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by David Lawrence


TURBO LINN may be supplemented for the Irish Field St Leger, trainer Alan Swinbank said on Sunday.

The unbeaten four-year-old chalked up her eighth victory at Newmarket on Saturday in the Listed Aphrodite Stakes, a success that could persuade her connections to splash out€30,000 to add her to the Group 1 at the Curragh on September 15.

Swinbank already has Collier Hill - who won the Irish St Leger in 2005 - and Alfie Flits entered in the 1m6f race.

"Turbo Linn is marvellous and she's come out of the race brilliant," said the trainer on Sunday.

"I was thinking, coming home from Newmarket, that if anything happened to Alfie Flits, I could put her in the Irish Leger.

"That race could be right up her street. The main thing is that we want to put a lot of thought into it as once you start stepping them up to one mile six, they could lose their speed over one mile four."
On Saturday, Swinbank pointed to the Group 2 Prix de Pomone on August 5 at Deauville, followed possibly by the Stockholm Cup on September 9, which he has won twice with Collier Hill.

However, he said on Sunday: "We may not even go to Stockholm yet. We'll probably try to get her to Deauville, though."

He added: "If everything went well, she could be a Gold Cup horse in two years time. Two miles plus would be up her street. She's got youth on her side."

Reflecting on her weekend win, Racing Post handicapper Paul Curtis said on Sunday: "We've given Turbo Linn a rating of 113 - a 6lb improvement on her mark from the Lancashire Oaks."

He added: "She still has a bit to find if she is going to make an impression in a race like the Irish St Leger, but there's no doubt she's progressive and I'm sure her connections know where they stand.

"Alan Swinbank has a great record for improving horses, as demonstrated by the likes of Collier Hill and Alfie Flits."