3 for O'Briens as Pav gains important win

Three races down at the Curragh and the domination of Ballydoyle continued as Aidan and Donnacha O'Brien brought up a hat-trick at odds of over 17/1 with Pavlenko in the Extra.ie Fillies Maiden.

Back in trip, the beautifully bred daughter of Deep Impact and Maybe, finished out strongest over the seven furlongs down the rail, to defeat Kailee by two and a quarter lengths.

"Those fillies with good pedigrees keep improving through the season and he trains them that way," reflected Donnacha O'Brien.

"I just had a wall of horses in front of me for a while but it opened up just in time.

"She's a very valuable broodmare prospect and that increases her value."

C.T. Keane, rider of Sally Gap trained by T.G.McCourt, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount sat down in the stalls.

(GC & EM)