Isaac Newton and Ethical Diamond won the Group 3 races at Leopardstown on Thursday evening’s seven-race card.
Isaac Newton (10/1) won the Bahrain Turf Club Desmond Stakes, part of an Aidan O’Brien-trained double, and the first part of a Ryan Moore double.
A three-year-old son of Camelot, the bay, who won a Listed race over one mile and one furlong at Navan in June, ran out a one-and-a-quarter length winner in the Group 3 contest.
The runner-up Needle Match (13/2), prepared in England by William Haggas, had the assistance of Tom Marquand in the saddle, while the other cross-channel horse, Audience, trained in England by Fermoy, Co Cork-born David O’Meara (13/2), was the same distance again back in third for Colin Keane.
A big price for one riden by Ryan Moore and trained by Aidan O’Brien…
Isaac Newton strikes at 10/1 in the Group 3 @BahrainTurfClub Desmond Stakes at @LeopardstownRC pic.twitter.com/esWl8mFLGM
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 6, 2026
Sparán Nua, the 6/4 favourite following a third place finish recently behind the impressive Johanna Walsh in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at The Curragh, was a half-length back in fourth for Declan McDonagh and Jim Bolger.
Ethical Diamond brings up Ryan Moore double
Ryan Moore completed a Group 3 double with the victory of Ethical Diamond in the Ballyroan Stakes. The Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old had disappointed in June in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot, and prior to that had been fifth behind Calandagan at Meydan.
Ethical Diamond an 11/10 favourite this evening had only a short-head to spare over Jessica Harrington’s Green Impact (9/2), the mount of Shane Foley. Gaucher, also from Mullins’ Closutton base, who had been prominent throughout the 1m 4 furlong contest, claimed third spot for jockey Declan McDonagh, a length behind the Marcstown Farms SC runner-up Green Impact.
Though the victory gives Ethical Diamond an automatic ballot exemption for the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne later in the year, the winning handler confirmed that his immediate aim for Ethical Diamond is a $1m race at Kentucky Downs in September.
Back to winning ways!
Ethical Diamond strikes for the first time since @BreedersCup glory with victory in the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes for Ryan Moore and Willie Mullins @LeopardstownRC pic.twitter.com/wBcdAmJkry
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 6, 2026
1m guineas colt Wall Street wins on debut
Wall Street (7/1), a one million guineas Sea The Stars colt, won the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C&G) Maiden.
The British-bred juvenile, carrying the colours of Derrick Smith and trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O’Brien, was the stable’s second choice on jockey bookings, as Ryan Moore opted to ride the Wootton Bassett colt, Drumbeat, a sixth-place finisher on debut at The Curragh last month.
Wall Street was a half-length winner at the line over the Joseph O’Brien-prepared Jesus Green (9/1) and Dylan Browne McMonagle, with Drumbeat and Ryan Moore running on well for third place at 100/30 – the Barronstown Stud-bred colt was a half-length behind the runner-up.
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1,000,000gns buy Wall Street (Sea The Stars) overcomes a tardy start to strike on debut and looks another exciting one to reckon with for Aidan O’Brien and Ballydoyle @LeopardstownRC | @waynemlordan pic.twitter.com/HQu31VTRyb
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 6, 2026
Oliver and Hughes in winner’s enclosure
Andy Oliver’s Hard Promises (5/4 favourite) lost his maiden tag after two third-place finishes, the most recent being behind South Island at Navan on 11 July. This evening, the Ben Coen-ridden chestnut stretched clear inside the final furlong for a two-and-three-quarter length victory over the eye-catching Dermot Weld-handled Handani (7/2), who hadn’t run since finishing runner-up on his racecourse debut at Naas on 11 October last. Let’s Smash It (10/1) was a length-and-a-quarter further back in third place for Robson De Aguiar and Donogh O’Connor.
Launch Time (7/2) gave Dublin-based trainer Cian Hughes a winner in The Carnival de Leop Handicap. The 0-60 rated race saw the four-year-old bay gelded son of Time Test (15/2), in the hands of Colin Keane, come home half-a-length ahead of Jazzitt (15/2) and Sadhbh Tormey. Draíocht (18/1) and Wayne Lordan were a neck further back in third.
Third win of season for Bella Colombia
Bella Colombia (6/1) won for the third time this season when giving Wille McCreery and Sam Coen a win in the Renault Ireland Handicap over 1 mile 1 furlong. The five-year-old just had a head advantage over Michael O’Callaghan’s Darkdeserthighway, the 9/2 favourite for Dylan Browne McMonagle. The top weight, Tachos (11/2), with Paddy Harnett taking five pounds off the Gleneagles filly, was third.
The finale, the Fegentri World Championship (Q.R.) Handicap over one mile and seven furlongs, went to 7/4 favourite, Boxing Great, in the hands of Paul Cawley for Dublin-based trainer Karl Thornton.
