Review curragh 11th Sep

< Manieree showed her all-the-way Group Three victory at the Curragh in July to be no fluke as she repeated the trick when stepped up to Group Two level at the track in the feature www.thetote.com Blandford Stakes.

Niall McCullagh was again in the plate on the John Oxx-trained filly, who went off a 9/1 chance and was immediately sent to the front.

She showed to sign of stopping in the straight and turned the contest into a procession as she sailed home three and a quarter lengths in front of Sapphire with favourite Bible Belt a major disappointment.< Cityscape looked a cut above the opposition in the Woodies DIY Supporting Irish Autism Action Solonaway Stakes and so it proved, as Roger Charlton's charge won the Group Three contest with the minimum of fuss.

Steve Drowne tracked the pace set by Across The Rhine and pushed on a furlong out, the 2-5 favourite stretching away on his favoured ground to beat Wild Wind by two and a half lengths.

Charlton and Drowne went close to a double when Definightly tried to lead all the way in the www.thetote.com Renaissance Stakes but was collared close home by last year's winner Bewitched

Charles O'Brien's 13-8 favourite was held up last by Johnny Murtagh, who had to be patient in looking for a gap before squeezing through to take the Group Three spoils by three-quarters of a length.

Patrick Prendergast's Coral Wave (9-2) led all the way to land the Flame Of Tara EBF Stakes (Listed) under Declan McDonogh, seeing off the challenge of favourite Rubina and then clearing away to beat Lady Wingshot by three and a half lengths.< Jills Ballet (14-1), under French jockey Antoine Coutier, forged ahead in the final furlong to win the European Association Of Racing Schools Apprentice Handicap Final, while Good Time Sue (12-1) held Ted Dolly by a short head in the Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Handicap for Shane Gorey.