Seán McCarthyonthe Canon’s GAA knack of gettinglast10% from Page 3 sport Cork’sdouble heroes Saturday, July 4, 2020 Russian Emperor most credible Ballydoyle Derby contender Croker HE 2020 Investec time to find the necessary The evidenceofboth wasmightily impressive opposable, Russian Emperor Derbywillbea improvement. strongly suggests he’ll relish when winning the 2000 is fancied to power home late strangeevent,devoid Darren Stablemate Vatican City going an extra twofurlongs Guineas at Newmarket last to land the spoils. of spectators, wasamassiveeye-catcher and it’s hard to see ahorse in month. If hestays thetrip, O’Brien canalso provide Ton-course bookmakers, and Norris when second to Siskin in the the line-up being stronger at he’ll giveOisín Murphy a the answer inthe Investec the man who could today Irish 2000 Guineas but, while the finish. first Derbysuccess but, Oaks when 1000 Guineas chiefs become the most successful he may well stay amile and Seamie Heffernan’s while amile and aquarter heroine Loveshould takethe trainer in the race’s iconic quarter, his pedigree willingness to sacrifice two should be within his com- worldofbeating. She 240-year history. strongly suggests amileand weeks of domestic action to pass, the suspicion is he couldn’t havebeen any more Quarantine restrictions ahalf will provebeyond him. makethe journey to Epsom won’t quite gethomeover12 impressiveatNewmarket mean Aidan O’Brien won’t contract. Whether he de- Russian Emperor is the to ride him is afurther posi- furlongs. and her pedigree suggests be at Epsom but afield of 16 serves to be so shortinthe most credible Ballydoyle tiveand, at odds of around And whatofthe favourite? she’ll be at least as good and lay down forthe famous Classic in- betting is open to debate contender. Admittedly, the 6-1, Russian Emperor makes English King wasimpressive possibly even better over a cludes six Ballydoyle repre- given he could only finish a Galileo colt fluffed his lines considerable each-way ap- when winning the Lingfield mile and ahalf. sentatives as the master laboured fourth in the King when beaten by stablemate peal to givehis jockeyasec- DerbyTrial but whether Ed The talented Frankly trainer goes in searchofa Edward VII Stakes at Royal Cormorant in the Derrin- ond successiveEpsom Derby Walker’s charge deserves to Darling rates as an obvious record eighth Derbysuccess. Ascot in his Derbyprep stown Stud Trial Stakes at win. be quite so shortisquestion- danger but she didn’t look O’Brien seems unsurewho run. Leopardstown on his season- Thatbeing said, there’s able and being drawn in stall entirely straightforward the law his primary contender is but He has reportedly thrived al reappearance but he made little doubt thatKamekois one complicates matters for when winning the Ribbles- when it emerged Thursday since but the Ascot race was amends when powering the classiest horse in the Frankie Dettori. dale Stakes at Royal Ascot thatRyan Moorewould only 18 days ago and there home late on to win the race. AGroup 1winner at It promises to be afasci- and may find Lovetoo tough John Fogarty Last week, GAA director partner Mogul it was has to be adoubt about Hampton CourtStakes at two, the Andrew Balding- nating contest but, with the anut to crack. generalTom Ryan said they inevitable his price would whether that’s sufficient Royal Ascot. trained son of Kitten’s Joy top three in the market all Continued on Page 8 County chairpersonshave could look at sanctionsata been told they willbeheld later date although he was responsible should their reticent about dolling out county teams be found to punishments. havetrained beforeSeptem- He said: “It hasn’t been a ber 14. summer forpenalties and for The possibility of their sanctions and I’m not really sides being thrown out of the surethat’s the right realm Championship also has not forthis thing either. We have been ruled out as chairs were to do an awful lot of things given awarning by Croke right in order forustoget to Park officials in aconference thatstage(organisinginter- meeting yesterday. countygames) andpartof The chairpersonsthem- thatisabiding by the time- selves havebeen told they lines and principles that will be the ones who are we’veset out. suspended in the event thata “We’ll be asking people to chargeofbreaching the club abide by those because window beforeSeptember they’rethe right thing to do. 14, the official startdatefor If there’s asecond stage inter-county training, is required in terms of sanc- proven. tions and penalties and so Theoffence forsuchwill on, yeah of course we’ll look be considered “misconduct at that.” considered to havedis- In the conferencecall, credited the Association”, Horan is also understood to whichisoutlined in Rule 7.2 havehighlighted the issue of (e) of the GAA’s Official counties breaching GAA Guide. Suspension is amini- rules regarding training mum of eight weeks fora camps twoyearsago. member while debarment Tencounties were initially and expulsion from the GAA informed they had acase to may also be considered. For