< Realtra showed her battling qualities in winning the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Brownstown Stakes at Fairyhouse on Wednesday evening.
It was the two British representatives who fought out the finish of the feature race on the card and Roger Varian's charge quickened up well on the rails and stayed on best under a confident Colin Keane ride to record a one-and-a-quarter-length success from Golden Stunner
The 3-1 chance won the Fillies' And Mares' on All-Weather Championships Final day at Lingfield in April and, following a couple of decent efforts in defeat subsequently, was right back to her best for the in-form Varian operation.< New Terms (9-4 favourite) got off the mark at the third attempt in the Family Day At Fairyhouse July 23rd Maiden and looked a smart filly.
Jim Bolger's three-year-old made a promising debut behind subsequent winner Elegant Rose at the Curragh in May and put a disappointing effort at Listowel second time up well behind under Kevin Manning.
Johnny Levins and Donagh O'Connor enjoyed a winner at Gowran Park on Tuesday night and were back in the winning enclosure courtesy of Palavicini Run (6-1).
The four-year-old was tried in cheekpieces for the first time when action got underway at 5.50 in the Follow Fairyhouse On Twitter & Facebook Claiming Race and, from off the pace, she was too strong for Vocal Activity close home.
The judge was needed to split the Joe Murphy-trained, Killian Leonard-ridden Deep Breath (8-1) and Sankari Royale in the Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Fillies Maiden and there was another close finish in the Purchase Fairyhouse Tickets Online Handicap, in which Bien Chase (10-1) got up on the line for Adrian McAllister and Billy Lee.
Aidan O'Brien's Wild Irish Rose (7-2 joint favourite) got off the mark in a competitive La Bucca Restaurants Handicap, giving Ana O'Brien something to smile about following her luckless trip to Sweden for the Lady Jockeys' World Championship on Tuesday.
