O’Brien and Browne McMonagle back again with Highwayman Highwayman ran out a most decisive winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden to give Joseph O'Brien and Dylan Browne McMonagle a quick double at Killarney. The 5/2 chance was stepping up (from eight furlongs) to an extended 11 furlongs for the first time and he went to the front over a furlong and a half out, racing clear to win by all of nine lengths from the Donnacha O'Brien-trained 7/2 shot Yogini who snatched second place from Loch Gamhna on the line. Michael Halford said of the winner: “He’s a lovely horse, very straightforward. “Dylan said he was a bit green on a tight track around the bends. When he asked him to quicken up, he quickened up well. “He’s a horse with plenty of room for improvement. He’s been a slow learner but the penny is finally dropping with him. He saw it out well and you’d be very pleased with him.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson
