Gold Spinner stuck on gamely to open his account at the second time of asking in the opener at Cork this afternoon.

Ger Lyons' charge had shaped with promise on his debut on the opening day of the season at Naas when fifth behind Orderofthegarter.

He showed the benefit of that outing today as he was driven into the lead, by Colin Keane, a furlong-and-a-half from home in the mile maiden.

The Qatar Racing-owned son of Pivotal then held the late challenge of 11/4 favourite Born To Play inside the final furlong to record a neck success at odds of 4/1.

Shane Lyons said afterwards:-"We're very happy with that - he ran greener than we thought for one of ours at Naas but was always going to improve and again was a bit green today.

"He'll improve over a bit further but we're delighted he won over a mile today, knowing he wants further. He has a little bit of class and we like him.

"Colin said he doesn't want extremes of ground and we've nothing in mind for him next."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)