Amber Kite makes all under Keane

Amber Kite (11/10 fav) broke well from her good draw and made all in the Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden.

The New Bay filly was strongly pressed throughout the last quarter mile by Anna Strada but was holding that one in the last 50 yards and won by half a length, with the front two nicely clear of Give Her A Squeeze in third.

Just denied by a nose on her previous start at Limerick, Colin Keane’s mount was getting off the mark at the third time of asking having cost 15,000 Euros as a yearling at Tattersalls (Ireland).

Shane Lyons, assistant to winning trainer Ger Lyons, said: "She's a very honest filly and it's easy when they are honest like that.

“It was seven furlongs there and she'll definitely get a mile and she goes on any ground.

“She's been busy up to now so we'll just take a little bit of a pull. We'll definitely be hunting for black-type now.

“Colin thinks she's capable of that because she has the honesty. She'll improve because she was green there making the running.

“In a black-type race she won't have to be as aggressive.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson