< Zhukova was more workmanlike than impressive but eventually stamped her class on the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Noblesse Stakes at Cork.

Dermot Weld's dual Group Three winner had to concede weight all round but appeared to be travelling easily in third.

Front-runner Island Remede pinched a break, though, and Pat Smullen had to get at the 1-3 favourite, but she gradually ate into Island Remede's lead and was pushed out to land the Listed spoils by a couple of lengths.

Edward O'Grady saddled the first and second in the Cork Handicap, with Roconga (8-1) pipping Le Vagabond

A whole host were in contention entering the final furlong but Roconga, who came from towards the back of the field, proved a neck too strong for his stablemate, with the Weld-trained favourite Sikandarabad a never-nearer third.< Gold Spinner was beaten a long way behind the exciting Orderofthegarter on his debut but stepped forward to break through in the Mallow Maiden.

The Ger Lyons-trained 4-1 chance hit the front just over a furlong from home and kept going well to repel the fast-finishing Born To Play by a neck.< Make It Hurrah was fancied to follow up his recent course-and-distance success in the Most Stylish Easter Sunday Handicap, but his Jessica Harrington-trained stablemate Lady Derrynane came out on top at odds of 7-1.

Harrington followed up when Caherdaniel who, like Lady Derrynane, carried the colours of the trainer's daughter Kate, landed the Blackwater Maiden.< Pocketfullofdreams looked to have matters in hand, only for Colm O'Donoghue to produce the 5-1 chance late to score by a neck.< Light That (9-4 favourite) completed a treble for Harrington and a double for O'Donoghue in the Buy Online At corkracecourse.ie Handicap, while the Pat Martin-trained Aspen Belle (12-1) just held the late lunge of Laburnum Park in the corkracecourse.ie Handicap.