< Twirl has been tackling top company this season and appreciated the drop in class to run out a ready winner of the feature Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes at Gowran.
Aidan O'Brien's three-year-old (6-1) took up a prominent position from the outset in the hands of Colm O'Donoghue and the writing was on the wall when she held a clear advantage turning for home.< Midnight Music who had chased her all the way, could not close her down and Soon stayed on stoutly to snatch second, making it a Ballydoyle one-two in the Listed contest. The winning distance was a length and a half.
O'Brien looks to have a useful youngster on his hands in Battle Of Marengo who stepped forward from his Leopardstown debut third to destroy the opposition in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.
Joseph O'Brien soon led on the 4-5 favourite and though he had Bunreacht for company at the top of the straight, he soon cleared away and passed the post an impressive 11 lengths clear of Flameseeker
Jim Bolger has an excellent record in the McEnery Cup, having won four of the previous 10 runnings, and he added another when Livia Galilei (9-2) got the better of a rousing duel with Amira's Prince
The pair raced behind King's Warrant for most of the way and swept past him together before settling down to fight it out. There was only a nose in at the line in favour of Kevin Manning's mount.
Bolger was completing a double after the victory of Einsteins Folly (5-2), who assumed control of the Rooftop Restaurant At Gowran Park Nursery some way out before running on strongly to score by two and a quarter lengths under Ronan Whelan.
Ger Lyons' Fluidity (9-2) came from last to first in the Follow Gowran Park On Facebook Handicap and was driven clear by Emmet McNamara, while Willie McCreery's Shifting sprung a 25-1 surprise with a ready success in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden under Danny Grant.
