Beset a facile winner of Finale Stakes

Joseph O’Brien’s Beset (7/1) routed her 14 rivals in the Guinness 0.0 Finale Stakes at the Curragh.Declan McDonogh’s mount was never far off the pace and led travelling well entering the final quarter-mile before clearing away to beat Royal Entry by seven and a half lengths. O'Brien also had the third-home Snapretend but his 13/8 favourite Starford finished a well-beaten seventh. Dylan Browne McMonagle had arrived from Del Mar, where he recorded a famous victory on the Willie Mullins-trained Ethical Diamond in the Breeders' Cup Turf yesterday, in time to partner Starford but the stewards denied a request that be allowed to replace Wayne Hassett on that horse. Sun 02nd Nov

Chally Chute strikes Loughbrown gold for O’Sullivan

Ross O’Sullivan was delighted to secure his first Group-race victory as Chally Chute rose to the top in the Comer Group International Loughbrown Stakes at the Curragh. Sun 02nd Nov

Another boilover in second Listed contest at Naas

After Onemoredance won the Garnet Stakes at 33/1, there was another upset in the second Listed contest on the Naas card when Fleur De Chine (22/1) came from off the pace to land the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Bluebell Stakes. Sun 12th Oct

UK-import Beset overcomes traffic at Sligo

Beset (15/2) was indeed troubled with a nightmare passage through Sligo’s Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap today but the UK-import found late racing-room to score on her Irish debut, under Declan McDonogh. Sun 04th May