Review leopardstown 25th Oct

Steip Amach sprung a surprise as she floored the Ballydoyle hotpot Royal Navy Ship to take the feature Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown.

Beaten into third when favourite for a Navan maiden last time, Jim Bolger's highly regarded filly was sent off the outsider of four at 12-1 for the Group Three contest and raced in rear as the 1-6 favourite took them along.

Royal Navy Ship produced disappointingly little when asked to quicken up in the straight and Kevin Manning brought Steip Amach with a strong drive down the outside to lead inside the final furlong for victory by three-quarters of a length.

Bolger and Manning were quickly on the mark again when Answered , running for the first time since the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial in May, took the Listed Trigo Stakes in the Godolphin colours.

The 9-2 chance challenged for the lead at the same time as the favourite Vote Often and the pair engaged in a gripping duel through the final furlong before Answered forged a neck ahead.

Aidan O'Brien's juvenile Giovanni Canaletto (4-7 favourite) looks an exciting prospect for next season judged on his scintillating victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden, in which he swooped down the outside with a devastating burst to stretch six and a half lengths clear under Seamie Heffernan.

Unsinkable had dropped like a stone in the ratings after a poor season but having transferred from Britain to the Ger Lyons yard, he was backed into 11-2 favourite for the Leopardstown Handicap and won as he liked, storming away under Tom Madden to score by two and three-quarter lengths.

David Wachman's 7-2 chance Off Limits was an eyecatching fourth on her debut and stepped up to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden, though it was a close call as she got up in the shadow of the post under Billy Lee to win by a short head.

Gary Carroll produced the Willie McCreery-trained Duke Ellington (16-1) with a late charge to take the www.leopardstown.com Nursery by a length and a quarter.