Big Brown is beating the drum on both sides of the Atlantic in the U S, and the sound has been heard in Ireland, with the impressive win of Darwin at The Curragh.

There is quite some topside to Darwin; he won a restricted race at Naas, a delightful course, before advancing to Group 3 level in winning The Minstrel Stakes at The Curragh.

The colt is prepared by Aiden O’Brien who can see bright prospects for the lightly raced youngster; he shows a lot of promise and has come to hand sooner than expected.

It was a good solid win at the end of 1600 metres in defeating the French campaigner, Gordon Lord Bryon, he had previously won the Group 1 Prix de la Foret at Longchamp, Fine Top won the race twice, as did Sanedtki and Moorestyle.

Darwin is a son of the Vinery shuttler, Big Brown, he has been making headlines since he was sold as a yearling for $1.3 million at the Fasig –Tipton, Florida sale in March 2012.

“He is still a big baby but has got a great cruising speed and gets over the ground well, “ said Aidan O’Brien.