< Allegio made every post a winning one to claim top honours in the feature Cork Handicap at the Mallow venue.

Killian Leonard was able to dictate terms to suit himself on the Denis Hogan-trained 5-1 shot, who was running from out of the handicap, and with last weekend's Irish Lincolnshire hero On The Go Again failing to run his race, it was left to Rickrack to throw down the biggest challenge.

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Declan McDonogh tracked the Joseph O'Brien pair of Ship Of Dreams and Escamillo on the Dermot Weld-trained 8-11 favourite and although Ship Of Dreams appeared to have established a winning advantage as they approached the furlong pole, Imaging ran her down to triumph by a couple of lengths.< Tullyallen offered encouragement when third on his first outing for John Oxx at Dundalk recently, and stepped forward to land the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden.

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Jessica Harrington's three-year-old failed to beat a single opponent home in two appearances in 2017, but has clearly progressed during the winter and outbattled Shareva by a length and three-quarters at the rewarding odds of 50-1.

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