Irish Champions Weekend: Joseph O'Brien stable tour

Raise You is set to represent the Joseph O'Brien yard in the Comer Group International Irish St Leger at the Curragh on Irish Champions Weekend, with star stayers Kyprios and Stradivarius among the potential opposition.

The 14-furlong Group One is one of the highlights of the second day of action, with the fixture opening at Leopardstown on 10 September, and O’Brien is hoping his four-times course winner can sparkle again back at his favourite venue.

Previously trained by Andrew Balding, Raise You posted a career-best effort when tackling the Leger trip for the first time in the trial race earlier this month, beating dual Irish Leger scorer Search For A Song by two lengths.

O’Brien said: "It looks a good race. We’ve a couple of strong candidates for it.

"Raise You loves it there and I think since we’ve gone up in distance, that’s where the improvement has really come from. It was a very good performance the last day."

O’Brien’s father Aidan trains Kyprios, who has dominated the staying scene this term by winning both the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and the Goodwood Cup, with the John and Thady Gosden-trained Stradivarius finishing third and second in each race respectively.

Kyprios is already entered for the Irish Leger while Stradivarius would have to be supplemented at a cost of €50,000 and when asked about taking on the star duo, O’Brien replied: "I don’t know if he’d beat them, but hopefully he’ll run his race.

"All you can do is win the trial for the race, beating a previous winner, and tune him up for a good challenge. He’s been a lovely horse this year."

Raise You is much the best in the G3 Irish St Leger Trial at @curraghrace, forging clear for a decisive victory for the @ShaneCrosse and @JosephOBrien2 team