Quinine makes use of her experience Shane Foley was seen to good effect when getting Quinine up in the closing stages to take the opening Lunn's EBF Maiden at Down Royal. The 7/1 chance was unplaced in her three previous outings but that experience proved vital as she just got the better of newcomer Abstraction (10/1). The runner-up was sent on well over a furlong out but Arthur Moore's charge was galvanised by Foley to peg him back close home. Golden Flower (100/30) completed the placings in third. A delighted Moore said, “I’ve two two-year-olds in training and they’ve both won. My son in law Kevin Ross bought her at Newmarket. She’s progressive and thriving all the time. "She could be a good three-year-old., and we'll look at a nursery now in Dundalk. She seemed to like that ground, it was a bit faster." Owner Liam Flood, who is well known in Irish poker circles, has been with Moore for forty years. General Direction, well-backed in the morning from 16/1 down to 9/2, went off the 3/1 favourite but the Reggie Roberts newcomer weakened from over a furlong out to beat just one home. (Additional reporting by Michael Graham)
