Review gowran park 21st Aug

Twirl has been tackling top company this season and appreciated the drop in class to run out a ready winner of the feature Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes at Gowran.

Aidan O'Brien's three-year-old (6-1) took up a prominent position from the outset in the hands of Colm O'Donoghue and the writing was on the wall when she held a clear advantage turning for home.

Midnight Music , who had chased her all the way, could not close her down and Soon stayed on stoutly to snatch second, making it a Ballydoyle one-two in the Listed contest. The winning distance was a length and a half.

O'Brien looks to have a useful youngster on his hands in Battle Of Marengo , who stepped forward from his Leopardstown debut third to destroy the opposition in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

Joseph O'Brien soon led on the 4-5 favourite and though he had Bunreacht for company at the top of the straight, he soon cleared away and passed the post an impressive 11 lengths clear of Flameseeker .

Jim Bolger has an excellent record in the McEnery Cup, having won four of the previous 10 runnings, and he added another when Livia Galilei (9-2) got the better of a rousing duel with Amira's Prince .

The pair raced behind King's Warrant for most of the way and swept past him together before settling down to fight it out. There was only a nose in at the line in favour of Kevin Manning's mount.

Bolger was completing a double after the victory of Einsteins Folly (5-2), who assumed control of the Rooftop Restaurant At Gowran Park Nursery some way out before running on strongly to score by two and a quarter lengths under Ronan Whelan.

Ger Lyons' Fluidity (9-2) came from last to first in the Follow Gowran Park On Facebook Handicap and was driven clear by Emmet McNamara, while Willie McCreery's Shifting sprung a 25-1 surprise with a ready success in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden under Danny Grant.