One Look’s the business in Park Express win for Twomey Paddy Twomey’s One Look hit her stride immediately for the season with a smart win in the Lodge Park Stud Irish EBF Park Express Stakes at the Curragh. The filly was ridden by Billy Lee and went off a 9-2 chance in the Group Three, returning to the scene of her impressive Goffs Million win on debut as a two-year-old. There have been two wins at Listed level in the meantime, but she has always been held in higher regard than that by connections. The reason for that estimation of her abilities was well demonstrated at the Curragh, where she ran prominently and easily saw off all rivals to score by a length and three quarters. “I was hoping that she’d do something like that,” said Twomey. “I told the lads last November that we’d aim for the Park Express. I looked for it in the calendar on the first day and it was missing! They moved it and it probably suited us. “She’s a filly that didn’t blossom at the start of last year and we gave her a chance, then she did well in the Autumn. “We decided when she was second in Gowran the last day not to race on at that stage with this year in mind. It’s great that the owners have been patient with me. “She’s tough and I think a mile is the minimum for now, 10 furlongs will be well within her compass. She’ll have an entry in the Lanwades Stakes. “She’s a Group winner now and we’ll try and go as far up the ladder as we can for the rest of the year. We’ll take our time. “The ability was never in question it was just last spring she wasn’t ready to do what the world expected her to do. She’ll probably prove yet that she is that kind of filly.” Green Sense made an immediate impression when striking on debut for Joseph O’Brien. The Starman filly, who is owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, was ridden by Dylan Browne McMonagle in the Tote Never Beaten By SP Irish EBF Maiden over six furlongs. She made light work of a field of 10 as the 5-2 favourite and strode across the line three lengths to the good, bringing into focus bigger aims and an early-season target at Royal Ascot. “She looks very nice. I’m delighted for Simon and Isaac and for Anthony Bromley, who bought her as a yearling,” said O’Brien. “She’s a well-bred filly and obviously the sire has had a good start to his career. “We liked what we saw at home and thought she was ready to run well but didn’t expect her to win like that, I didn’t expect her to win to be honest. “I thought she need the run and there was a nice fillies’ race for her in two weeks’ time that we’d come back for. “She’s pretty smart and that’s what the smart ones do. She was really professional and she has a very straightforward attitude. “You’d imagine she’ll have no problem with seven (furlongs) eventually. The dream is that she might be an Ascot filly. “Cowardofthecounty won this race last year and we went straight to the Coventry. “I slightly regretted not giving him another run so I think we’d probably look to go either to the Marble Hill or Naas with this filly and then Ascot.” The Tote Multiples Available On Tote.ie Irish EBF Maiden was then won by Daniel James Murphy’s No Return, who prevailed at 6-1 under Colin Keane to get his head in front on his 12th racecourse start. “We ran him last Sunday in Cork but he didn’t travel well in the lorry, he got very keyed up and sweaty,” said Murphy. “We left him in the paddock for the week and I only train a mile from the track here. He put back on the weight that he lost. It’s great to win.”
