Review cork 8th Aug

Irish Oaks third Eziyra collected her first success of the season with an accomplished display in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes at Cork.

The 7-4 favourite was always travelling strongly for Pat Smullen and she moved into the lead at the two-furlong pole.< Bloomfield gave chase in the closing stages of the Group Three test, but Eziyra certainly wasn't stopping and came home two and a half lengths to the good.

That gave Weld an across-the-card double as Zabalan struck for the trainer at Roscommon.

Aidan O'Brien grabbed a double when Sir John Lavery ran out an emphatic winner of the Listed Platinum Stakes.

Touted as a potential Derby hope at the start of the season, things had not gone to plan so far this year, but he was sent off the 5-2 favourite for this mile test.

Coming from off the pace to lead a furlong out under Seamie Heffernan, he bounded clear close home to beat Rose De Pierre by three lengths.

The double started when Magical justified odds of 2-5 with victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies maiden, but she was made to work harder than expected.

O'Brien's filly is a full-sister to Rhododendron and ran a cracker on her debut, but she was pressed throughout the final furlong by newcomer Mary Tudor who could not quite get past and was a head down at the line.< Tennesse Waltz produced a stirring late surge under Killian Leonard to pip Pure Action by a nose in the Ticket Sales Online Apprentice Handicap for trainer David Marnane.

Pat Fahy's Stormy Belle (8-1) finished much the best in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap under Declan McDonogh, while Johnny Feane's decision to put blinkers on Peace Maker worked wonders as the 16-1 chance landed the Follow Us On Twitter Handicap under Gary Halpin.