Jockey Tom Marquand accomplished a fast Group 1 double on day one of many 2024 Irish Champions Competition when guiding Economics (7/4 favorite) to victory within the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.
Marquand had earlier gained the Group 1 Coolmore America ‘Justify’ Matron Stakes aboard Porta Fortuna for Donnacha O’Brien, however this time he teamed up with British-based coach William Haggis to say the €1.25 million race.
The son of Evening of Thunder held off final winner’s Auguste Rodin and Ryan Moore because the Aidan O’Brien-trained winner failed by a neck on the line to win a seventh Group 1 race.
The Japanese runner, Shin Emperor, was third an extra three-quarters of a size behind the runner-up.
Economics turns into the primary British-trained winner of the Group 1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes since OisÃn Murphy guided Roaring Lion to victory for John Gosden in 2018.
Curiously, this afternoon was Economics’ Group 1 debut and he turns into the primary horse since Pentire in 1995 to interrupt their Group 1 maiden within the Irish Champion Stakes.
