Aidan O'Brien took Cork's Mallow.ie Race with Await The Dawn 12 months ago and while Lake Ontario is unlikely to make up into a performer of that quality, he showed excellent resolution to claim this year's renewal for Ballydoyle.
The 9/2 chance took a long time to master the front-running Rare Symphony and then had to keep up to his work to fend off favourite Cocozza by a length and a half.
O'Brien followed up when Wrote fared best in a pulsating finish to the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden.
Having hit the front inside the final furlong, the 2/1 market leader was headed by Alkazim only to fight back again and he had his head down where it mattered.< Batchelors Star (11/4) had been holding his own in better events than the Follow Us On Facebook Maiden and showed his appreciation for having his sights lowered by denying Fred Fenster by half a length in the hands of Pat Smullen.
O'Brien's favourite Ballroom travelled well in front but found disappointingly little when push came to shove and faded into third.
The biggest prize on the card was up for grabs in the corkracecourse.ie Handicap and went the way of Roicead
Brendan Duke's 3/1 shot had been hammered with a 12lb rise for winning on his first attempt at five furlongs at Tipperary, but he took it in his stride to beat South African recruit Nocturnal Affair by a couple of lengths in the style of a rapidly improving sprinter.
David Wachman appears to have another smart prospect on his hands in the shape of Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden winner Limetree Lady
Second on her debut over 6f here, the 8/15 favourite showed plenty of speed on the drop down to the minimum distance and despite Wayne Lordan not having to resort to his whip, she careered seven lengths clear of Faleena
