Tapestry pricks her ears as she is driven out by Joseph O'Brien to win the Debutante Stakes© Photo Healy Racing
Tapestry made it two from two as she took the Group 2, Friarstown Stud Debutante Stakes, providing Aidan and Joseph O’Brien with a double on the card (won the first with Terrific .
The daughter of Galileo (also the sire of Terrific), won on her debut over the course last month, and stepped up in trip by a furlong, to seven, she followed up this afternoon.
Sent off the 4/5 favourite, she was settled in third as her stablemate Perhaps set the pace under Seamie Heffernan.
She was ridden to challenge over a furlong from home, getting on top in the closing stages, and going on to score by a length and three parts at the line.
Perhaps kept on well to take second at 11/4 (opened at 7/2 on-course), while Avenue Gabriel was half a length back in third.
Aidan O'Brien said afterwards: "I’m delighted with her. She came forward nicely from her debut.
"It was an nice easily run pace and she’ll learn plenty from today too.
"She could go for the Moyglare, but she could go a lot of ways. My two-year-old fillies are running nicely so far. The winner is a Galileo and so is the second."
Boylesports were impressed by Tapestry and she is now there 6/1 favourite, from 12s, for the Guineas, while Paddy Power have left her unchanged at 12/1 for the same race.
After the race the Stewards suspended Seamie Heffernan for four days for his ride on Perhaps.
He was adjudged to have used his whip with excessive force and frequency, also failing to give his mount time to respond.
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
