< Orangey Red s victory in the Follow Listowel Races On Facebook Handicap was the highlight of a Listowel double for Pat Smullen.
Bill Farrell's filly was lacklustre at Gowran Park on her previous outing but bounced back to form under a well-timed Smullen ride.
The 7-1 chance quickened through a gap between pacesetters Geological and Patuano inside the final furlong and beat the latter by three-quarters of a length.
The word was out about Monkeylou before his introduction in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden and the 5-4 favourite didn't disappoint.
Gordon Elliott's youngster showed an impressive turn of foot under Smullen to sweep to the front inside the final furlong and he flashed past the post two and three-quarter lengths to the good over Drombeg Dream < Elusive Duchess also made a successful start to her career but at the far more rewarding odds of 33-1 in the Croom House Stud Irish EBF Fillies Maiden.
Adrian Keatley's charge stormed down the outside to dispose of Vienna Circle by three lengths.< Moritzburg (7-4 favourite) offered plenty of promise when second on his Cork comeback and he built on that to run out an authoritative seven-length winner of the www.listowelraces.ie (C & G) Maiden.< A Little Bit Me (11-2) swept into the straight with a healthy advantage in the George Fitzmaurice Handicap and widened the gap to pass the post nine lengths in front of Comhghairdeas < Hard Times (33-1) lunged late to deny Initially in the St. John's Literary Centre Handicap (Div 1), with the second instalment going the way of the veteran Lightening Stricks (10-1).
On paper, Tirmizi appeared to be in a different league to his Bryan MacMahon (Q.R.) Race rivals, and that is how it proved.
Finny Maguire kept it simple on the Dermot Weld-trained 1-6 favourite and he made all of the running to see off Jack Blue by 17 lengths.