In first time cheek-pieces Sunwise an 8/1 shot, beat his stable-companion, the 4/5 favourite, Pittoni by a short-head after a protracted battle for the Clonard Maiden to give trainer John Oxx a one two. After an earlier win on Duff this victory on Sunwise completed a 44/1 double for jockey Fran Berry.

Oxx said: "It was a pity to have to run the two of them in the one race. There aren't many opportunities for three-year-old maidens. Sunwise liked the distance and the ground and the ground probably beat Pittoni. He shouldn't be too long a maiden."