Racing:Kevin Prendergast's Rose Bonheur may have had her limitations exposed in the Irish 1,000 Guineas but she was well up to taking the Listed Owenstown Stud Stakes at Naas.
Prior to her lacklustre show in Classic company, the three-year-old had won over sprint distances at Tipperary and at this track and showed seven furlongs was within her range this time.
The well supported 9-2 favourite travelled kindly throughout in the hands of stable jockey Declan McDonogh and once asked to go about her business, Rose Bonheur soon sprinted clear, coming home two lengths ahead of Blaze Brightly.
It was the second leg of a quick-fire double for the trainer and jockey having struck in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden with 13-2 shot Brown Butterfly.
Richard Hannon’s British raider Lilbourne Lad annihilated the opposition in the Alfred Nobel Rochestown Stakes.
Notably the only ride on the card for Richard Hughes, the 9-4 chance was soon tanking along at the head of affairs.
The opposition were queuing up in behind, all of whom were previous winners, but none were in the same class as Lilbourne Lad.
Once Hughes gave the youngster his head, he quickly put daylight between himself and his rivals and he was not hard pressed to come home six lengths clear of Snowflake Dancer.