Joseph beats Aidan in two-year-old maiden

"He has plenty of speed. He's quite green and was green through the race," said Joseph O'Brien after his True Blue Moon came home in front in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10 Race) at Dundalk.

Brother Donnacha did the steering on the well-backed 11/10 favourite (from 7/4) and he beat Dali belonging to the sibling's father Aidan, by half a length.

"We'll find a winners race or something for him now," added O'Brien.

"I think he was always going to win, it looked that way. He ran off the bend a bit and was quite green when he hit the front so you'd be hoping he should improved nicely from the run.

"He was showing plenty of speed at home so hopefully he could be a nice horse.

"Brian (Dolan, owner) bred the horse and sent him to us. Joe Rogers broke him and then he came to us."

Anastasia O'Brien, rider of Feadan trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that her mount displayed signs of greenness on the turn for home.

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