Review CURRAGH 26TH MAR

Oaks favourite Chenchikova floundered in the testing conditions at the Curragh as Danehill Music galloped through the mud to land the Group 3 Park Express Stakes.

Kieren Fallon asked for an effort on the 11/10f over a furlong out but the Ballydoyle filly was unable to pick up in the heavy ground and eventually finished fourth.

That going was no problem for Danehill Music, however, who quickened well to lead inside the furlong pole and stretched clear to beat Utterly Heaven by two lengths.

'She is a valuable filly after that. She will probably go for one of the Guineas trials now and she does go well on soft ground,' said winning trainer David Wachman.

William Hill pushed Chenchikova out to 14/1 from 11/1 for the Oaks and made her a 33/1 shot, from 20/1, for the 1,000 Guineas.

Winning jockey Wayne Lordan was completing a double having taken the first race of the Flat season on Drayton in the Tally Ho Stud EBF Maiden.

Tommy Stack's juvenile stayed on strongly, after hitting the lead a furlong-and-a-half-out, to beat Latin Walk by three lengths.

'He did it well and is a nice horse,' said assistant trainer Fozzy Stack. 'He could come back here for a Listed race in May.'

The ladbroke.com Irish Lincolnshire looked a competitive affair but Bawaader turned the 24-runner event into a procession.

Dermot Weld's gelding hit the front over two furlongs out, under Shane Gorey, and sprinted clear to score in impressive fashion, beating Our Jaffa by eight lengths.

'He loved the ground and with the light weight we decided to kick on early,' said Weld afterwards.

The master of Rosewell House went on to record a double with Spring Snowdrop in the Unicorn Homes Madrid Handicap. Pat Smullen's mount battled gamely to score by a short-head from Rockie.

Amadeus Mozart (7/4 to 11/8f) was well-backed to open his account in the Unicorn Homes Maiden but found Cheddar Island too strong in the closing stages and went down by a length-and-a-half to Kevin Prendergast's colt.

The final of the Rockview series of bumpers saw a dramatic finish with long-time leader Once A Brownie veering left in the closing stages. Footy Facts finished strongly to run out an impressive 20-length winner.

Kingsdale Ocean made all for a convincing win in the Unicorn Homes Handicap while the well-touted King In Waiting stayed on strongly to make a winning debut in the Mongey Communications Maiden for John Oxx and Mick Kinane.