Breeder Pat Hyland, second left, and friends with Washington DC © Photo Healy Racing
< Washington DC returned to action with a bang in the Text Your Bets To Paddy Power On 51465 Stakes at Dundalk.
There were slight doubts about the Windsor Castle winner's ability to see out the seven furlongs in the Listed heat but Seamie Heffernan asked him the question shortly after passing the two-furlong marker.
The response came in the form of a smart turn of foot, and Aidan O'Brien's 11-10 favourite wasn't stopping as he flashed past the post two and a quarter lengths to the good over Alphonsus
His stable companion Long Island Sound (100-30) started off paying back his hefty price tag with a decisive victory in the Download Paddy Power's Super-Fast PP Messenger App Maiden.
The $800,000 War Front colt was ridden along by Heffernan on the turn for home but once the penny dropped, he knuckled down well and ran right the way to the line to see off Zilbiyr by two and a half lengths.
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Dermot Weld's juvenile was down the field in the opening race of the Flat season at the Curragh, but stepped forward considerably as the 5-4 favourite to beat Joyce Compton by two and a half lengths.
Jockey Pat Smullen followed up when Jamesie defied the steadier of 10st 1lb in the Paddy Power One Account Multiple Ways To Bet Handicap.
Smullen drove the 11-4 joint-favourite along the inside from his settling position of just off the lead and he had enough in the tank to repel the late challenge of Mzuri by half a length.< Coreczka (8-1) swept down the outside to take the Paddy Power Freephone Betting Open 24-7 On 1800 721 821 Handicap, while Posing just hung on to justify 4-5 favouritism in the Paddy Power Freephone Betting Open 24-7 On 08000 565 265 Maiden.
