Ballyskeagh gives O'Brien and McMonagle Leopardstown double Having landed the first race on the card, Joseph O'Brien and Dylan Browne McMonagle quickly doubled up as Ballyskeagh won the following Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden at Leopardstown. A promising fifth on her debut at Roscommon last month, the Mrs Anne Marie O'Brien owned filly took a significant step forward here on her second appearance. Sent off 7/4f (from 5/2), the daughter of Gleneagles stayed on strongly inside the last 150 yards to beat Star Glory by half-a-length. Joseph O'Brien said: "Dylan just said she still felt quite green and, is still immature. At the same time, he couldn't fault her from a wide draw. You'd like to think she's a filly that will have no trouble going a mile in time. "The last day, she actually just fell out of the gates and, around Roscommon it's kind of all over. Her last furlong-and-a-half was pretty good and, we thought if she could get a better spot today, she'd be a lot closer to the Bolger filly and, that's how it worked out."
