Tapestry pulls rug from under Chroussa

Another Aidan O’Brien second-string was seen to good effect as Tapestry came from off the pace to win the six furlong juvenile fillies maiden at the Curragh a tad snugly. Chroussa (6/4jf) and Kevin Manning tried to burn off all the challengers from the front. The well-backed Snow (3/1 to 6/4 joint favourite this morning) sat in second under Joseph O’Brien, but when this one started to tread water a furlong out it looked like Chroussa on the rail would hang on.

However, Seamie Heffernan produced Tapestry with a withering run down the centre of the course to cut her down by half a length at 7/1.

Aidan O’Brien said: “She’s obviously a lovely filly and has a great pedigree. She’s still a baby and has not been asked to do too much at home. We’ll probably look at something like the Debutante Stakes.”

Boylesports introduced Tapestry into their 1,000 Guineas market at 14/1.

O’Brien added comments on some of his runners who raced yesterday. On Venus De Milo he said: “She gets a mile and a half well. She might go for the race in Cork [the Group 3 Give Thanks Stakes].”

Of Just Pretending he commented: “We’ll bring her back to the mile and a quarter race at Goodwood [Nassau Stakes]."

Additional reporting by Alan Magee