Jessica's Dream, a first runner in Ireland for Lincolnshire trainer James Given, ran out a ready winner of the Group 3 Ballyogan Stakes at Cork yesterday.
The well-supported 7/4 favourite arrived full of running to tackle Miss Beabea inside the final furlong, and was ridden out to deny that rival by 1/2 length.
'We've had this race in mind for her for some time, and everything has dropped right on the day,' said a delighted Given afterwards.
'She handles soft ground better than most, and is a real five-furlong specialist. We decided to bypass tomorrow's Temple Stakes to come here,' he continued.
The filly, who was partnered by Mick Fenton, will now be upped in grade, with races like the Nunthorpe Stakes and Prix de l'Abbaye likely to be on the agenda.
Jazz Beat confirmed the good impression he made at Gowran Park last year when capturing the Kerry Spring Water Race with the minimum of fuss under Pat Smullen.
'He needs to be winning these sort of races if he is going to be a good horse,' opined trainer Dermot Weld of the Darshaan colt.
'The only slight doubt in my mind beforehand was the ground, but he has won as I expected him to and I will try to find a stakes race for him now,' he added.
Edgar Byrne saddled his first winner since taking out a training license in March when 16/1 shot Carrie Me Home outgunned her rivals in the Dawn Orange Jucie Handicap.
The 27 year-old, who has thirteen victories as an amateur jockey to his credit, has a string of twelve at his Curragh yard and indicated that the four year-old is likely to be kept busy during the summer.
Helen Keohane, who rode her first winner at Clonmel on Thursday, doubled her tally as Lorli turned the Low Low Handicap into a procesion.
Newly-crowned champion jump jockey Paul Carberry partnered a 37/1 double aboard Minella Leisure and Ridgewood Water, who got the better of Quality First in a thrilling conclusion to the handicap chase.
