Betterbetterbetter living up to her name

Betterbetterbetter was always likely to be a short price for a maiden after her very promising debut behind the decent prospect Princess Highway at Leopardstown three weeks ago and she justified prohibitive odds in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden at Dundalk.

Joseph O'Brien seemed anxious to ask the 1/4 chance as few questions as possible and he didn't have to get in the least bit serious to see his mount home the two and three parts of a length winner from Miss Ekaterina

Joseph O'Brien said: "She wasn't mad about the surface and wasn't doing a stroke on her own but she has a good attitude. You'd like to think she'd get a mile and a half."

Boylesports make Betterbetterbetter a 25/1 chance for the Epsom Oaks in early June. (MG & EM)