Asfoora is peaking at the right time and can become the first Australian-trained horse to score on Irish soil
Asfoora, ridden by Oisín Murphy, on their way to winning the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes the Sky Bet Ebor Festival 2025 at York Racecourse. Photo: Richard Sellers/Getty Images
It seems apposite that a descendant of an 18th century Irish guerrilla fighter is planning a smash-and-grab raid on the Irish Champions Festival’s second leg at Curragh Racecourse next Sunday.
Thanks to the sporting nature of owner Akram El-Fahkri, whose Lebanese mother was the first female taxi driver in Australia, Henry Dwyer saddles Asfoora in the Bar One Racing Flying Five Stakes.