Giselle gives O'Brien and Lordan opening race double

A beaten favourite on her racecourse debut in June, the Aidan O'Brien trained Giselle went one better when comfortably landing the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at the Curragh.

Sent off odd-on to beat stablemate and subsequent Royal Ascot winner Bedtime Story at Leopardstown, the daughter of Frankel had to settle for second on that occasion.

Absent since that initial outing, the Ballydoyle filly was again all the rage for this maiden, backed into 1-2f at the off.

Prominent throughout under Wayne Lordan, Giselle led travelling easily over a furlong out, quickening inside the last to beat the fast finishing The Palace Girl by three-quarters-of-a-length.

Chris Armstrong said: “She's a smashing filly, she's a filly with a lot of class.

“Obviously there is a fair bit of hype about her from the last day and you can see today that she has come on a lot physically. She's going to be a smashing big filly for next year.

“It's great to get her out and get the win under her belt. We'll see about possibly getting one more run into her, we'll see how she comes through this.

“She's a filly with an awful lot of class and one to look forward to next year. All being well she'll rock up in all the big fillies races.

“Coming here she was only just ready to start and she was a little bit fresh in herself. Wayne said she was only half speeding the whole way and she wasn't too fresh throughout the run.

“It's great that she's doing things right.

“She's actually like a colt, walking away from you. She's a filly with a big engine.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson.