Trainer John Oxx and jockey Mick Kinane celebrated their Classic success at Newmarket with a double at Gowran Park.< Alaivan and Miss Keller did the Currabeg team proud following on from Sea The Stars' win in the 2000 Guineas.
Alaivan showed the benefit of his debut fifth in a Leopardstown maiden with an-all-the way in the Gowran Park Classic Trial.
Kinane had him smartly out of the stalls to dictate affairs from the front and the 8-1 shot found more in the straight to come home five lengths clear of Fergus McIver with Sirgarfieldsobers third
Oxx said: "He was receiving a maiden's allowance but won well - I must say when I saw the declarations I thought it might be a bit tough but he quickened well and stayed on well. He's a useful horse.
"He'll stay well and he's from a good family. A race like the Queen's Vase would be a possibility, we'd have to think about it."
Miss Keller (4-1) completed the brace with a two-length win in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.
Danny Grant landed in Dublin just hours earlier from a successful stint in India and duly won on She's Our Mark (6-1) in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes.< Chinese White looked like repeating last year's win in this Listed contest when going on in the straight but Grant got a fine tune out of Pat Flynn's mare to prevail by half a length.
"She might run in the Windsor Forest at Royal Ascot next and she could have another race before then," said Flynn.
Aidan O'Brien's Air Chief Marshal justified odds of 2-5 with an eight-length romp in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden.
The Danehill juvenile is now 8-1 favourite with Cashmans for the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.
"He's very genuine and very straightforward. He sealed it in a few strides," said jockey Seamus Heffernan.< Zorija Rose gave trainer Tommy Stack his seventh win of the season with a length victory under Billy Lee in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap.
Stack's son and assistant Fozzy Stack said: "Zorija Rose loves tha
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