Butler taken to hospital as a precautionary

The Donnacha O’Brien-trained Zoar (11/10) was a comfortable winner of the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden for rider Chris Hayes. Having switched from trainer Josh Halley after a second-place finish behind subsequent Group 2 winner Mans Best Friend at Naas, the son of No Nay Never, now trained by Donnacha O’Brien, showed a professional attitude again to get off the mark by one-and-a-quarter lengths.

Diamond Necklace tasted defeat for the first time as Aventure served a reminder of her top-class credentials in the Sumbe Prix Jean et Louis Romanet at Deauville.

The Willie McCreery-trained Timeless Tale (14/1) was a breathtaking eight-and-a-half-length winner of the Matchbook Exchange Irish EBF Fillies Maiden for rider Billy Lee. The daughter of Sioux Nation was bred with a fast pedigree and had gears to burn up the centre of the track, and it was a race for the minor money as Timeless Tale left her opposition in the blink of an eye.