Big Sunday ahead for Qatar Racing

Qatar Racing will have three runners in Group races on Sunday, including two juvenile fillies at the Curragh.

Ger Lyons saddled the Qatar Racing-owned fillies Ainippe and Bear Cheek to win the Gr. 3 Qatar Racing And Equestrian Club Curragh Stakes over five furlongs at the Curragh in 2014 and 2015 - he also won the race in 2008 - and Treasuring aims to give him another win in the contest this weekend.

The likeable Treasuring - by Qatar Bloodstock's own Havana Gold - gained her second success from five starts when making all in a nursery at Tipperary last time and most definitely deserves another crack at a Group race. Among the opposition is Declarationofpeace who beat Treasuring when our filly made her debut, but he's been disappointing since and now wears blinkers. Listed winners True Blue Moon and Sirici are also in the race.

Ger will also saddle Black Sails in the following Gr. 2 Breast Cancer Research Debutante Stakes over seven furlongs. She was disappointing in the Gr. 3 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot, but Ger reports her back to herself now, and she did look a filly with lots of potential when making a winning debut at the track in May. Behind her that day were the likes of Another Batt (twice Listed placed since), U S Navy Flag (Gr. 2 runner-up since) and Murillo (twice Gr. 2 placed since).

Old friend Pallasator (pictured) will bid to record his third Group-race success on his third start outside of Britain when he lines up in the Gr. 2 Prix Kergolay at Deauville. Pallasator was not disgraced on his first start for three months when midfield in the Gr. 1 Goodwood Cup last time and hopefully he can give Sir Mark Prescott his first win in the Kergolay.