Dermot Weld warmed up for Galway as Firey Red landed the Weatherbys Ireland GSB Ltd Supporting I.T.B.A Race at Naas.

It took a while for the 5-4 favourite to get on top of long-time leader Drumbeat - adopting a change of tactics from his well-publicised defeat at Gowran - and Seachantach but she eventually asserted inside the final furlong before scoring by a length and three-quarters.

Weld said: "We will go for the Fairy Bridge in Tipperary towards the end of August next.

"She won over six furlongs here on her only start as a two-year-old. A mile today was probably as far as she'd want, I've always had it in my mind that she was seven-furlong horse."

Looking ahead to Galway, the master of Rosewell House went on: "If I had to tip one of mine it would be Vital Plot in the Galway Hurdle. He is a very adaptable ground-wise and he jumps very well."

Reiteration's withdrawal from the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Supporting I.T.B.A Maiden (C & G) left the way clear for Aidan O'Brien's 7-4 favourite Await The Dawn to make a hugely promising debut, Johnny Murtagh's mount sluicing up by four lengths from stablemate Banyan Tree

William Hill were impressed with the well-bred son of Giant's Causeway and reacted with a 33-1 quote for next year's English 2000 Guineas.< Money Trader (6-1) got the better of a tight finish with the O'Brien-trained pair African Cat and Finest Artisan to claim the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Supporting I.T.B.A Maiden by a head and a short head.

Winning trainer Jim Gorman reported: "Five or six furlongs is his trip so we'll go the nursery route with him. He is a tough, professional sort."

There will be few easier winners than Bean Uasal as he absolutely bolted up to get off the mark at the fourth time of asking in the Irish National Stud Supporting I.T.B.A Maiden.

John Oxx's colt ploughed down the middle of the track under Mick Kinane and was fully five and a half lengths clear of Good To Follow with 2-1 favourite Silca Sunset third.

Oxx said: "She got through the ground well and that was a big