Christophe Soumillon is booked to ride two horses in Group 3 races at the Curragh on Saturday for The Thorougbred Corporation. One is trained by Donnacha O'Brien and the other by John and Thady Gosden.

The leading French-based rider rides Where Love Lives in the Group 3 Heider Family Stables Round Tower Stakes. A two-year-old colt by Cotai Glory, Where Love Lives won twice for trainer Kevin Ryan before being acquired by his new Saudi-backed owners and moved to Donnacha O'Brien. On his first start for new connections, he finished fourth in the Group 2 Richmond Stakes at Goodwood.

Likely favourite for the Round Tower Stakes is Great Barrier Reef. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, he carries a 5lb penalty as a winner of the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.

While he has been off the track for 74 days since beating the subsequently consistent Adaay Of Scarlett at Royal Ascot, he was declared to run in the Prix Morny last weekend but was withdrawn on the morning of the race.

“He was ready to run in France last week, but he just wasn’t quite right,” said O’Brien. “The plan was, given he’d had three quite quick runs early in the season, to give him a break through the summer and bring him back for the big races in the autumn.

“We’ve been thinking of the Middle Park for him and we just thought it was quite a long time between runs if he hadn’t run since the Coventry, so we’ve just been trying to get another run into him.

“We’re not sure what his best trip is yet, we’ll see as we go along, but he could stay a bit further.”

Ger Lyons has declared Livenka, an absentee from the Lowther at York last week due to a change in the ground and that could be the case again.

“They are telling me there’s a load of rain coming and if the ground goes Livenka has the Dick Poole (at Salisbury) next week or Kempton the following weekend, but I’d rather keep her at home,” Lyons told Racing TV.

Later on the Curragh card Soumillon rides Miss Scott in the Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes. Never out of the first two in four starts, the three-year-old Night Of Thunder filly has been supplemented for this race by the Gosden team.

Aidan O’Brien’s So Lovely is likely to be well fancied in the Newtownanner Stud Irish EBF Stakes having broken her duck recently at Leopardstown.

By Wootton Bassett out of the multiple Group 1 winner Love, she holds big race entries later in the season.

“So Lovely is improving with every race and she did it nicely the last day,” said O’Brien. “Exceptionally and her ran against each other earlier in the season, both have come on since they last met so it will be interesting.

“So Lovely looked more at home over a mile and given her pedigree you’d think she’d improve the further she goes.”

Saturday's card also features the Tote Irish Cambridgeshire, which has 18 runners, headed by course specialist Big Gossey.

The day ends with the Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Ireland Charity Race over a mile and a half, an event which always attracts a large number of supporters for the 19 participating riders.

On Thursday morning the going at the Curragh was described as good on the round course and good to firm, good in places in the straight. Heavy rain is forecast for Thursday afternoon and overnight into Friday, approximately 15mm-30mm, according to Met Eireann.

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