< Fame And Glory suffered a shock defeat on his first run since winning the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot as Fictional Account took the Irish Field St Leger Trial Stakes at the Curragh.

Sent off the 1-3 favourite, Aidan O'Brien's top-class five-year-old moved up smoothly into third place at the top of the straight as Fictional Account took over from Saddler's Rock

But all Seamie Heffernan 's urgings could not get Fame And Glory past Vincent Ward's talented mare (14-1) and she held on by a neck in the hands of Fran Berry.

The jockey completed a double when Jessie Harrington took the Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes for the second year in succession, following up Pathfork's victory with that of the impressive Dragon Pulse

The youngster was settled in rear and after travelling smoothly on to the heels of the leaders, scampered away in the final furlong to take the Group Two contest by a length and three-quarters.

Jim Bolger has a speedy filly in An Ghalanta and she stepped up from her maiden win last time to take the Listed www.thetote.com Curragh Stakes in a tight finish.

Quickly away in the hands of Kevin Manning, the 9-2 shot had Bible Black for company for most of the way and having disposed of him, she held the late challenge of Boris Grigoriev by a head.

Manning doubled up when the Coolcullen handler's newcomer Cleofila (7-1), a daughter of Teofilo, took the Loder EBF Fillies Race in gutsy style, running on strongly down the outside to edge Coral Wave by a head.

The Jim Gorman-trained Pierre D'Or (12-1) burst through a furlong and a half out in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden and ran on strongly to score by a length and three-quarters under Chris Hayes.

Kevin Prendergast's Puttore (100-30) had smart juvenile form and streaked to an easy victory by four and a half lengths in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden for Declan McDonogh.