Agent Zigzag surges home to get off the mark

Agent Zigzag drew well clear of his rivals to get off the mark in good style in the extended mile maiden at Killarney.

John Oxx 's Shamardal gelding was 5/6 favourite on the back of being beaten a neck at Cork earlier in the month.

The four-year-old tracked Hawthorn Echo and then tanked into the lead with a quarter of a mile to go.

Colm O'Donoghue shook him up and he readily went clear coming to the final furlong.

He proved different class to his rivals as he posted a seven-length victory. Dream Focus (8/1) finished second, a couple of lengths up on 9/2 chance Dragon Phoenix

John Oxx said: "He has improved a bit from race to race. He is getting into the swing of it now and we'll see what the handicapper does now.

"He is a nice, big, good-looking horse. We didn't run him as a two-year-old and had a setback last year and we ran out of time. It has taken him this long to become a racehorse.

"He gets through the heavy ground but he's a bit better when it dries."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes