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Review leopardstown 23rd Jul

Thu 23rd Jul 2009, 20:50

< She's Our Mark bagged the second Group Three win of her career in the bravest of fashion as she held on to take the Meld Stakes.

Odds-on favourite Casual Conquest (8-13) committed a furlong and a half out but was soon collared by Danny Grant on Pat Flynn's five-year-old mare.

The 10-1 chance might not be the biggest but she is all heart and willingly denied the late surge of Lord Admiral by a short head.

Flynn's assistant Martin Maguire said: "She's just fantastic, you couldn't ask more of her. She's as tough as nails and I think she'll get further.

"She just keeps improving all the time. We've no set plans, but we may look at the races in France as she needs soft ground."

The sky looks the limit for Cape Blanco after the Galileo colt recorded a hugely impressive success in the Korean Racing Authority Tyros Stakes.

Johnny Murtagh's mount was backed as if defeat was out of the question as the 1-2 favourite, and ran accordingly as he made all.< Perfect Symmetry loomed as a danger but was soon shrugged off, with Aidan O'Brien's youngster looking better and better the further he went to make it two wins from as many starts.

Three and a half lengths was the eventual margin of victory over Marfach and William Hill offer 16-1 about next year's 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Favourite-backers had got off to the perfect start in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden as Bobbyscot obliged in the hands of Willie Supple, the 5-2 market leader getting the better of Reggae Rock by half a length.

Winning trainer Paul Deegan said: "He deserved that, he was very unlucky at Gowran Park where he was drawn badly.

"He is a nice horse and he'll get further, hopefully he'll keep improving. He'll either go for the nursery at Galway or the El Gran Senor Stakes at Tipperary."

Cormac Farrell, who trains in Bunclody, Co Wexford, saddled his first Flat winner when 20-1 shot Mountain Mama took the Tattersalls Ireland EBF Fillies Maiden.

Farrell said: "I couldn't believe she was 20-1. I think she'll improve a lot from that