Master Speaker had to be asked a question or two by Joseph O'Brien but he was nicely on top at the finish to justify odds of 1/5 in the www.dundalkstadium.com Maiden.

Experienced and consistent, In Salutem set out to make all and he had the hot-pot on the stretch from the two furlong pole.

However the once-previously-raced Master Speaker got the message inside the final furlong and he found another gear to prevail by a length and a half.

Winning trainer Aidan O'Brien said: "He won nicely. He was a bit green but the surface was new to him." (GC & EM)