Long odds-on Dawn Patrol duly obliges

Irish Derby third Dawn Patrol was sent off at odds of 1/8 after several defections from the concluding 1m2f (C & G) maiden.

Wayne Lordan’s mount duly made all and, after being pressed by Daylight Come and King Arthurs Sword racing towards the final furlong, he kept on to defeat the former by a length and a half at the line.

A full-brother to 2011 Epsom Derby winner Pou Moi, Dawn Patrol had been a bit short of room before running on to take third behind Santiago at the Curragh, where his trainer Aidan O'Brien saddled the first four home.

This was a workmanlike performance more than anything else, but winning rider Wayne Lordan feels he can do better back up in trip.

“He's done it well, said Lordan.

"I had to go and make my own running and I don't think it was ideal as he was completely dawdling out in front.

“When the second horse came to me it helped me and he quickened up and galloped to the line well.

“As we saw in the Irish Derby he stays really well so the mile-and-two was a bit tight, especially as he was dawdling along.

“He got his head in front and going forward he'll be a fair horse in good races.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson