REVIVED INISHERIN GOING ALL OUT FOR JUBILEE COUP

CONFIDENCE is high in the Inisherin camp as the top-class sprinter bids to make it back-to-back wins at Royal Ascot in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes.

- BY ASHLEY IVESON

Kevin Ryan's speedball (right) was one of the most impressive winners of the meeting 12 months ago when blitzing his rivals in the Commonwealth Cup, so it was disappointing he could only finish fifth in Newmarket's July Cup next time and he really disappointed in the Sprint Cup at Haydock.

However, after off-season wind surgery, Inisherin bounced back to land the 1895 Duke of York Stakes on his seasonal debut last month. Adam Ryan, assistant to his father, expects him to take his game to another level this afternoon.

“We made no secret of the fact he was only about 80 per cent at York and we feel he's taken a big step forward in his training since,” he said.