It was touch and go for a while but eventually So You Think proved too tough for the gallant mare Snow Fairy to win the Irish Champion Stakes.
Famous Name ran third but it was the first two who grabbed the eye. Roderic O'Connor was used as a
pacemaker and this time was not a ridiculous distance ahead but one wonders where So You Think wouldhave sat in the race if he was without a pacemaker. There are various options now open for So You Think
and decisions will revolve around the 2400m trip of the Arc now that Pour Moi is not running.Earlier Galileo's Choice won the G3 Kilternan over 1400m, and would look to have booked a ticket to
Melbourne with that run. Look at Me ran second.There was an upset in the Matron with Dermot Weld's Emulous winningfrom Together and Misty for Me
only third.
