascot.

Ryan Moore partnered 2/1 favourite Dawn Rising to success in McManus' green and gold silks in the final race of the five-day meeting last Saturday, the Queen Alexandra Stakes.

And now the Limerick businessman, whose colours are more often seen at big National Hunt meetings, is aiming for another flat success, this time at the Curragh on Irish Derby weekend.

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Blackmore, who famously partnered Minella Times to victory in the 2021 Grand National for McManus and trainer Henry de Bromhead, will be on board Goodie Two Shoes in the Kildare Village Ladies Derby Handicap at 4.25pm for Joseph O'Brien.

The four-year-old won twice on the level last summer before finishing third behind another McManus-owned horse in Tekao on her hurdles debut in December.

JP McManus (©INPHO/Tom Maher)

She was last seen in action when falling in the Grade 3 Solerina Mares Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse in January, a race which was won by subsequent Grade 1 winner Ashroe Diamond, but she was well beaten when falling two out that day.

However, she does look set to go off favourite for today's 1m2f contest, with Blackmore an eye-catching jockey booking.

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