Review CURRAGH 2-JUL-2000 Sinndar duly completed his Derby double for John Oxx and Johnny Murtagh with a super display at the Curragh this afternoon. The 11/10 favourite was ridden along with half a mile to go but he picked up well in the straight and raced to a nine length success from the Aidan O'Brien-trained pair of Glyndebourne and Ciro. For good measure Oxx also saddled Raypour to finish fourth and his Takali was fifth in a race that made history as the biggest betting heat ever in Ireland. A record #624,258 was bet with the bookmakers, while the Tote handled #149,218, with over #21,000 being added to the win and place pools from Britian. Although the rain came in time for Holding Court (11/4-9/4), he could only finish sixth, with his fellow English raider Kings Best faring even worse, being pulled-up after a couple of furlongs with a suspected fracture to a cannon bone. Oxx said of his popular winner ,'He is still on the upgrade. He is laid back and ran very lazy this afternoon. The Arc is now the aim, but he will have a prep race for that'. Philip Robinson, rider of Holding Court, and the colt's trainer Michael Jarvis, received a measure of compensation when Alrassaam (4/1-6/1) made all to win the Group 2 International Stakes. The outsider came home an eight length winner from Dermot Weld's Jammaal, with 6/4 favourite Sarafan only third of the four runners. Those betting at long odds-on suffered a rare reversal when Freud was beaten on Saturday, but they never had a moments worry with his stable companions Mozart and Honours List in the opening races. Backed from 1/3 to 2/9, Mozart ran out the easiest of winners under Seamus Heffernan in the EBF Maiden and not surprisingly is entered for all the major races. Heffernan was standing in for the absent Michael Kinane who missed his six intended rides having tweaked a muscle in his back when riding at the course on Saturday. Damien Oliver came in for the ride on Honours List and rode his first winner for the Ballydoyle team in the Group 3 Railway Stakes bringing the 1/4 chance home a comfortable 2l winner from Sure Mark. Paul Scallan, who took a fall on Saturday, missed out on the winning ride in the 1m Handicap which went to Rush Brook. Fran Berry stepped in to land the spoils for trainer David Wachman. Niall McCullagh and David Hanley teamed up to win the Scurry Handicap with Conormara which beat top-weight One Won One by a head. Warren O'Connor, among the winners here on Friday evening, landed the 2m Handicap on Courageous (7/1-5/1), trained by Jessica Harrington.