answer fororganising camps ateam, afine, disqualifi- but only Waterford’s hurlers cation, and expulsionfrom and the footballers of the GAA arealsodeemed ap- Armaghand Laois were propriate penalties. punished and lost home The Irish Examiner under- advantagefor one Allianz stands thatCroke Park hope League game last year. the direct threatofembar- Meanwhile, ClareGAA rassmenttothe chairper- treasurer Michael Gallagher sons will be enough to en- has warned thatthe county surecounty teams cease board could go bust if it training until thattime. Any doesnot rein in its expendi- chair whose county has been ture. charged with trainingprior Thatwas his stark warn- to the middle of September ing at last Monday’sboard will have48hours to respond meeting held in CusackPark to the claim. wheredelegates were told a After last week ruling out €250,000 bank loan must be sanctioning countieswho repaid to AIBbythe end of breachthe September 14 the year. guideline, the GAA this week With Clareaccruing no hardened their stance in the income at present, Gallagher wake of negativecommen- admitted he has no idea tary thattheir insistence on wherethe money will come the date being respected was from forthatand expressed soft. concern about whathad CrokePark had hoped the been spent on preparing lackofinsurance would be inter-county teams, which enough of adeterrent to stop he said had become “a run- teams convening fortraining away train” with “threeto sessions. However, aside four physios” treating teams, from the criticism of their and “backroom teams of 18 How will the sport look this his last three appearances at team-mate Carlos Sainz, handling of the issue last people”. season? the Red Bull Ring —but who heads to Ferrari in 2021. week, further anecdotal evi- Accordingtothe Clare whether thesuper-talented denceofcounties training is Echo,Gallagher stated thatif The record-breaking 22-race F1: The key questions Dutchman can match Will this be Vettel’s last also believedtohavecon- the costs weren’t cut“Clare calendar waseffectively Hamilton over thecourse of season? vinced top officials to act. County Boardwillgobust”. tornupfollowingthe out- hopeful of announcing at drivers. Face masks will be steering system (DAS) the year is uncertain. SebastianVettel may have While GAA president Gallagher’s remarks break of coronavirus. The leastafurther eight races, prevalentinthe pit-lane, which is set to provide Ha- four worldchampionships John Horan ruled out the about inter-county teams Austrian Grand Prix will with the campaign to end in while alltravelling person- milton and team-mate Valt- And what about the rest? but he does not haveadrive idea of teams being sanc- were challenged by Kilmaley mark the first of eight races Abu Dhabi in the middle of nel arerequired to be tested teri Bottas with afresh edge McLaren will be keen to fornext yearafter being tioned forcontravening the delegateand senior hurling in 10 whirlwind weeks. December. Therewillbeno forCovid-19 every five days. this term. Ferrari havebeen build on an encouraging dumped by Ferrari. guideline,hedid encourage team kitman Niall Romer Spielberg’s Red BullRing Monaco Grand Prix on an F1 forced to use the prolonged 2019 wherethey finished be- The Scuderia haveident- people to come forward with who highlighted senior hurl- will host the opening two schedule forthe first time Is Lewis Hamilton the break to redesign their car hind only Mercedes, Ferra- ified Charles Leclerc as their information on any who ing manager Brian Lohan rounds (July 5and 12) before since 1954. The races in Aus- favourite to win the title? after several issues during ri, and Red Bull in the futureand decided against were believedtobetraining. wasn’ttaking expenses and Hungary (July 19). There tralia, Azerbaijan, and In March, Hamilton’s Mer- testing, but their updated constructors’ standings. extending Vettel’s contract. He reiterated that pointto the backroom team was willthen be tworacesat Japanhavealsobeen can- cedes team ended an impres- machine is unlikely to be Lando Norris enjoyed a Mercedes areyet to confirm county chairs yesterday but “very small”. Silverstone (August 2and 9) celled. Spectators are sivepre-season campaign readyuntil the third round strong rookie campaign, but, theirline-up fornext year, highlighted therewould be He also highlighted beforerounds in Spain (Au- banned, team numbers have with the fastest lap and the of the campaign in Hungary. as he entershis second sea- butwhile it seems improb- serious repercussions for players had not yet received gust16),Belgium (August been limited, and therewill greatest number of miles. Max Verstappen will son, therewill be greater able that Hamilton will any countiesfound to have gear, whichchairmanJoe 30) and Italy(September 6). be no customary champagne They also reinvented the continue to lead Red Bull’s pressureonthe 20-year-old leave, Bottas could be moved prematurely returned to col- Cooney said would be The sport’s bosses remain spraying forthe top-three wheelwith their dual-axis attack.