Tea and an across-card double for Harrington

Two For Tea made it third time lucky in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.

The Jessica Harrington trained bay was third on her debut at Cork in May, before going down by just a neck on her most recent start over the course and distance.

Available at 2/1 this morning, she touched 7/4 on-course, before going off the clear favourite at 6/4.

Sent straight to the front by Colm O'Donoghue, the daughter of Mount Nelson made all. She was pressed and ridden from the two furlong pole, and kept on well from to score by three parts of a length despite drifting right from over a furlong out.

The well-backed Dream Sleep ran a fine race to finish second under Gary Carroll for John Murphy. She was as big as 50/1 this morning, but opened on-course at 14s, before going off an 11/1 chance.

Newcomer High Language (25/1) completed the placings another half a length away in third for Joseph O'Brien and Wayne Lordan.

Harrington said afterwards: "She deserved it. She got a bit lonely on the far side there and came across. Colm said she was always going to hold on. I'm delighted for her, she deserved to win after her two good runs.

"Where we go now I don't know. She will be a nicer filly next year when she strengthens up. She'll improve a good bit."

This gave Harrington an across-the-card double as The Birdie Crowe was successful in Limerick.

STEWARDS REPORT

R.P. Downey, rider of Ar Eagla Na Heagla (GB), trained by Peter Casey, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount was green and ran out of racing room early in the straight before staying on.