Curragh now yielding to soft

The Joseph O'Brien-trained Summer Is Tomorrow (30/100f) was an easy winner of the finale at Gowran Park, the Tote Race, giving trainer Joseph O'Brien a treble on the day and jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle a double after he guided Nil Bua Gan Dua to victory in the John Fleming Marble City Listed Stakes earlier on the card.

It was a great return to the saddle for jockey Reese Holohan as he enjoyed a double from his first two rides back after a six-week layoff with injury.

Andrew Balding may have been brought up on stories of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, but he had perhaps never considered Kalpana providing him with his own victory in the Ascot showpiece would leave him scrambling for excuses to avoid a tattoo of his champion mare.