There was drama aplenty before the start of the European Breeders Fund Two-Year-Old Race over six furlongs at Cork last night as Aidan O'Brien's well-touted newcomer Wiseman's Ferry got loose on the way to post .
The chesnut son of Hennessy was soon recaptured, although the race was run off eleven minutes late . In the contest itself, Wiseman's Ferry (1/3 - 5/4 fav) displayed devestating acceleration under Mick Kinane to take up the running inside the final furlong before accounting for the promsising first-timer Bowmans Crossing by a length .
'It was great that the lads caught him and he is a very fast horse . Five furlongs will be no problem to him and he will go to (Royal) Ascot for either the Norfolk or Coventry Stakes, ' said a relieved O'Brien .
Anna Elise, trained near Dungarvan by former top amateur John Flynn for her breeder Leslie Tucker, recorded her fifth career victory when collecting the featured Cork Sprint Stakes over six furlongs . Partnered by last season's champion apprentice Tom Queally, Anna Elise forged to the front a furlong down to deny Social Harmony by a neck . She will now be prepared for a tilt at the Greenlands Stakes at The Curragh in two weeks time .
The Willie Mullins-trained Tuesday, racing in the Florida Pearl cololurs of Mrs Violet O'Leary, had little more than an exercise canter when justifying 4/6 favouritism by eight lengths from Sweet Brief in the Boru Maiden Hurdle .
