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- Review curragh 28th Aug
Review curragh 28th Aug
< Maybe gave her Classic claims another boost as she kept her unbeaten record intact with a superb victory in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh.
Never far behind the pace set by her Aidan O'Brien-trained stablemate Soon in the Group One contest, she was sent to the front fully two furlongs out by a confident Joseph O'Brien.< Fire Lily carrying the same colours, emerged as the only real challenger but she could not get to grips with the 8-13 favourite, who ran on strongly to score by a length and three-quarters, with La Collina in third.< Lightening Pearl (6-4 favourite) had already franked the form of the Debutante Stakes won by Maybe as she disposed of her Go And Go Round Tower Stakes rivals with the minimum of fuss.
Ger Lyons' filly, third behind the Moyglare winner last time, took it up going to the two-furlong marker under Johnny Murtagh and stretched clear to beat Experience by five lengths in the Group Three event.
The Jessie Harrington-trained Bible Belt (15-8 favourite) confirmed she remains on the upgrade with a tidy victory at Group Three level in the Dance Design Stakes.
Fran Berry found a gap when he needed it and challenged nearing the furlong marker, and the filly ran on too well for Wild Wind winning by a length and a quarter and completing a hat-trick in the process.
Henry Candy's English raider Amour Propre (15-8 favourite) took the Group Three Market Slide Flying Five Stakes, pushing on a furlong out under Dane O'Neill to beat Sole Power by a length and three-quarters after being up front all the way.
Aidan O'Brien's Crusade (5-2 favourite) stepped up from his York debut to take the Mad About You EBF Maiden in emphatic style for Colm O'Donoghue.
Thomond O'Mara's Castle Bar Sling (20-1) put in a late burst under Wayne Lordan to snatch the Social Harmony EBF Irish Cambridgeshire.